ركم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of accumulation, piling up, or gathering things together. It describes the state of being stacked, heaped, or amassed, often referring to natural phenomena like clouds and sand dunes.

Derived headwords

رَكَمَverb

1.
to pile upboth
To gather things and place some on top of others, forming a heap.

رَكْمnoun

1.
piling upboth
The act of gathering and stacking things one upon another.

رُكَامnoun

1.
heapboth
Something piled up, one part on another, like a heap of sand or clouds.
2.
accumulated cloudsclassical
Specifically refers to clouds that are piled up and amassed together.
3.
large flockclassical
A large, dense flock or herd, appearing as if it has been piled up.

مَرْكُومadjective

1.
piled upboth
Describing something that has been piled up or heaped one upon another.

ارْتَكَمَverb

1.
to accumulateboth
To gather or collect, to become piled up.

تَرَاكَمَverb

1.
to pile upboth
To accumulate, to be piled up one on top of another.

رَكَمَةnoun

1.
heap of mud and dirtclassical
A collection or mound of mud and earth.

مَرْتَكَةnoun

1.
main roadclassical
The main, well-trodden path or highway.

Parallel reading

جمعك شيئا فوق شيء حتى تجعله ركاما مركوما

Your gathering something on top of something until you make it an accumulated heap.

ركم الشيء يركمه إذا جمعه وألقى بعضه على بعض

You pile up a thing, piling it up, if you gather it and cast some of it upon others.

وهو مركوم بعضه على بعض

And it is piled up, some of it on some.

وارتكم الشيء وتراكم إذا اجتمع

And a thing accumulates and piles up if it gathers.

الركم إلقاء بعض الشيء على بعض وتنضيده

The piling up is casting some of a thing upon another and arranging it.

ركمه يركمه ركـمـا فارتكم وتراكم

He piled it up, piling it up, a piling up, so it accumulated and piled up.

وشيء ركام: بعضه على بعض

And a thing is a heap: some of it on some.

ثم يجعله ركاما

Then He makes it an accumulated heap.

يعني السحاب

Meaning the clouds.

الركم السحاب المتراكم

The piling up is the accumulated clouds.

الركام الرمل المتراكم

The heap is the accumulated sand.

وكذلك السحاب وما أشبهه

And likewise the clouds and what resembles them.

حتى رأيت ركاما

Until I saw a heap (of clouds).

الركام: السحاب المتراكم بعضه فوق بعض

The heap: clouds piled up, some above others.

وقطيع ركام: ضخم كأنه قد ركم بعضه على بعض

And a large flock is a heap: huge as if some of it has been piled upon others.

والركمة: الطين والتراب المجموع

And the heap is the gathered mud and dirt.

حتى ركموا فصار سوادا

Until they piled up and became blackness.

ومرتكة الطريق: جادته ومحجته

And the main road is its highway and its thoroughfare.