اعتكر

Also It (darkness) became confused; (S, Msb;) as though one part thereof turned back upon another, from the slowness of its clearing away: (S, O:) it (night) became intense in its blackness, and confused; (K;) as also اعكر: (O, K;) or it became dense in its darkness, and confused. (A.)

اعتكروا They (people) became confused; (S;) as also تعاكروا: (S, O:) they became confused, or mixed together, in war, or fight; (K;) as also تعاكروا: (TA:) they became embroiled together in contention; (TA;) as also تعاكروا. (K.) [Hence,] اِعْتِكَارُ الضَّرَايءِرِ [lit., The wrangling of fellow-wives; meaning,] (assumed tropical:) confusion of discordant affairs. (TA.)

اعتكر العَسْكَرُ One part of the army returned upon another, so that it could not be numbered. (O, K.)

اعتكر المَطَرُ The rain became vehement: (K:) or copious and vehement. (S, TA.)

اعتكرت الرِّيَاحُ, (S, O,) or الرِّيحُ, (K,) The winds, (S, O,) or wind, (K,) brought dust, (S, O, K,) and removed the fruit of the trees. (O.)

اعتكر الشَّبَابُ Youthfulness continued (O, K) until its term was ended. (O.)