ع ر ك

ع ر ك

Arabic

Root

ع ر ك • (ʿ-r-k)

1. related to rubbing and toughening
2. hence, related to skirmishing

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: عَرَكَ‎ (ʿaraka, “to rub, to scrub; to toughen”)
  • Verbal noun: عَرْك‎ (ʿark)
  • Active participle: عَارِك‎ (ʿārik)
  • Passive participle: مَعْرُوك‎ (maʿrūk)
• Form I: عَرِكَ‎ (ʿarika, “to be tough”)
  • Active participle: عَارِك‎ (ʿārik)
  • Passive participle: مَعْرُوك‎ (maʿrūk)
• Form I: عَرَكَ‎ (ʿaraka, “to suffer menstruation”)
  • Verbal noun: عَرَاك‎ (ʿarāk), عُرُوك‎ (ʿurūk), عَرْك‎ (ʿark)
  • Active participle: عَارِك‎ (ʿārik)
• Form III: عَارَكَ‎ (ʿāraka, “to make rub against, to crowd together; to fight against”)
  • Verbal noun: مُعَارَكَة‎ (muʿāraka), عِرَاك‎ (ʿirāk)
  • Active participle: مُعَارِك‎ (muʿārik)
  • Passive participle: مُعَارَك‎ (muʿārak)
• Form IV: أَعْرَكَ‎ (ʾaʿraka, “to suffer menstruation”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْرَاك‎ (ʾiʿrāk)
  • Active participle: مُعْرِك‎ (muʿrik)
• Form VI: تَعَارَكَ‎ (taʿāraka, “to fight each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَارُك‎ (taʿāruk)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَارِك‎ (mutaʿārik)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَارَك‎ (mutaʿārak)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَرَكَ‎ (iʿtaraka, “to fight each other”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِرَاك‎ (iʿtirāk)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَرِك‎ (muʿtarik)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَرَك‎ (muʿtarak)

Nouns

• عَرْك‎ (ʿark, “incision, cut; vulva; dung of a beast or bird of prey”)
• عَرَك‎ (ʿarak, “fishermen”, collective); singulative عَرَكِيّ‎ (ʿarakiyy), plural of variety عُرُوك‎ (ʿurūk)
• عَرُوك‎ (ʿarūk, “fisherman’s instrument”); pl. عُرُك‎ (ʿuruk)
• عَرْكة‎ f (ʿarka, “quarrel”)
• مَعْرَكَة‎ f (maʿraka, “battlefield; battle”); pl. مَعَارِك‎ (maʿārik)
• مُعْتَرَك‎ m (muʿtarak, “battlefield”)
• مَعْرَك‎ m (maʿrak, “battlefield”)
• عَرِك‎ (ʿarik, “being a wave or man etc. that prostrates often”)
• عَرِيكَة‎ (ʿarīka, “camel's hump; nature, disposition”); pl. عَرَائِك‎ (ʿarāʾik)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “ع ر ك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 145
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “ع ر ك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 232–234
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ع ر ك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2023–2024
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ع ر ك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 711