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Numerous, luxuriant, tangled, or dense trees. Or a place where water collects and sinks into the ground, producing [trees of the kinds called] سِدْر and أَرَاك and similar soft trees. Or a collection of any trees, even of palm-trees. Or, as some say, a place where [trees of the kind called] أَثْل grow, and where there is a collection of them. Or, according to AHn, an abundant collection of أَرَاك in one place. Or trees, said to be of the [kind called] أَرَاك.
The ism waḥda is formed with ة.
IAar says that one says أَيْكَةٌ أَثْلٍ and رَهْطٌ and قَصِيمَةٌ.
أَصْحَابُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ occurs in the Kur in four chapters: 15:78, 26:176, 38:12, and 50:13. Whoever reads it this way means, by the second word, الغَيْضَة [explained above, and also meaning the thicket, or collection of tangled trees, etc.]; or the tangled, luxuriant, or abundant and dense trees.
Another reading is لَيْكَةَ, according to which this is the name of the town [in which the people mentioned here dwelt]. Or, as some say, the two words are [applied to the same place,] like بَكَّةُ and مَكَّةُ.
But Zj says that another reading is allowable, and very good, namely أَصْحَابُ لَيْكَةِ, as being originally الأيْكَةِ; for the Arabs say اَلَحْمَرُ قَدْ جَآءَنِى and لَحْمَرُ جَآإَنِى for الأَحْمَرُ, so that لَيْكَة is like لَحْمَر.
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Numerous, luxuriant or tangled or dense, trees: (S, K:) or a place where water collects and sinks into the ground ( غَيْضَةٌ ) producing [trees of the kinds called] سِدْر and أَرَاك (Lth, K) and similar soft trees: (Lth:) or a collection of any trees; even, of palm-trees: (K:) or, as some say, a place where [trees of the kind called] أَثْل grow, and where is a collection of them: or, accord. to AHn, an abundant collection of أَرَاك in one place: (TA:) or trees; said to be of the [kind called] أَرَاك : (Msb:) n. un. with ة : (S, Msb, K, &c.:) IAar says, [you say,] أَيْكَةٌ أَثْلٍ and رَهْطٌ , and قَصِيمَةٌ . (Sh.) أَصْحَابُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ occurs in the Kur in four chapters: [xv. 78 and xxvi. 176 and xxxviii. 12 and 1.13:] (Sgh:) he who reads thus means, by the latter word, الغَيْضَة [explained above, and also signifying the thicket, or collection of tangled trees, &c.]; (S, K;) or the tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, trees: (TA:) another reading is لَيْكَةَ ; accord. to which, this is the name of the town [in which the people here mentioned dwelt]: (S, K:) or, as some say, the two words are [applied to the same place,] like بَكَّةُ and مَكَّةُ : (S:) but Zj says that another reading is allowable, and very good; i. e. أَصْحَابُ لَيْكَةِ , as being originally الأيْكَةِ ; for the Arabs say, اَلَحْمَرُ قَدْ جَآءَنِى and لَحْمَرُ جَآإَنِى for الأَحْمَرُ ; so that لَيْكَة is like لَحْمَر . (TA.)