عقد

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عقد¹

  • /ʕa.qa.da/

verb عَقَدَ · ʕaqada · يَعْقِدُ · عَقْد · عَاقِد

  1. to tie, knit, make a knot
  2. to conclude a bargain or contract
  3. to build access (to a bridge)
  4. to place (the crown on one's head)
  5. to make (لِ (li) someone) a leader
  6. to warrant
  7. to set (one's heart) upon
  8. to form seed pods
  9. to make an arch or vault
  10. to count
  11. to be gathered عُقِدَ ٱلاِجْتِمَاعُ.

عقد²

  • /ʕa.qi.da/

verb عَقِدَ · ʕaqida · يَعْقَدُ · عَقَد · أَعْقَد

  1. to speak with an impediment
  2. to be on the point of forming (of a seed pod)
  3. intransitive to thicken, get consistent
  4. to hang together (of dogs)

عقد³

  • /ʕaq.qa.da/

verb عَقَّدَ · ʕaqqada · يُعَقِّدُ · تَعْقِيد · مُعَقِّد

  1. to connect, tie together with a knot
  2. to complicate
  3. to arch, to vault
  4. transitive to thicken, make consistent (by boiling, etc.)

عقد⁴

  • /ʕaqd/

noun عَقْد · ʕaqd · عُقُود · الْعَقْد

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَدَ (ʕaqada, “to tie”) (form I), tying together, binding
  2. decade (a period of ten years)
  3. contract, covenant, compact
  4. tie, bond, connection
  5. compact, contract, covenant
  6. connection, cohesion
  7. alloy
  8. seed pod
  9. denary number
  10. making of magic knots

noun عَقْد · ʕaqd · عُقُود · الْعَقْد

  1. vault, arch
  2. opinion, belief

عقد⁵

  • /ʕa.qad/

noun عَقَد · ʕaqad · الْعَقَد · عَقَدٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقِدَ (ʕaqida) (form I)

عقد⁶

  • /ʕiqd/

noun عِقْد · ʕiqd · عُقُود · الْعِقْد

  1. necklace

In English

  • decade period of ten years
  • agreement legally binding contract
  • knot form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • pendant a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • thicken (transitive) to make more viscous
  • contract agreement that is legally binding
  • complicate to combine intricately

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عقد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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