معقد

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَقَّدَ (ʕaqqada, “to tie together in knots”), from the root ع ق د (ʕ-q-d); compare عَقْد (ʕaqd, “contract”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaq.qad/

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  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaɡ.ɡad/,

مُعَقَّد • (muʕaqqad) (feminine مُعَقَّدَة (muʕaqqada), masculine plural مُعَقَّدُونَ (muʕaqqadūna), feminine plural مُعَقَّدَات (muʕaqqadāt))

1. (literally) tied in many knots
2. complicated, complex, intricate, hard to understand

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “معقد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معقد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic مُعَقَّد (muʕaqqad). Equivalent to the passive participle of عقّد (ʕaʔʔad, “to tie several knots; to complicate”).

• IPA^(key): (Ramallah) /mʕaʔ.ʔad/,
• IPA^(key): (Gaza) /mʕaɡ.ɡad/,

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معقّد • (mʕaʔʔad) (feminine معقّدة (mʕaʔʔade), common plural معقّدين (mʕaʔʔadīn))

1. knotted, tied with several knots
2. (by extension) complicated, complex, knotty

   Synonym: عويص (ʕawīṣ)

   Antonym: بسيط (basīṭ)

3. (by extension) suffering from a complex, hung up

• صعب (ṣaʕb, “hard, difficult”)