ارك

Muḍāriʿ اَرُكَ and اَرِكَ.

The camels fed upon the kind of tree called أَرَاك, or stayed among trees of that kind, that is, what are termed حَمْض, eating them.

Or they found, or came upon, any trees at all and stayed among them; or, according to As, they kept to a place and did not move away from it; or they stayed in a place in order to feed upon the اراك.

Er-Rāghib: from this comes the meaning that follows, which is figurative.

Or he made them stay among trees of that kind; or he brought them to any trees at all and made them stay among them.

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Muḍāriʿ اَرُكَ and أُرِكَت.

he concealed her (a woman) by means of an أَرِيكَة (see that word).

Written with the disjunctive alif, اِيتَرَكَ.

It (the kind of tree called أَرَاك) became firm, strong, or compact, and big; or reached maturity; or became tangled, or luxuriant, and abundant.

See أَرَاكٌ.

In the CK آرِكٌ, but the TA says it is like كَتِفٌ.

The kind of trees termed حَمْض; Ibn-'Abbād gives also إِرْكٌ.

AHn and Aboo-Ziyād: certain well-known trees of the kind termed حَيْض, bearing what look like bunches of grapes, and from which sticks for cleaning the teeth are made — that is, from its branches, and from its roots, which are more esteemed for this purpose. (Aboo-Ziyād)

It is the best of the trees whose branches are used for this purpose, and the best of those on which beasts feed as regards the smell of the milk they yield.

Or one of the large thorny trees on which camels feed; the milk of the camels that feed on it is the best of milk, and it is not allowable to keep the public from feeding their beasts upon it.

Or a kind of tall, smooth, or soft tree, with many leaves and branches, its wood weak, having a fruit in bunches called بَرِير, one bunch of which will fill the hand.

Ism waḥda with ة; plural of the ism waḥda أُرُكٌ, and أَرَائِكُ, a form sometimes used, which is also a plural of the ism waḥda.

See the end of the entry that follows.

A raised couch in a حَجَلَة, which is a tent, pavilion, or chamber adorned with cloths and curtains, [or a kind of curtained canopy or alcove or the like,] for a bride.

Or a raised couch in a حَجَلَة with a curtain before it; when alone, it is not called by this name.

Or a bed, or something spread upon the ground to sit or lie upon, in a حَجَلَة.

Or a raised couch generally, whether in a حجلة or not.

Or [in the CK “and”] anything upon which one reclines, such as is termed سَرِير, منَصَّة, or فِرَاش.

Or [in some copies of the K “and”] a raised couch ornamentally furnished and decorated, in a tent or pavilion such as is termed قُبَّة, or in a chamber or apartment, بَيْت.

[Or by this may be meant here a tent of any kind, though I think that in this instance it more probably denotes an inner apartment, or an alcove.]

When there is not a سرير in it, it is termed حَجَلَة.

Er-Rāghib: it is so named because it was originally made of the wood of the أَرَاك, or because it is a place of abode, from أَرَك بِالمَكَانِ “he abode in the place”.

Plural أَرَائِكُ, and the collective noun أَرِيكٌ.

See the entry that follows.

Camels feeding upon the kind of tree called أَرَاك; also أَرَاكِيَّةٌ.

Or staying among trees of that kind, that is, what are termed حَمْض; or keeping to a place and not moving away from it.

Plural أَوَارِكُ.

Their milk is said to be the best of milk.

A people, or company of men, alighting and staying by trees of the kind called أَرَاك, feeding their camels upon those trees.

See أَرِكٌ.