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ركل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root ركل primarily concerns the action of striking or kicking with the foot. It extends to related concepts like pathways, the act of urging a mount forward, and the disturbance of dust by hooves.

Derived headwords

رَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to kickboth

    To strike with the foot, typically with force.

رَكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    kickingboth

    The act of striking with the foot.

تَرَاكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to kick each otherclassical

    A reciprocal action of kicking among a group of people.

مِرْكَلnoun
  1. 1.
    pathwayclassical

    A road or path.

مَرَاكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    flanks (of a mount)classical

    The sides of a mount where the rider kicks to urge it forward.

  2. 2.
    wide bellyclassical

    Referring to a wide or spacious belly, metaphorically.

مَرْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dusty groundclassical

    Ground that is kicked up into dust by the hooves of animals.

مِرْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    kickingclassical

    The act of kicking, especially with a tool or implement.

يَتَرَكَّلverb
  1. 1.
    to kick (with a tool)classical

    To strike or push something into the ground with a tool, like a spade or shovel.

Parallel reading

الركل: الضرب بالرجل الواحدة.
Kicking: striking with a single foot.
وقد ركله يركله.
And he kicked him, he kicks him.
وتراكل القوم.
And the people kicked each other.
والمركل: الطريق.
And the mirkal: the pathway.
ومراكل الدابة: حيث يركلها الفارس برجله إذا حركه للركض، وهما مركلان.
And the marakil of the mount: where the rider kicks it with his leg if he moves it for running, and they are two marakil.
أي أنه واسع الجوف عظيم المراكل
Meaning he is wide-bellied with great marakil.
وأرض مركلة، إذا كدت بحوافر الدواب.
And a marakilah land, if you almost tread upon it with the hooves of animals.
أثرن الغبار بالكديد المركل
They stirred up dust in the dusty, trampled ground.
وتركل الرجل بمسحاته
And the man kicks with his spade.
إذا ضربها برجله لتدخل في الأرض.
If he strikes it with his foot to make it enter the ground.
يظل على مسحاته يتركل
He remains upon his spade, kicking.