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talakkuʾ

loafing, loitering

تَلَكُّؤ

Word

Noun

Root

ت ك ك

In the library

وحدثني ثمامة عن من قدم عليه من أهل دمشق قال: لما بايع الناس يزيد بن الوليد، وأتاه الخبر عن مروان بن محمد ببعض التلكؤ والتحبّس، كتب إليه:

Eloquence and Exposition, page 243 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • استتكّ التِّكَّةَ Form X He inserted the تِكَّة in
    , (IDrd, K,) or بِالتِّكَّةِ, (Msb,) He inserted the تِكَّة in [the double upper border of] the drawers, or trousers. (IDrd, Msb, K.) You say also, هُوَ يَسْتَتِكُ بِالحَرِيرِ He makes use of a تِكَّة of silk. (A.)
  • تِكَّةٌ band
    The band [that is inserted in the double upper border] of the drawers, or trousers; (IDrd, K;) [generally, a strip of cotton, which is often embroidered at each end; sometimes, of net-work; and] sometimes, of silk: (A:) IDrd thinks it to be an adventitious word, though used in ancient times; (TA;) and IAmb says, I think it to be arabicized: (Msb:) pl. تِكَكٌ. (S, Msb, K.)
  • مِتَكُّ thing by means of which the تِكَّة is inserted in
    The thing by means of which the تِكَّة is inserted in [the double upper border of] the drawers, or trousers. (TA.) [It is generally a slender piece of wood, having at one end a loop through which a portion of the تكّة is passed.]

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