Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

تعكّن, said of the belly (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) of a girl, or young woman, (Ḳ,) It had creases, or wrinkles, originating from fatness. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

And It (a thing) was, or became, heaped up, one part upon another, and folded. (TA.)

عُكْنَةٌ A crease, or wrinkle, in the belly, originating from fatness: pl. عُكَنٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and (Ṣ, Mṣb) sometimes they said (Mṣb) أَعْكَانٌ [which is a pl. of pauc.]. (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA.)

عُكَنُ الدِّرْعِ means The folds of the coat of mail: so in a verse cited voce أَخْنَسُ: one says دِرْعٌ ذَاتُ عُكَنٍ [A coat of mail having folds] when it is wide, folding upon the wearer by reason of its width. (TA.)

عَكْنَآءُ A girl, or young woman, having creases, or wrinkles, in her belly, originating from fatness; as alsoمُعَكَّنَةٌ↓. (Ḳ.)

And A she-camel thick in the teats (Ḳ, TA) and in the flesh of the udder; and in like manner a ewe or goat. (TA.)

نَعَمٌ عَكَنَانٌ, and sometimes pronounced عَكْنَانٌ [app. by poetic license], (Ṣ,) or إِبِلٌ عَكْنَانٌ and عَكَنَانٌ, (Ḳ,) Numerous camels: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or numerous great camels. (TA.)

عِكَانٌ The neck: (Ḳ:) app. a dial. var. of عِجَانٌ, of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)