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الريكتان

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root refers to specific anatomical features of a horse, namely the two fleshy protrusions on its shoulders. It describes the parts of the horse's shoulder area.

Derived headwords

الرِّيكَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    horse's shoulder protrusionsclassical

    The two fleshy protrusions extending from the shoulder of a horse, with their bases attached to the upper part of the shoulder blade.

رِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulder protrusionclassical

    One of the two fleshy protrusions on a horse's shoulder, part of the 'الريكتان'.

Parallel reading

الريكتان، بكسر الراء وفتح الياء، من الفرس: زنمتان خارجة أطرافهما عن طرف الكتد، وأصولهما مثبتة في أعلاه، كل منهما: ريكة.
Al-Rīktān, with a kasrah on the rāʼ and a fatḥah on the yāʼ, referring to a horse: two fleshy protrusions whose ends extend beyond the edge of the shoulder blade, and their bases are fixed at its upper part, each of them is a rīkah.