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ركل
Root entry · 8 derived lemmasThe 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.to kickboth
To strike with the foot, typically with force.
رَكْلnoun
- 1.kickingboth
The act of striking with the foot.
تَرَاكَلَverb
- 1.to kick each otherclassical
A reciprocal action of kicking among a group of people.
مِرْكَلnoun
- 1.pathwayclassical
A road or path.
مَرَاكِلnoun
- 1.flanks (of a mount)classical
The sides of a mount where the rider kicks to urge it forward.
- 2.wide bellyclassical
Referring to a wide or spacious belly, metaphorically.
مَرْكَلَةnoun
- 1.dusty groundclassical
Ground that is kicked up into dust by the hooves of animals.
مِرْكَلَةnoun
- 1.kickingclassical
The act of kicking, especially with a tool or implement.
يَتَرَكَّلverb
- 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.