عكروت

Arabic

Etymology

Probably individualizing from عَكَارَة (ʕakāra, “dregs, settlings”) in a figurative sense of “what has settled on the bottom of society”, as in Armenian տականք (takankʻ), German Hefe, English riffraff, Russian подонок (podonok) etc., both a frequent Egyptian Arabic word.

Noun

عَكْرُوت • (ʕakrūt) m (plural عَكَارِيت (ʕakārīt)) (regional, derogatory)

1. (Lebanon) pimp, philanderer

   Synonyms: قَوَّاد (qawwād), عَرْص (ʕarṣ)

2. scoundrel, swindler, outcast

Declension

Declension of noun عَكْرُوت (ʕakrūt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَكْرُوت ʕakrūt	الْعَكْرُوت al-ʕakrūt	عَكْرُوت ʕakrūt
Nominative	عَكْرُوتٌ ʕakrūtun	الْعَكْرُوتُ al-ʕakrūtu	عَكْرُوتُ ʕakrūtu
Accusative	عَكْرُوتًا ʕakrūtan	الْعَكْرُوتَ al-ʕakrūta	عَكْرُوتَ ʕakrūta
Genitive	عَكْرُوتٍ ʕakrūtin	الْعَكْرُوتِ al-ʕakrūti	عَكْرُوتِ ʕakrūti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَكْرُوتَيْن ʕakrūtayn	الْعَكْرُوتَيْن al-ʕakrūtayn	عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay
Nominative	عَكْرُوتَانِ ʕakrūtāni	الْعَكْرُوتَانِ al-ʕakrūtāni	عَكْرُوتَا ʕakrūtā
Accusative	عَكْرُوتَيْنِ ʕakrūtayni	الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ al-ʕakrūtayni	عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay
Genitive	عَكْرُوتَيْنِ ʕakrūtayni	الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ al-ʕakrūtayni	عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَكَارِيت ʕakārīt	الْعَكَارِيت al-ʕakārīt	عَكَارِيت ʕakārīt
Nominative	عَكَارِيتُ ʕakārītu	الْعَكَارِيتُ al-ʕakārītu	عَكَارِيتُ ʕakārītu
Accusative	عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta	الْعَكَارِيتَ al-ʕakārīta	عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta
Genitive	عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta	الْعَكَارِيتِ al-ʕakārīti	عَكَارِيتِ ʕakārīti

Descendants

• → Turkish: akrut (“crafty”) (Paphos, Cyprus)

References

• Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey‎^[1], London: Bickers & Son, page 150
• Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey‎^[2], London: Bickers & Son, page 211