ركع

رَاكِعٌ ذ part. n. of 1, Bowing, or bending himself; or becoming bowed or bent: [&c.:] (Mgh:) anything, or anybody or any person, (accord. to different copies of the K,) lowering its, or his, head: (K:) or falling upon its, or his, face, so that the knees touch the ground, or do not touch it, after lowering the head: (TA:) ― -b2- prostrating himself in thanksgiving; used in this sense in the Kur xxxviii. 23: (Mgh:) ― -b3- praying: (Mgh:) ― -b4- and applied by the Arabs in the Time of Igno- rance to a follower of the true religion, not worshipping idols: (TA:) ― -b5- pl. رَاكَعُونَ (Mgh) and رُكَّعٌ and رُكُوعٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- اـِبِلٌ رَوَاكِعُ, [pl. of رَاكِعَةٌ,] (tropical:) Camels lowering their heads, and falling upon their faces, in consequence of fatigue, or the utmost fatigue, or languor arising from fatigue. (TA.)