عَكَّةٌ
Root: عك
Full Definition
عَكَّةٌ
and
عُكَّةٌ and
عِكَّةٌ and
عَكَكٌ and
عَكِيكٌ and
عِكَاكٌ , which last is also a pl., said to be pl. of عَكَّةٌ, [Sultriness; i. e.] vehemence of heat in summer [with moisture and] with stillness of the wind: it may be with the south or southerly wind (الجَنُوب) and the east or easterly wind (الصَّبَا). Hence the saying of the rhyming-proser, إِذَا طَلَعَ السِّمَاكْ ذَهَبَ وَقَلَّ اللِّكَاكْ [When
السماك
rises aurorally, the sultriness goes, or rather has gone, (see السِّمَاكُ, and another ex. of العِكَاك there cited,) and the pressing, or crowding, at, or to, the water becomes little].
2 See also عَكٌّ.
3 And see عُكَّةٌ, in two places.
2 See also عَكٌّ.
3 And see عُكَّةٌ, in two places.
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