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ركم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تراكم ذ and ↓ ارتكم It (a thing) was, or became heaped, or piled, up, or together, or accumulated; i. e., collected together, (S, K, TA,) one part upon [or overlying ] another. (TA.) You say, تراكم السَّحَابُ The clouds were, or became, [ heaped, or piled, up, ] one above, or upon, [or overlying, ] another; as also تراكب. (TA in art. ركب.) And تراكم لَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ [lit. The flesh of the she-camel became accumulated ]; meaning the she-camel became fat. (TA.) [And تراكمت الظَّلْمَةُ (assumed tropical:) The darkness became condensed, or dense: for the Arabs describe thick darkness as “ darknesses one above another: ” see Kur xxiv. 40.] And تراكمت الأَشْغَالُ and ↓ ارتكمت (tropical:) [ Occupations, or the occupations, became accumulated ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تراكمverb
  1. 1.
تراكم لَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ
تراكمت الظَّلْمَةُ
تراكمت الأَشْغَالُ