wakra

nest

وَكْرَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْلَة

Root

و ك ر

From the same root

All words from و ك ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries
  • وَكَرَ Form I He (a bird) came to the وَكْر
    , aor. يَكِرُ, inf. n. وَكْرٌ (S, K) and وُكُورٌ, (K,) He (a bird) came to the وَكْر [or nest]: (K:) or entered his وَكْر. (S.) ― -b2- وَكَرَ, (Mgh, Msb,) aor. يَكِرُ, (Msb,) He (a bird) took for himself, or made, or prepared, (إِتَّخذ,) a وَكْر; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ وكّر, (A, Mgh, Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَوْكِيرٌ; (TA;) but the latter has an intensive signification; (Msb;) and ↓ إِتَّكَرَ. (K.) أَوْكَرَ in this sense is a mistake. (Mgh.) -A2- وَكَرَ, aor. يَكِرُ; (K;) or ↓ وكّر, (A, L, Msb,) inf. n. تَوْكِيرٌ; (Fr, S, L;) He made, or prepared, the food called وَكِيرَة; (Fr, S, A, L, Msb;) لَهُمْ for them. (L, K.)
  • وَكَّرَ Form II Open entry
    see 1, in two places. ― -b2- See also وَكِيرَةٌ, in two places.
  • إِوْتَكَرَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1.
  • وَكْرٌ nest
    The nest (عُشّ) of a bird; (AA, S, A, Msb, K;) wherever it is; in a mountain or a tree; (AA, S, Msb;) and so if the bird is not in it; (M, A, K;) as also ↓ وَكْرَةٌ: (K:) the place in which a bird lays its eggs, and has, or hatches, its young; being a hole in a wall, or in a tree: (T, TA:) the place into which the bird enters; as also وَكْنٌ: (As, TA:) [see also عُشٌّ; and سَرَبٌ:] pl. (of pauc., TA:) أَوْكُرٌ (K) and أَوْكَارٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and (of mult., TA) وُكُورٌ (S, K) and وِكَارٌ (Msb) and وُكَرٌ. (K.) You say, بُيُوتٌ كَأَوْكارِ الطَّيْرِ [Houses like the nests of birds]. (A.) ― -b2- (tropical:) [A house: as in the following saying,] مَا دَارَ فِى فِكْرِىنُزُولُكَ فِى وَكْرِى (tropical:) Thine alighting at my house was not revolved in my mind]. (A.) See also وَكِيرَةٌ. ― -b3- The فَرْض [q. v.] of a زَنْدَة. (A, in art. فرض.)
  • نَاقَةٌ وَكَرَى Open entry
    : see جَمَّازٌ.
  • وَكْرَةٌ Open entry
    : see وَكْرٌ. -A2- See also وَكِيرَةٌ.
  • وَكَرَةٌ Open entry
    : see وَكِيرَةٌ.
  • وَكِيرٌ Open entry
    : see وَكِيرَةٌ.
  • وَكِيرَةٌ Food that is prepared on account of the completion of a building
    Food that is prepared on account of the completion of a building; (S, * Msb, * K;) as also ↓ وَكِيرٌ and ↓ وَكْرَةٌ and ↓ وَكَرَةٌ: (K:) food which a man prepares on the occasion of building his وَكْر [or house], or buying it, (A, TA,) and to which he invites [others]: (TA:) accord. to Fr, [food] prepared by a woman among the requisites for a bride or a traveller (فِى الجَهَازِ); sometimes, he says, called تَوْكِيرٌ: which latter word also signifies the act of feeding [with the food called وِكِيرَة]. (TA.)

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