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ر ك م

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of piling, accumulating, or heaping things up, one on top of another. It extends to describe things that are piled up, such as clouds, sand, or even abstract concepts like work. It can also metaphorically refer to a well-trodden path or a large, impressive entity.

Derived headwords

رَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upboth

    To place one thing on top of another, causing it to accumulate and form a heap.

رَكْمnoun
  1. 1.
    pilingboth

    The act of piling or accumulating something, one part upon another, and arranging it.

  2. 2.
    heapboth

    A pile or heap formed by accumulating things.

رُكَامnoun
  1. 1.
    heapboth

    Something piled up, one on top of another, forming a heap.

  2. 2.
    accumulated cloudsboth

    Clouds that are piled up or accumulated, often appearing dense.

  3. 3.
    accumulated sandboth

    Sand that is piled up or accumulated, forming dunes.

رُكَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are piled up or accumulated.

رَكَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are piled up or accumulated.

مُرْتَكَمadjective
  1. 1.
    piled upboth

    Something that has been piled up or accumulated.

  2. 2.
    well-trodden pathclassical

    A main road or a well-trodden path, metaphorically referring to its clear and established route.

اِرْتَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateboth

    To gather or collect, with parts coming together and piling up.

تَرَاكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateboth

    To pile up or accumulate, with parts gathering on top of each other.

رُكْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pile of mud/earthboth

    A collection of mud or earth that has been gathered together.

رُكَامٌadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing something as large or massive, by comparison to a heap of clouds or sand.

مَرْكَمadjective
  1. 1.
    piled upclassical

    Something that has been piled up or accumulated.

مُتَرَاكِمadjective
  1. 1.
    accumulatedboth

    Something that has accumulated or piled up over time.

نَاقَةٌ مَرْكُومَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fat camelclassical

    A female camel that is fat and well-nourished.

Parallel reading

الركم: جمع شيء فوق آخر حتى يصير ركاما مركوما كركام الرمل والسحاب ونحو ذلك من الشيء المرتكم بعضه على بعض.
Al-rakm: gathering something on top of another until it becomes a piled-up heap, like heaps of sand and clouds, and similar things that are piled up one on another.
وفي المحكم: الركم: إلقاء بعض الشيء على بعض وتنضيده.
And in Al-Muḥkam: Al-rakm is throwing some of a thing upon another and arranging it.
رَكَمَهُ يَرْكُمُهُ رَكْمًا.
He piled it up, he piles it up, piling.
وشيء ركام: بعضه على بعض.
And a thing is rukam: some of it on top of another.
والركم (بالتحريك: السحاب المتاركم)، عن ابن الأعرابي (كالركام) بالضم.
And al-rakm (with harakah: the accumulated clouds), from Ibn al-A'rābī (like al-rukām) with dammah.
وفي الصحاح: الركام: الرمل المتراكم، وكذلك السحاب وما أشبهه.
And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: Al-rukām is the accumulated sand, and likewise clouds and what resembles them.
ثم يجعله ركاما
Then He makes it accumulated.
حتى رأيت ركاما
Until I saw a heap.
مرتكم الطريق: جادته.
The path is martakam: its main road.
يقال: سلك جادته ومرتكمه أي: محجته.
It is said: He took its main road and its martakam, meaning: its path.
والركمة، بالضم: الطين والتراب المجموع.
And al-rakmah, with dammah: the collected mud and earth.
قطيع ركام، كغراب أي: ضخم.
A large herd, like ghurāb, meaning: huge.
ارتكم الشيء وتراكم: اجتمع بعضه فوق بعض.
The thing accumulated and piled up: it gathered, some of it on top of another.
سحاب ورمل مركوم ومرتكم ومتراكم.
Clouds and sand piled up, accumulated, and piled up.
وتراكم لحم الناقة: سمنت.
And the camel's flesh accumulated: it became fat.
وناقة مركومة: سمينة.
And a marqūmah camel: fat.
وتراكمت الأشغال وارتكمت، وهو مجاز.
And the tasks accumulated and piled up, and this is metaphorical.