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ركبه

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of mounting, riding, or ascending, often applied to animals like camels and horses. It extends to concepts of overcoming obstacles, committing transgressions, and physical positioning, particularly related to the knee and joints. It also encompasses terms for vehicles, groups of riders, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

رَكِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to mount, to rideboth

    To get on and sit upon an animal, vehicle, or other means of transport, or to ascend something.

  2. 2.
    to commit, to perpetrateclassical

    To engage in or carry out a sin, offense, or a serious mistake.

  3. 3.
    to be ready to be riddenclassical

    Describing a young animal, particularly a colt, that has reached the age where it can be ridden.

رُكُوبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    riding, mountingboth

    The act of riding or mounting an animal or vehicle.

  2. 2.
    mounts, riding animalsboth

    Animals or vehicles that are ridden.

  3. 3.
    a group of ridersclassical

    A collection of people who are riding, often referring to a group of ten or more.

مَرْكَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    vehicle, mountboth

    A means of transport, whether on land or sea, such as a ship, boat, or animal used for riding.

  2. 2.
    origin, sourceclassical

    The fundamental basis, root, or origin of something.

  3. 3.
    one who borrows a horse for warclassical

    A person who borrows a horse to participate in a raid or battle, entitled to half the spoils.

رَاكِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    riderboth

    A person who is riding an animal or vehicle.

  2. 2.
    camel (specific)classical

    Specifically refers to a camel that is ridden.

  3. 3.
    mountain peakclassical

    The summit or highest point of a mountain.

رُكْبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    kneeboth

    The joint in the middle of the leg, between the thigh and the lower leg.

  2. 2.
    base of a plantclassical

    The part of a plant, like a sycamore, that remains after it has been cut.

  3. 3.
    joint of the legclassical

    The part connecting the lower thigh to the upper shin, or the fetlock and forearm.

ارْتَكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to commit, to perpetrateclassical

    To do or perform something wrong, a sin, or a grave error.

  2. 2.
    to mount, to rideclassical

    To ascend or get upon something.

رَكَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to assemble, to put togetherboth

    To place one thing upon another, causing them to join or fit together.

  2. 2.
    to install, to fitboth

    To set something in place or fit it into a structure.

تَرَاكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be superimposed, to overlapboth

    To lie or be placed one upon another, often in layers.

رُكَّابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    camelsboth

    Camels collectively, especially those used for riding.

  2. 2.
    ridersclassical

    A group of people who are riding.

رَكَّابِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    transported by camelclassical

    Referring to goods, like oil from Syria, that are transported on camels.

رَكُوبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mount, riding animalboth

    An animal or thing that is ridden.

رُكُوبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    riding animalboth

    A female animal designated or accustomed to being ridden.

  2. 2.
    diligent, accustomed to workclassical

    Describing a female animal that is constantly used for work or riding.

رَكُوبَانَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    riding camelclassical

    A female camel that is ridden, or one that is easily managed.

رَكْبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    less than a group of tenclassical

    A group smaller than the 'rakb' (ten or more riders).

رَكْبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    group of ridersboth

    A group of ten or more camel riders.

  2. 2.
    pubic areaclassical

    The pubic region or its growth.

أَرْكُوبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    larger group of ridersclassical

    A group of riders that is larger than the 'rakb'.

رَكِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mounted passengerclassical

    Someone riding with another person.

  2. 2.
    embedded partclassical

    Something fitted or set into something else, like a gem in a setting.

  3. 3.
    planted rowsclassical

    Rows of plants, like palm trees, planted in a line.

رَكُوبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    female riding animalboth

    A female animal suitable or accustomed to being ridden.

رَكَّابَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    palm shootclassical

    A dangling shoot from the top of a date palm that does not reach the ground.

رَوَكِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ridges of fatclassical

    Layered ridges of fat, especially on a camel's hump.

رُكْبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    knee (plural)both

    The joint of the leg.

أَرْكَبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    large-kneedclassical

    Describing an animal, like a camel, with one knee significantly larger than the other.

رَكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the kneeclassical

    To hit someone's knee, or to strike someone's forehead with one's knee.

رَكِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    channel, ditchclassical

    A trench or channel, especially one between two rows of plants or between two walls.

رُكْبَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    base of thighsclassical

    The upper part of the thighs, near the pubic area.

مَرْكُوبٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place in the Hijaz region.

رُكْبَةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A valley located in Ta'if.

رَكَّابِيَّةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A location near Medina.

رُكَابٌname
  1. 1.
    region nameclassical

    A region in Yemen.

ذُو الرُّكْبَةِname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A poet known by this name.

بِنْتُ رُكْبَةَname
  1. 1.
    ancestress's nameclassical

    The mother of Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy.

رَكْبٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A location in the Hijaz.

رُكَابُ السَّحَابِnoun
  1. 1.
    windsclassical

    The winds that carry the clouds.

رَاكِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain summitclassical

    The peak or highest point of a mountain.

بَعِيرٌ أَرْكَبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    camel with uneven kneesclassical

    A camel whose knees are of unequal size.

نَخْلٌ رَكِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    planted in rowsclassical

    Palm trees planted in straight lines, whether along a channel or not.

Parallel reading

رَكِبَهُ، كَسَمِعَهُ، رُكُوبًا وَمَرْكَبًا: عَلَاهُ
He mounted it, like hearing it, with 'rukuban' and 'markaban': he ascended it.
وَالِاسْمُ: الرُّكْبَةُ بِالكَسْرِ
And the noun is: 'ar-rukbah' with kasra.
وَالذَّنْبُ: اقْتَرَفَهُ كَارْتَكَبَهُ
And the sin: he committed it, like he perpetrated it.
أَوِ الرَّاكِبُ: لِلْبَعِيرِ خَاصَّةً
Or 'ar-rakib': specifically for a camel.
ج: رُكَّابٌ وَرُكْبَانٌ وَرُكُوبٌ، بِضَمِّهِنَّ
Plural: 'rukkab', 'rukban', and 'rukub', with dammah on all.
وَالرَّكْبُ: رُكْبَانُ الإِبِلِ، اسْمُ جَمْعٍ
And 'ar-rakb': the camel riders, a collective noun.
وَهُمُ الْعَشَرَةُ فَصَاعِدًا
And they are ten or more.
وَقَدْ يَكُونُ لِلْخَيْلِ، ج: أَرْكُبٌ وَرُكُوبٌ
And it may be for horses, plural: 'arkub' and 'rukub'.
وَالْأَرْكُوبُ، بِالضَّمِّ: أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الرَّكْبِ
And 'al-arkub', with dammah: more than 'ar-rakb'.
وَالرُّكْبَةُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: أَقَلُّ
And 'ar-rukbah', with harakah: less.
وَالرِّكَابُ، كَكِتَابٍ: الْإِبِلُ، وَاحِدَتُهَا: رَاحِلَةٌ
And 'ar-rikab', like 'kitab': the camels, their singular is 'rahilah'.
وَزَيْتٌ رَكَابِيٌّ: لِأَنَّهُ يُحْمَلُ مِنَ الشَّامِ عَلَى الْإِبِلِ
And 'zaytun rakabiyyun': because it is carried from Syria on camels.
وَكَمَقْعَدٍ: وَاحِدُ مَرَاكِبِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ
And like 'maq'ad': the singular of land and sea vehicles.
وَكَمُعْظَمٍ: الْأَصْلُ، وَالْمَنْبِتُ، وَالْمُسْتَعِيرُ فَرَسًا يَغْزُو عَلَيْهِ، فَيَكُونُ لَهُ نِصْفُ الْغَنِيمَةِ، وَنِصْفُهَا لِلْمُعِيرِ، وَقَدْ رَكِبَهُ الْفَرَسُ
And like 'mu'dham': the origin, the place of growth, and one who borrows a horse to fight with, so he gets half the spoils, and half for the lender, and the horse has been ridden by him.
وَأَرْكَبَ الْمُهْرُ: حَانَ أَنْ يُرْكَبَ
And the foal 'arkaba': it is time for it to be ridden.
وَالرُّكُوبُ، وَبِهَاءٍ: الَّتِي تُرْكَبُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، أَوْ الرُّكُوبُ: الْمَرْكُوبَةُ
And 'ar-rukub', and with ha': that which is ridden of camels, or 'ar-rukub': the ridden one.
وَالرَّكُوبَةُ: الْمُعَيَّنَةُ لِلرُّكُوبِ، وَالْمُلَازِمَةُ لِلْعَمَلِ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ
And 'ar-rakubah': the one designated for riding, and the one constantly working among the animals.
وَنَاقَةٌ رَكُوبَةٌ وَرُكْبَانَةٌ وَرَكْبَاةٌ وَرَكْبُوتٌ، مُحَرَّكَةً: تُرْكَبُ، أَوْ مُذَلَّلَةٌ
And a she-camel 'rakubah', 'rukbanah', 'rakbah', and 'rakbut', with harakah: is ridden, or is docile.
وَالرَّاكِبُ وَالرَّاكِبَةُ وَالرَّاكُوبُ وَالرَّاكُوبَةُ وَالرَّكَابَةُ، (مُشَدَّدَةٌ) : فَسِيلَةٌ فِي أَعْلَى النَّخْلِ مُتَدَلِّيَةٌ لَا تَبْلُغُ الْأَرْضَ
And 'ar-rakib', 'ar-rakibah', 'ar-rakub', 'ar-rakubah', and 'ar-rakkabah', (with shaddah): a shoot at the top of a palm tree, hanging down but not reaching the ground.
وَرَاكَبَهُ تَرْكِيبًا: وَضَعَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَتَرَكَّبَ وَتَرَاکَبَ
And he 'rakabahu tarkiban': he placed some of it on some of it, so it became assembled and superimposed.
وَالرَّكِيبُ: الْمَرْكَبُ فِي الشَّيْءِ، كَالْفَصِّ، وَمَنْ يَرْكَبُ مَعَ آخَرَ
And 'ar-rakib': the one fitted into a thing, like a setting, and one who rides with another.
وَرُكْبَانُ السَّنْبَلِ، (بِالضَّمِّ) : سَوَابِقُهُ الَّتِي تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْقُنْبَعِ
And 'rukban as-sanbal', (with dammah): its precursors that emerge from the husk.
وَأَغْزُبُ الشَّحْمِ: طَرَائِقُ مُتَرَاكِبَةٌ فِي مُقَدَّمِ السَّنَامِ، وَالَّتِي فِي مُؤَخِّرِهِ: الرَّوَادِفُ
And 'rawakib ash-shahm': superimposed layers in the front of the hump, and those at its rear: 'ar-rawadif'.
وَالرُّكْبَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ، أَصْلُ الصِّلِّيَانَةِ إِذَا قُطِعَتْ، وَمُوَصِّلُ مَا بَيْنَ أَسَافِلِ أَطْرَافِ الْفَخِذِ وَأَعَالِي السَّاقِ، أَوْ مَوْضِعُ الْوَظِيفِ وَالذِّرَاعِ، أَوْ مِرْفَقُ الذِّرَاعِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، ج: رُكَبٌ
And 'ar-rukbah', with dammah, is the base of the sycamore if cut, and the connection between the lower ends of the thigh and the upper part of the leg, or the place of the fetlock and forearm, or the elbow of the arm of anything, plural: 'rukab'.
وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ أَبِي رَكَبَ الْخُشَنِيُّ: مِنْ كِبَارِ نُحَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَكَذَلِكَ ابْنُهُ أَبُو ذَرٍّ مُصْعَبٌ
And Muhammad ibn Mas'ud ibn Abi Rakab al-Khushani: among the great grammarians of the Maghreb, and likewise his son Abu Dharr Mus'ab.
وَالْأَرْكَبُ: الْعَظِيمُهَا
And 'al-arkab': the large one of them.
وَقَدْ رَكِبَ، كَفَرِحَ
And he 'rakiba', like 'faraha'.
وَكَنَصَرَهُ: ضَرَبَ رُكْبَتَهُ، أَوْ أَخَذَ بِشَعْرِهِ فَضَرَبَ جَبْهَتَهُ بِرُكْبَتِهِ، أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ بِرُكْبَتِهِ
And like 'nasarahu': he struck his knee, or he took his hair and struck his forehead with his knee, or he struck him with his knee.
وَالرَّكِيبُ: الْمِشَارَةُ، أَوْ الْجَدْوَلُ بَيْنَ الدِّبْرَتَيْنِ، أَوْ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَائِطَيْنِ مِنَ النَّخْلِ وَالْكَرْمِ، أَوْ الْمَزْرَعَةُ، ج: كُتُبٌ
And 'ar-rakib': the channel, or the ditch between the two dung heaps, or what is between two walls of palm trees and vines, or a cultivated field, plural: 'kutub'.
وَالرَّكْبُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الْعَانَةُ، أَوْ مَنْبِتُهَا، أَوْ الْفَرْجُ، أَوْ ظَاهِرُهُ، وَالرُّكْبَانُ: أَصْلُ الْفَخِذَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا لَحْمُ الْفَرْجِ، أَوْ خَاصٌّ بِهِنَّ، ج: أَرْكَابٌ وَأَرَاکِيبُ
And 'ar-rakb', with harakah: the pubic area, or its growth, or the vulva, or its exterior, and 'ar-rukban': the base of the thighs with the flesh of the vulva upon them, or specific to them, plural: 'arkab' and 'arakib'.
وَمَرْكُوبٌ: ع بِالْحِجَازِ
And 'Markub': a place in the Hijaz.
وَرَكِبٌ الْمِصْرِيُّ: صَحَابِيٌّ، أَوْ تَابِعِيٌّ، وَأَبُو قَبِيلَةٍ
And Rakib al-Misri: a companion, or a successor, and the father of a tribe.
وَرَكُوبَةُ: ثَنِيَّةٌ بَيْنَ الْحَرَمَيْنِ
And Rakubah: a mountain pass between the two holy cities.
وَالرَّكَابِيَّةُ، بِالكَسْرِ: ع بِقُرْبِ الْمَدِينَةِ
And 'ar-Rakkabiyyah', with kasra: a place near Medina.
وَكَصِرْدٍ: مِخْلَافٌ بِالْيَمَنِ
And like 'sird': a province in Yemen.
وَرُكْبَةٌ، بِالضَّمِّ: وَادٍ بِالطَّائِفِ
And 'Rukbah', with dammah: a valley in Ta'if.
وَذُو الرُّكْبَةِ: شَاعِرٌ
And Dhu ar-Rukbah: a poet.
وَبِنْتُ رُكْبَةَ رَقَاشِ: أُمُّ كَعْبِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ
And Bint Rukbah Raqash: the mother of Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy.
وَكَسَحْبَانَ: ع بِالْحِجَازِ
And like 'Sahban': a place in the Hijaz.
وَرِكَابُ السَّحَابِ، بِالكَسْرِ: الرِّيَاحُ
And 'rikab as-sahab', with kasra: the winds.
وَالرَّاكِبُ: رَأْسُ الْجَبَلِ
And 'ar-rakib': the summit of the mountain.
وَبَعِيرٌ أَرْكَبٌ: إِحْدَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْأُخْرَى
And a camel 'arkab': one of its knees is larger than the other.
وَنَخْلٌ رَكِيبٌ: غُرِسَ سَطْرًا عَلَى جَدْوَلٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَلٍ
And palm trees 'rakib': planted in a row along a channel or not along a channel.