اكر
1 أَكَرَ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. أَكْرٌ, He tilled the ground; ploughed it up for sowing. (
Msb.)
b2: He dug the ground. (
TA.)
b3: He cut, or dug, a river, or canal, or rivulet. (
Msb.)
b4: And أَكَرَ,
aor. ـُ (
TA,)
inf. n. as above; (
K;) and ↓ تأكّر; (
K;) He dug a hollow, or cavity, in the ground, for water to collect therein and to be baled out therefrom clear: (
K,
TA:) or أُكَرَّا ↓ تأكّر signifies he dug hollows, or cavities, in the ground. (
S.) 3 آكرهُ, (
TK.)
inf. n. مُؤَاكَرَةٌ, (
S,
K,) He made a contract, or bargain, with him to till and sow and cultivate land for a share of its produce;
syn. of the
inf. n. مُخَابَرَةٌ. (
S,
K,
TA.) The doing of this is forbidden. (
TA.) 5 تَاَ^َََّ see 1, in two places.
أُكْرَةٌA hollow, or cavity, dug in the ground, (
S,
Msb,
K,) in which water collects, and from which it is baled out clear: (
K:)
pl. أُكَرٌ. (
S,
Msb.)
A2: Also a
dial. var. of كُرَةٌ, (
K,) [A ball] with which one plays: (
TA:) [and a sphere, or globe:] but it is of weak authority. (
K.) إِكَارَةٌ, as used in practical law, Land which is given by its owners to men who sow and cultivate it [
app. for a certain share of its produce: see 3]. (
Mgh.) أَكَّارٌ A tiller, or cultivator, of land: (
Msb,
K:)
pl. أَكَرَةٌ; as though it were
pl. of آكِرٌ, (
S,
Msb,
K,) like as كَفَرَةٌ is
pl. of كَافِرٌ. (
Msb.)
