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الركيك

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of weakness, feebleness, and lack of substance, extending to physical frailty, mental deficiency, and emotional insensitivity. It also encompasses meanings related to physical actions like pressing, joining, and sexual intercourse, as well as specific terms for rain, echoes, and certain geographical features.

Derived headwords

الرَّكِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak, feebleboth

    Describing someone who is weak in intellect, opinion, or courage; lacking in honor or respect from their family.

  2. 2.
    Feeble-mindedboth

    Lacking in mental acuity or sound judgment.

  3. 3.
    Unmanly, unchasteclassical

    Describing someone who lacks jealousy or honor.

أَرْكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be weakboth

    To be feeble in strength, intellect, or character.

رَكَاكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Weakness, feeblenessboth

    A state of being weak, frail, or lacking substance, whether physically, mentally, or morally.

  2. 2.
    Lack of honorclassical

    A deficiency in honor, courage, or jealousy.

رَكِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak, feebleboth

    Possessing weakness or feebleness, often referring to intellect or character.

رَكَّverb
  1. 1.
    To pile upboth

    To lay or place one part upon another.

  2. 2.
    To fasten (a blame)both

    To fasten or attribute a fault or blame onto someone's neck.

  3. 3.
    To feel the sizeboth

    To press or squeeze something in one's hand to gauge its size or texture.

  4. 4.
    To have intercourseboth

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman, exerting oneself.

اسْتَرْكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To consider weakboth

    To deem or consider someone to be weak or feeble.

المُرْتَكadjective
  1. 1.
    Eloquent then speechlessboth

    Describing someone who appears eloquent but becomes tongue-tied when arguing.

  2. 2.
    Soft, diluted (camel)classical

    Describing a camel that is soft, diluted, or weak in its constitution.

ارْتَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be eloquent then speechlessboth

    To exhibit eloquence but then become unable to speak when in a dispute.

رَكْرَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaknessboth

    A general weakness or feebleness in any matter or thing.

الرَّكّnoun
  1. 1.
    Little rainboth

    A small amount of rain, or rain that is slightly more than a drizzle.

رَكَّnoun
  1. 1.
    Little rainboth

    A small amount of rain, or rain that is slightly more than a drizzle.

أَرْكَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Little rainsboth

    Plural of 'rakk', referring to small amounts of rain.

رِكَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Little rainsboth

    Plural of 'rakk', referring to small amounts of rain.

أَرْكَتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    The sky rained littleboth

    The sky produced a small amount of rain.

رَكَّتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    The sky rained littleboth

    The sky produced a small amount of rain.

أَرْضٌ مَرِيكٌ عَلَيْهَاadjective
  1. 1.
    Land rained uponboth

    Land that has been rained upon, specifically with light rain.

مَرْكِيكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Rained uponboth

    Describing land that has received a small amount of rain.

رَكّadjective
  1. 1.
    Rained uponboth

    Describing land that has received a small amount of rain.

رَجُلٌ رَكِيكُ العِلْمِadjective
  1. 1.
    A man of little knowledgeboth

    A person with limited or weak knowledge.

الرَّكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Echoboth

    The sound of an echo.

ارْتَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    To shake, trembleboth

    To be shaken or agitated.

  2. 2.
    To doubtboth

    To be uncertain or to doubt in one's affairs.

رَكّname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A name of a water source or location in eastern Salma.

الرَّكْرَاكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-hipped and large-buttockedclassical

    Describing a woman with large hips and buttocks.

سِقَاءٌ مَرْكُوكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Treated waterskinboth

    A waterskin that has been treated, mended, or prepared.

تَرْكَرَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To churn with foamboth

    To churn something, causing it to produce foam or froth.

Parallel reading

الأَرْكَ: الفَسْلُ الضَّعِيفُ في عَقْلِهِ ورَأْيِهِ، أو مَنْ لا يَغَارُ، أو مَنْ لا يَهَابُهُ أَهْلُهُ
Al-ark: the weakling, weak in his mind and opinion, or he who lacks jealousy, or he whom his family does not fear.
وهي رَكَاكَةٌ ورَكِيكٌ
And it is rakākah (weakness) and rakīk (weak).
رَكَّهُ، كَمَدَّهُ: طَرَحَ بَعْضَهُ على بَعْضٍ
Rakkahu, like maddahu: to lay some of it upon some of it.
والذَّنْبَ في عُنُقِهِ: أَلْزَمَهُ إِيَّاهُ
And the fault on his neck: to fasten it upon him.
والشَّيْءَ بِيَدِهِ: غَمَزَهُ لِيُعْرَفَ حَجْمُهُ
And the thing in his hand: to squeeze it to know its size.
والْمَرْأَةَ: جَامَعَهَا فَجَهَدَهَا
And the woman: to have intercourse with her, exerting oneself.
واسْتَرْكَهُ: اسْتَضْعَفَهُ
And istarkahu: to consider him weak.
والمُرْتَكُ: مَنْ تَرَاهُ بَلِيغًا، وإِذَا خَاصَمَ عَيِيَ
And al-murtaq: one whom you see as eloquent, but when he disputes, he becomes speechless.
وقَدِ ارْتَكَ، ومِنَ الْجِمَالِ: الرَّخْوُ المَمْذُوقُ النَّقِيُّ
And he became speechless, and among camels: the soft, diluted, pure one.
والرَّكْرَكَةُ: الضَّعْفُ في كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
And ar-rakrakah: weakness in everything.
والرَّكُّ، ويُكْسَرُ، وكَسَفِينَةٍ: الْمَطَرُ الْقَلِيلُ
And ar-rakk, and it is also pronounced with kasr, and like safīnah: the little rain.
وقَدْ أَرْكَتِ السَّمَاءُ ورَكَّتْ
And the sky has rained little and rained little.
وأَرْضٌ مَرِيكٌ عَلَيْهَا، ورَكِيكَةٌ ورَكٌّ، بِالْكَسْرِ
And land upon which rain has fallen, and marakīkah and rakk, with kasr.
ورَجُلٌ رَكِيكُ الْعِلْمِ: قَلِيلُهُ
And a man of weak knowledge: having little of it.
والرَّكَاءُ: صَوْتُ الصَّدَى
And ar-rakā': the sound of the echo.
وارْتَكَّ: ارْتَجَّ
And irtakka: to be shaken.
وفِي أَمْرِهِ: شَكَّ
And in his affair: to doubt.
والرَّكْرَاكَةُ: الْعَظِيمَةُ الْعَجْزِ وَالْفَخِذَيْنِ
And ar-rakrākah: the one with large hips and thighs.
وسِقَاءٌ مَرْكُوكٌ: عُولِجَ وأُصْلِحَ
And a waterskin markūk: it was treated and mended.
وتَرْكَرَكَهُ: تَمَخَّضَهُ بِالزَّبَدِ
And tarkarakahu: to churn it with foam.