عَكَرَ
Root: عكر
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَكَرَI
, Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ Verbal.Noun عَكْرٌ and عُكُورٌ [and مَعْكَرٌ, occurring in the Ham p. 200], He, or it, turned, or inclined; turned back; returned: and
[likewise] signifies he, or it, turned or inclined; or became turned or inclined.
2 عَكَرَ بِهِ بَعِيرُهُ His camel turned with him towards his family, and overcame him; like عَجَرَ بِهِ [q. v.]; overcame him, and turned back.
3 عَكَرَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَكْرٌ and عُكُورٌ; and اعتكر ; He turned back, or returned, against the thing. You say فَرَّ مِنْ قِرْنِهِ ثُمَّ عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ بِالرُّمْحِ [He fled from his adversary, or wheeled about widely from him, then] turned back against him with the spear: and اعتكر [likewise] signifies he turned back [against his adversary] after fleeing, or wheeling about widely [from him]. [Hence, عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ
4 [And He returned to the thing. See an ex. voce قَرَدٌ.] You say also عَكَرَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْرٍ Fortune turned towards him with good.
def.2 [And عَكَرَ is also trans. as signifying He made his soul to turn, &c., against another in fight: see Ham p. 200.]
def.3 See also 4.
def.4 عَكِرَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَكَرٌ, It (water, S, O, K, and wine, S, O, and beverage of the kind called نَبِيذ, K, and oil, S, O) became dreggy, or feculent, thick, or turbid.
2 عَكِرَتِ المِسْرَجَةُ The lamp had dregs collected in it.
2 عَكَرَ بِهِ بَعِيرُهُ His camel turned with him towards his family, and overcame him; like عَجَرَ بِهِ [q. v.]; overcame him, and turned back.
3 عَكَرَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَكْرٌ and عُكُورٌ; and اعتكر ; He turned back, or returned, against the thing. You say فَرَّ مِنْ قِرْنِهِ ثُمَّ عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ بِالرُّمْحِ [He fled from his adversary, or wheeled about widely from him, then] turned back against him with the spear: and اعتكر [likewise] signifies he turned back [against his adversary] after fleeing, or wheeling about widely [from him]. [Hence, عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ
4 [And He returned to the thing. See an ex. voce قَرَدٌ.] You say also عَكَرَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْرٍ Fortune turned towards him with good.
def.2 [And عَكَرَ is also trans. as signifying He made his soul to turn, &c., against another in fight: see Ham p. 200.]
def.3 See also 4.
def.4 عَكِرَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَكَرٌ, It (water, S, O, K, and wine, S, O, and beverage of the kind called نَبِيذ, K, and oil, S, O) became dreggy, or feculent, thick, or turbid.
2 عَكِرَتِ المِسْرَجَةُ The lamp had dregs collected in it.
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