ركد

1 رَكَدَ ذ , (S, A, Msb,) aor. رَكُدَ , (Msb,) inf. n. رُكُودٌ, (S Msb, K,) It was, or became, still, or motionless; (S, A, Msb, K;) said of water: (S, A, Msb:) and fixed, or stationary. (K.) And in like manner, using the verb in the former sense, one says of the wind: (S, A:) [whence] one says also, رَكُدَتْ رِيحُهُمْ [lit. Their wind became still, or calm ] meaning (tropical:) their good fortune ceased, and their affairs, or circumstances, began to retrograde by degrees: and [in like manner,] ↓ طَفِقَتْ رِيحُهُمْ تَتَرَاكَدُ (tropical:) [ their good fortune began to cease by degrees ]. (A.) So too one says of the expressed juice of grapes, meaning It ceased to estuate. (L.) And of the heat, i. e. It remitted, or subsided. (L. [See also رَقَدَ.]) And رَكَدَتِ السَّفِينَةُ The ship became still, or motionless, (S, * A, * Msb, TA,) or aground. (TA.) And رَكَدَ المِيزَانُ The balance was, or became, in a state of equilibrium. (S, A, K.) And رَكَدَتِ البَكْرَةُ The sheave of the pulley was, or became, fixed: and also the sheave of the pulley turned, or revolved: thus bearing two contr. significations. (L.) And رَكَدَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, at its midday-height: (S:) or continued overhead; as though not quitting its place. (A.) And رَكَدَ القَوْمُ The people were, or became, still, motionless, or silent. (S, A.)