ركب

مَرْكَبٌ ذ an inf. n. of رَكِبَ. (A, K, TA.) ― -b2- And also a noun of place [properly signifying A place of riding, &c.]. (TA.) [Hence, Anything upon which one rides; and upon, or in, which one is borne or carried: ] one of the مَرَاكِب of the land; and [more commonly] of the sea: (S, K:) [i. e.] a beast [ on which one rides ]; (A, TA;) and a vessel, i. e. a ship or boat: (A, Mgh, Msb, TA:) a saddle; and any kind of vehicle borne by a camel or other beast: (the lexicons passim:) مَرَاكِبُ is the pl. (Mgh, Msb.) You say, نِعْمَ المَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةُ [ Excellent, or most excellent, is the thing upon which one rides, the beast ]. (A.) And جَاآءَتْ مَرَاكِبُ اليَمَنِ The vessels, or the ships or boats, of El-Yemen came. (A.) ― -b3- [And hence المَرْكَبُ as the name of (assumed tropical:) The principal star ( a ) of Pegasus; because in the place of the saddle.]