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الركم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of accumulation, piling up, or gathering things together. It extends to describe things that are stacked, such as clouds or sand, and can also refer to a well-trodden path or collected mud.

Derived headwords

رَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upboth

    To gather things one on top of another until they form a heap or pile.

رَكْمnoun
  1. 1.
    piling upboth

    The act of piling something up, or the state of being piled up.

رُكَامnoun
  1. 1.
    heapboth

    A pile or heap formed by accumulating things, like a heap of sand.

  2. 2.
    accumulated cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are gathered and piled up in the sky.

مَرْكَمnoun
  1. 1.
    piled-up thingclassical

    Something that has been piled up or accumulated.

مُرْتَكَمnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated thingclassical

    Something that has accumulated or gathered.

مَرْتَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateclassical

    For something to gather or accumulate.

تَرَاكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateboth

    To gather or pile up, often used for things like snow, dust, or debts.

تَرَاكُمnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulationboth

    The process or result of accumulating.

مَرْتَكَمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    accumulatedclassical

    Describing something that has been piled up or accumulated.

مَرْتَكَمnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated thingclassical

    Something that has accumulated or gathered.

مَرْتَكَمُ الطَّرِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    well-trodden pathclassical

    The main, well-used part of a road.

رُكْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    collected mudclassical

    Mud that has been gathered or collected together.

قَطِيعٌ رُكَامadjective
  1. 1.
    large flockclassical

    Describing a flock of animals that is large and numerous.

Parallel reading

الركم، جمع شيء فوق آخر حتى يصير ركاما مركوما كركام الرمل
Piling up is gathering something on top of another until it becomes a piled-up heap like a heap of sand.
وبالتحريك: السحاب المتراكم، كالركام.
And with vowelization (harakat): accumulated clouds, like a heap.
ومرتكم الطريق، بالفتح: جادته.
And the martakam of the road, with fatha (on the first letter): its main path.
والركمة، بالضم: الطين المجموع.
And the rukmah, with dammah (on the first letter): the collected mud.
وقطيع ركام، كغراب: ضخم
And a qati' rukam, like ghurab (in pattern): large.
وارتكم الشيء وتراكم: اجتمع.
And the thing accumulated and piled up: it gathered.