ركع

1 رَكَعَ ذ , (Th, S, &c.,) aor. رَكَعَ , (Th, TA,) inf. n. رُكُوعٌ (Th, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and رَكْعٌ, (Th, TA,) He bowed, or bent, himself; or became bowed or bent: (Th, S, Mgh, Msb:) so says Er-Rághib, adding that it is sometimes used to denote a particular manner of doing so in prayer, and sometimes to denote humility and self-abasement either in worship or in other cases: (TA:) he lowered his head: (Th:) and he (an old man) bowed himself, or bent himself, or became bowed or bent, by reason of age: (S, Msb, K:) this is [said to be] the primary signification: (TA:) or he fell upon his face; (IDrd, IB, K;) and stumbled. (IB.) ― -b2- And hence, from رَكَعَ as used in the first of the senses explained above, (S, Mgh,) or as used in the first of the senses assigned to it above when said of an old man, (TA,) or as used in the last sense explained above, (IB,) رُكُوعُ الصَّلَاةِ, (S, IB, Mgh, TA,) or الرُّكُوعُ فِى الصَّلَاة, The lowering of the head, (K, TA,) by a person praying, (TA,) [or in prayer, ] after the act of standing in which the recitation [ of portions of the Kur-án ] is performed, so that the palms of the hands reach the knees; or, so that the back becomes depressed; (K, TA;) accord. to the doctors of practical law, so that if a cup full of water be placed upon the back, it will not be spilled. (TA.) ― -b3- رَكَعَ اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ He lowered his head, or he humbled himself, to God; syn. اِطْمَأَنَّ. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- رَكَعَ, also signifies He prayed; (Mgh;) and so ↓ تركّع. (TA.) Thus in the Kur [ii. 40], وَا@رْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ, And pray ye with those who pray. (Mgh.) You say also, رَكَعَ رَكْعَةً, and رَكْعَتَيْنِ, and ثَلَاثَ رَكَعَاتٍ, He prayed a rek'ah, and two rek'ahs, and three rek'ahs. (K.) [See رَكْعَةٌ, below.] ― -b5- Also, accord. to IKoot and several others, He stood to prayer. (Msb) ― -b6- لَغِبَتِ الاـِبِلُ حَتَّى رَكَعَتْ (tropical:) The camels became fatigued, or fatigued in the utmost degree, or languid in consequence of fatigue, so that they lowered their heads, and fell upon their faces. (TA.) ― -b7- رَكَعَتِ النَّخْلَةُ (assumed tropical:) The palm-tree inclined: a phrase which may be of classical authority, but [Mtr says,] I have not found it. (Mgh.) ― -b8- Said of a man, (TA,) رَكَعَ, also signifies (tropical:) He became poor after richness, or competence, or sufficiency; and his state, or condition, became lowered, or abased. (K, TA.)