عِكْرٌ
Root: عكر
Full Definition
عِكْرٌ
i. q.
أَصْلٌ [Origin; and original state or condition, and natural disposition]; as also عِتْرٌ. You say هُوَ كَرِيمُ العِكْرِ
He is of generous origin. And بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عِكْرَهُ, or أَرْضِهِ, Such a one sold the
أَصْل [meaning the fundamental property, i. e. the property itself,] of his land. And رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ إِلَى عِكْرِهِ [Such a one returned to his original state or condition, or natural disposition: see عِتْرٌ].
2 Also Custom; habit: so in the prov., عَادَتْ لِعِكْرِهَا لَمِيسُ Lemees [a proper name of a woman] returned to her custom, or habit. [See also عِتْرٌ.] And it is said in a trad., that when the words اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ [in the Kur xxi. 1] were revealed, those who were in error refrained a little from what was forbidden, and then عَادُوا إِلَى عِكْرِهِمْ, i. e., they returned to their original bad way of acting or of opinion, and to their evil deeds: or, accord. to one relation of the trad., الى , to their filthiness, from عَكَرٌ relating to oil: but the former is the more proper.
2 Also Custom; habit: so in the prov., عَادَتْ لِعِكْرِهَا لَمِيسُ Lemees [a proper name of a woman] returned to her custom, or habit. [See also عِتْرٌ.] And it is said in a trad., that when the words اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ [in the Kur xxi. 1] were revealed, those who were in error refrained a little from what was forbidden, and then عَادُوا إِلَى عِكْرِهِمْ, i. e., they returned to their original bad way of acting or of opinion, and to their evil deeds: or, accord. to one relation of the trad., الى , to their filthiness, from عَكَرٌ relating to oil: but the former is the more proper.
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