ركض

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root ركض primarily denotes rapid movement, often involving striking with the legs or feet. This can apply to animals like horses and camels, birds in flight, or even humans running. It also extends to concepts of agitation, disturbance, and forceful impact.

Derived headwords

رَكَضَverb

1.
to strike the flanksboth
To strike the flanks of an animal with one's legs.
2.
to move rapidlyboth
To move quickly, especially by striking the ground with legs or feet.
3.
to runboth
To flee or escape rapidly.
4.
to flap wingsclassical
For a bird to move its wings rapidly in flight.
5.
to strikeboth
To strike something with the leg or foot.

ركض الدابة يركضها ركضا: ضرب جنبيها برجله — He struck the animal's flanks with his leg.

ركضت الدابة نفسها، وأباها بعضهم — The animal moved itself rapidly, and some attributed it to its father.

وفلان يركض دابته: وهو ضربه مركليها برجليه — And so-and-so strikes his mount with his heels.

ركضت الدابة، بغير ألف، ولا يقال ركض هو، إنما هو تحريكك إياه، سار أو لم يسر — The animal moved, without 'alif', and it is not said 'he moved it', it is merely your moving it, whether it traveled or not.

ركض الطائر يركض ركضا: أسرع في طيرانه — The bird moved rapidly in its flight.

ركض الأرض والثوب: ضربهما برجله — He struck the ground and the garment with his leg.

ركضت الفرس برجلي إذا استحثثته ليعدو — I urged the horse with my legs to make it run.

والتركضى والتركضاء: ضرب من المشي على شكل تلك المشية — And al-tarakuddi and al-tarakudda: a type of walking resembling that gait.

رَكْضٌnoun

1.
striking with legsboth
The act of striking with the legs, especially the flanks of an animal.
2.
rapid movementboth
Fast movement, running, or galloping.
3.
agitationclassical
Disturbance or agitation.
4.
human walkingclassical
The walking of a human using both legs together.

ركض الدابة يركضها ركضا: ضرب جنبيها برجله — Striking the animal's flanks with his leg.

ركض الطائر يركض ركضا: أسرع في طيرانه — The bird's rapid movement in its flight.

والركض: مشي الإنسان برجليه معا — And al-rakd: a human walking with both legs together.

مَرْكَضَةnoun

1.
stirrupclassical
The stirrup of a bow, or the two stirrups.
2.
pregnant mareclassical
A mare whose fetus is moving in her womb.
3.
fast mareclassical
A mare that runs swiftly, striking the ground with her hooves.

ومركضة القوس: معروفة وهما مركضتان — And the stirrup of the bow is known, and they are two stirrups.

وأركضت الفرس، فهي مركضة ومركض إذا اضطرب جنينها في بطنها — And the mare became pregnant, so she is a markada and markad if her fetus moves in her belly.

ويروى ومركضة، بكسر الميم، نعت الفرس أنها ركاضة تركض الأرض بقوائمها إذا عدت وأحضرت — And it is narrated as markada, with a kasra on the mim, describing a mare as being swift, running the earth with her hooves when she gallops and is brought forth.

مَرْكَضٌnoun

1.
stirrupclassical
The side of a bow, or the stirrup.
2.
pregnant mareclassical
A mare whose fetus is moving in her womb.
3.
fire pokerclassical
A tool used to stir embers in a fire.

قال ابن بري: ومركزا القوس جانباها — Ibn al-Bari said: And the markad of the bow are its sides.

وأركضت الفرس، فهي مركضة ومركض إذا اضطرب جنينها في بطنها — And the mare became pregnant, so she is a markada and markad if her fetus moves in her belly.

والمركض: محراث النار ومسعرها — And al-markad: the poker of fire and its stoker.

مَرْكَضَانnoun

1.
heels of riderclassical
The place where the rider's heels rest on the animal's flanks.

والمركضان: هما موضع عقبي الفارس من معدي الدابة — And al-markadan: they are the place of the rider's heels on the animal's flanks.

أَرْكَضَverb

1.
fetus movesclassical
For a mare's fetus to move in her womb.
2.
to make runclassical
To cause an animal to run.

أركضت الفرس، فهي مركضة ومركض إذا اضطرب جنينها في بطنها — The mare's fetus moved in her belly.

وأركضت الفرس: تحرك ولدها في بطنها وعظم — And the mare's fetus moved in her belly and grew.

ارْتَكَضَverb

1.
to be agitatedclassical
To be disturbed or agitated.
2.
to move wingsclassical
For a bird to move its wings.

ارتكض الشيء: اضطرب — The thing was agitated.

ارتكض فلان في أمره: اضطرب — So-and-so was agitated in his affair.

وربما قالوا ركض الطائر إذا حرك جناحيه في الطيران — And sometimes they say 'rakada the bird' when it moves its wings in flight.

ارْتِكَاضnoun

1.
agitationclassical
Agitation or disturbance.

لنفس المؤمن أشد ارتكاضا على الذنب من العصفور حين يغدف به — The soul of the believer is more agitated by sin than a bird when it is trapped.

رَكَّاضadjective

1.
swift runnerboth
Describing an animal that runs swiftly.

كأن تحتي بازيا ركاضا — As if I had beneath me a swift falcon.

رَكَّاضَةnoun

1.
swift runnerclassical
A female animal that runs swiftly.

رَكُوضadjective

1.
swift bowclassical
Describing a bow that shoots arrows swiftly.

وقوس ركوض ومركضة أي سريعة السهم — And a swift bow and markada, meaning one that shoots arrows quickly.

تَرَاكَضُواverb

1.
to race horsesclassical
To race their horses towards each other.

تراكضوا إليه خيلهم — They raced their horses towards him.

تَرَاكُضِيّadjective

1.
swaggering walkclassical
A type of walk characterized by swaggering and prancing.

والتركضى والتركضاء: ضرب من المشي على شكل تلك المشية — And al-tarakuddi and al-tarakudda: a type of walking resembling that gait.

رَكْضَةnoun

1.
pushclassical
A push or sudden movement.

إنما هو عرق عاند أو ركضة من الشيطان — It is merely a stubborn vein or a push from Satan.

مُرْتَكِضnoun

1.
water gathering placeclassical
A place where water collects.

ومرتكض الماء: موضع مجمعه — And the place where water collects: its gathering place.

رَكَّاضname

1.
nameclassical
A proper name.

وركاظ: اسم، والله أعلم — And Rakadh: a name, and God knows best.

Parallel reading

ركض الدابة يركضها ركضا: ضرب جنبيها برجله.

To strike the animal's flanks with his leg.

ومركضة القوس: معروفة وهما مركضتان؛

And the stirrup of the bow is known, and they are two stirrups;

لنا مسائح زور، في مراكضها ... لين، وليس بها وهي ولا رقق

We have broad flanks, in their stirrups... soft, and they are neither coarse nor thin.

وفلان يركض دابته: وهو ضربه مركليها برجليه، فلما كثر هذا على ألسنتهم استعملوه في الدواب فقالوا: هي تركض، كأن الركض منها.

And so-and-so strikes his mount with his heels, and when this became common on their tongues, they used it for animals and said: it runs, as if the running is from it.

والمركضان: هما موضع عقبي الفارس من معدي الدابة.

And al-markadan: they are the place of the rider's heels on the animal's flanks.

وقال أبو عبيد: أركضت الفرس، فهي مركضة ومركض إذا اضطرب جنينها في بطنها؛

And Abu Ubaid said: The mare's fetus moved in her belly, so she is a markada and markad if her fetus moves in her belly;

ويروى ومركضة، بكسر الميم، نعت الفرس أنها ركاضة تركض الأرض بقوائمها إذا عدت وأحضرت.

And it is narrated as markada, with a kasra on the mim, describing a mare as being swift, running the earth with her hooves when she gallops and is brought forth.

ركضت الدابة، بغير ألف، ولا يقال ركض هو، إنما هو تحريكك إياه، سار أو لم يسر؛

The animal moved, without 'alif', and it is not said 'he moved it', it is merely your moving it, whether it traveled or not;

وقال شمر: قد وجدنا في كلامهم ركضت الدابة في سيرها وركض الطائر في طيرانه؛

And Shamir said: We have found in their speech 'the animal moved in its journey' and 'the bird moved in its flight';

جوانح يخلجن خلج الظباء، ... يركضن ميلا وينزعن ميلا

Ribs that move like gazelles, ... moving a mile and stopping a mile.

والنسر قد يركض وهو هافي أي يضرب بجناحيه.

And the vulture may move rapidly while flapping, meaning it strikes with its wings.

إذا ركب الرجل البعير فضرب بعقبيه مركليه فهو الركض والركل.

If a man rides a camel and strikes its flanks with his heels, that is al-rakd and al-rakal.

وقد ركض الرجل إذا فر وعدا.

And a man has run if he flees and gallops.

قال الفراء في قوله تعالى: إذا هم منها يركضون لا تركضوا وارجعوا ؛ قال: يركضون يهربون وينهزمون ويفرون، وقال الزجاج: يهربون من العذاب.

Al-Farra said about the Almighty's saying: 'When they flee from it, do not flee and return'; he said: 'they flee, they run away, they are routed, and they escape', and Al-Zajjaj said: 'they flee from the punishment'.

ويقال ركض البعير برجله كما يقال رمح ذو الحافر برجله، وأصل الركض الضرب.

And it is said the camel struck with its leg as a hoofed animal is said to strike with its leg, and the origin of al-rakd is striking.

لنفس المؤمن أشد ارتكاضا على الذنب من العصفور حين يغدف به أي أشد اضطرابا وحركة على الخطيئة حذار العذاب من العصفور إذا أغدف عليه الشبكة فاضطرب تحتها.

The soul of the believer is more agitated by sin than a bird when it is trapped, meaning more disturbed and moving towards sin out of fear of punishment, like a bird when the net is cast upon it and it struggles beneath it.

كأن تحتي بازيا ركاضا

As if I had beneath me a swift falcon.

وروضا من السراء طحورا

And swiftness from the belly, piercing.

ومرتكض الماء: موضع مجمعه.

And the gathering place of water: its collection point.

إنما هو عرق عاند أو ركضة من الشيطان ؛ قال: الركضة الدفعة والحركة؛

It is merely a stubborn vein or a push from Satan; he said: al-rakda is a push and a movement;

يركضن عند الزنابى، وهي جاهدة، ... يكاد يخطفها طورا وتهتلك «1» قال: ركضها طيرانها؛

They move rapidly near the ant-hills, and she is struggling, ... almost snatching her at times and tearing her. He said: their rapid movement is their flight;

والتركضى والتركضاء: ضرب من المشي على شكل تلك المشية، وقيل: مشية التركضى مشية فيها ترقل وتبختر، إذا فتحت التاء والكاف قصرت، وإذا كسرتهما مددت.

And al-tarakuddi and al-tarakudda: a type of walking resembling that gait, and it is said: the walk of al-tarakuddi is a walk with prancing and swaggering; if you open the ta and kaf, it is short, and if you break them, it is long.

وانتقضت مرته وارتكضت جرته.

His wife became agitated and his stomach churned.

وربما قالوا ركض الطائر إذا حرك جناحيه في الطيران؛

And sometimes they say 'rakada the bird' when it moves its wings in flight;

أرقني طارق هم أرقا، ... وركض غربان غدون نعقا

A night visitor's worries kept me awake, ... and the movement of crows going out cawing.

وأركضت الفرس: تحرك ولدها في بطنها وعظم؛

And the mare's fetus moved in her belly and grew;

وفلان لا يركض المحجن؛ عن ابن الأعرابي، أي لا يمتعض من شيء ولا يدفع عن نفسه.

And so-and-so does not move the crook; from Ibn al-Arabi, meaning he is not angered by anything and does not defend himself.

كما سطح الجمر بالمركض

As if the embers were spread with the poker.