Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وِكَادٌ

Root: وكد

Full Definition

وِكَادٌ A rope with which cows are tied on the occasion of milking.
2 Also وِكَادٌ and إِكَادٌ sings. of وَكَائِدُ [and أَكَائِدُ], [pls. deviating from the constant course of speech in relation to the sings.; see art. أكد;] signifying, Thongs, or straps, with which one binds a camel's, or horse's saddle: or the thongs, or straps, by which the قَرَبُوس is bound to the two side-boards of a horse's saddle; as also مَيَاكِيدُ and تَآكِيدُ and ; or these are called مياكيد, but not تواكيد: and it [مياكيد] is a pl. that has no [proper] sing.


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