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عِراك
fight, scuffle /ʕɪˈrɑːk/
nounB2#4232 most common
Also: brawl, altercation, tussle
Example sentences
الولدان في عِراك.
The two boys are in a fight.
بدأ عِراك بين الطالبين في الملعب.
A fight started between the two students on the playground.
انتهى العِراك بتدخل الشرطة.
The fight ended when the police stepped in.
نشب عِراك عنيف بين مشجعي الفريقين بعد المباراة.
A violent brawl broke out between the two teams' fans after the match.
حاول المعلم فضّ العِراك قبل أن يتفاقم إلى شجار جماعي.
The teacher tried to break up the fight before it grew into a mass brawl.
لم يكن ذلك العِراك سوى انعكاس لتوترات أعمق تراكمت بين الجارتين على مر السنين.
That fight was only a reflection of deeper tensions that had built up between the two neighbors over the years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِراكٌ | عِراكاتٌ |
| Genitive | عِراكٍ | عِراكاتٍ |
| Accusative | عِراكاً | عِراكاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عِراكُ | يا عِراكاتُ |
Word family
عارَكَto fight, wrestle, grapple with (someone)
تَعارَكَto fight each other
مَعْرَكَةbattle, battlefieldعَرَكَto rub, knead, chafe
مُعارِكone who fights, combatant
Etymology
عِراك is the verbal noun of عارَكَ, a Form III verb built on the Semitic root ع-ر-ك (ʕ-r-k), whose core sense is to rub, knead, or grind. Form III typically marks an action done mutually between two parties, so عارَكَ means to grapple or wrestle with someone, and عِراك names that mutual grinding as a fight or scuffle. The same root gives مَعْرَكَة, a battle or battlefield.
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