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