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Form 1رَكِبَهُ9 senses · 4 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarرُكُوبٌ رَكْبٌ رَكَبٌ

Core sense — he rode it, he mounted it; he ventured upon it; he struck his kneegenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe rode it, he mounted it—رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ

maṣdar رُكُوبٌ, مَرْكَبٌ, and ارتكبهُ. Same as عَلَاهُ and عَلَا عَلَيْهِ [explained by what follows].

I rode, or mounted upon, the beast—رَكِبْتُ الدَّابَّةَ
I rode, or mounted upon, the horse—رَكِبْتُ عَلَيْهَا

Also الفَرَسَ [or عَلَيْهِ]; maṣdar رُكُوبٌ and مَرْكَبٌ. [See also رَاكِبٌ.]

I embarked in the ship; I went on board the ship—رَكِبْتُ السَّفِينَةَ

Also فِى السَّفِينَةِ, in agreement with the Kur 11. 43 and 18. 70 and 29. 65.

it was, or became, upon it; it got upon it; it overlay it—رَكِبَهُ

Also ارتكبه, meaning عَلَاهُ: said of anything in relation to another thing; it came, or arose, upon it, lay on top of it, floated on it, or spread over it.

he was ridden, or mounted upon—رُكِبَ

Also اُرْتُكِبَ, meaning عُلِىَ: said of a horse or the like; and hence other meanings in other cases, as indicated above.

Qur’ān 11:41 approximate — somewhere between 11:23 and 11:44 Lane cites “Kur xi. 43”
Qur’ān 11:41 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether it move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredit lay one part upon another; it was heaped, or piled, up—رَكِبَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا

Same as تراكب.

Said of fat: it was arranged in layers, one above another; see رَاكِبَةٌ.

[And hence, رَكِبَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا The people pressed, or crowded, one upon another, as though mounting one another; a well-known and frequent phrase: or the people followed one another closely, as in what follows.]

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe came upon him, or overtook him; he followed close after him—رَكِبَهُ
I followed close after him—رَكِبْتُ أَثَرَهُ

Also طَرِيقَهُ.

1.1.3figurative · مجازhe went upon, or travelled, the road—رَكِبَ الطَّرِيقَ
he went upon, or trod, the sand or sands—الرَّمْلَ
he travelled the desert—المَفَازَةَ
he embarked, or voyaged, upon the sea—رَكِبَ البَحْرَ
he ventured upon, or braved, the night—رَكِبَ اللَّيْلَ
he ventured upon what was terrible or fearful—الهَوْلَ
he ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, an affair; he surmounted, or mastered, it—رَكِبَ أَمْرًا

And the like of these.

Also ارتكبهُ. The first meaning is well known; the second is shown by an explanation of the phrase رَكَّابٌ لِلْأُمُورِ, given below.

he committed a sin, or crime, or the like—رَكِبَ ذَنْبًا

Also ارتكبهُ.

such a one did such a thing to such a one—رَكِبَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا بِأَمْرٍ
he did to him an evil, or odious, deed—رَكِبَهُ بِمَكْرُوهٍ

Also ارتكبهُ.

I became much in debt—رَكِبْتُ الدَّيْنَ

Also ارتكبتهُ.

debt burdened me—رَكِبَنِى الدَّيْنُ

Also ارتكبنى.

1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe went at random, heedlessly, or headlong—رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ

That is, مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ: without consideration, and without any certain aim or object, not obeying a guide to the right course.

he goes at random, not knowing where to direct himself—يُرْكَبُ رَأْسَهُ لَا يَدْرِى أَيْنَ يَتَوَجَّهُ

In the art. كمه. [See also رَكْبَةٌ.]

he followed his own opinion—رَكِبَ رَأْيَهُ

Under the word اِسْتَهَجَّ and elsewhere.

he followed his own natural desire, without thinking, not following a guide to right conduct—رَكِبَ هَوَاهُ

In the art. جمح.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredI kept to his state, or condition, and his way of acting; and did as he did—رَكِبْتُ دُبَّتَهُ

Also دُبَّهُ; in the art. دب.

the fever continued upon him—رَكِبَتْهُ الحُمَّى

A phrase like أَغْبَطَتْهُ الحُمَّى, اِمْتَطَتْهُ, and اِرْتَحَلَتْهُ; in the art. غبط.

1.2he struck, or smote, his knee—رَكَبَهُ

from رُكْبَةٌ.

I struck his nose with my knee—رَكَبْتُ أَنْفَهُ بِرُكْبَتِى
Do you not know El-Azd, and their striking with the knee? Beware of El-Azd, lest they take you and strike you with their knees—أَمَا تَعْرِفُ الأَزْدَ وَرَكْبَهَا اِتَّقِ الأَزْدَ لَا يَأْخُذُوكَ فَيَرْكُبُوكَ

Or it means also: he struck him with his knee: or he took him by his hair, or by the hair of each side of his head, and struck his forehead with his knee.

From a tradition.

From another tradition. This practice was notorious among El-Azd; in their dialect أُمُّ كَيْسَانَ was a metonymic name for the knee.

1.3he (a man) had a complaint of his knee—رُكِبَ

Like عُنِىَ: passive in form, but not in meaning.

1.4he was large in the knee—رَكِبَ

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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 9
11:41
وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether it move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"

16:8
وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge.

36:42
وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which they ride.

40:79
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

It is Allah Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for riding and some for food;

84:19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, * A, K,) and رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ , (A,) aor. رَكَبَ , (A, K,) inf. n. رُكُوبٌ (S, A, K) and مَرْكَبٌ ; (A, K;) and ارتكبهُ ; (K;) I. q. عَلَاهُ (A, K, TA) and عَلَا عَلَيْهِ [explained by what follows]. (TA.) You say, رَكِبْتُ الدَّابَّةَ , (Msb,) or الفَرَسَ , (Mgh,) and رَكِبْتُ عَلَيْهَا , [or عَلَيْهِ ,] inf. n. رُكُوبٌ and مَرْكَبٌ [as above, meaning I rode, or rode upon, and I mounted, or mounted upon, the beast, or the horse]. (TA. [See also رَاكِبٌ .]) [And رَكِبْتُ السَّفِينَةَ , or فِى السَّفِينَةِ (agreeably with the Kur xi. 43 and xviii. 70 and xxix. 65), I embarked in the ship; went on board the ship.] And one says, of anything, رَكِبَهُ [and ارتكبه ] as meaning عَلَاهُ [i. e. It was, or became, upon, or over, it; got upon it; came, or arose, upon it; overlay it; was, or became, superincumbent, or supernatant, upon it; overspread it]; namely, another thing. (TA.) [In like manner,] one says also, of anything, رُكِبَ and اُرْتُكِبَ as meaning عُلِىَ [i. e., when said of a horse or the like, He was ridden, or ridden upon, and was mounted, or mounted upon: whence other significations in other cases, indicated above]. (TA.) [Hence,] رَكِبَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا i. q. تراكب [It lay one part upon another; it was, or became, heaped, or piled, up, or together, one part upon, or overlying, another:] said of fat [as meaning it was, or became, disposed in layers, one above another: see رَاكِبَةٌ ]. (A, TA.) [And hence, رَكِبَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا The people bore, or pressed, or crowded, (as though mounting,) one upon another; a phrase well known, and of frequent occurrence: or meaning the people followed one another closely; from what next follows.] رَكِبَهُ also means [ He came upon him, or overtook him; or] he followed closely, or immediately, after him: and رَكِبْتُ أَثَرَهُ and طَرِيقَهُ I followed close after him. (L.) [ رَكِبَ الطَّرِيقَ , and الرَّمْلَ , and المَفَازَةَ , He went upon, or trod, or travelled, the road, and the sand or sands, and the desert: and رَكِبَ البَحْرَ He embarked, or voyaged, upon the sea. Hence,] رَكِبَ اللَّيْلَ , and الهَوْلَ , [He ventured upon, encountered, or braved, the night, and that which was terrible or fearful,] and the like thereof. (TA.) [And رَكِبَ أَمْرًا and ارتكبهُ He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, an affair: and he surmounted it, or mastered it: the former meaning is well known: the latter is indicated by an explanation of the phrase رَكَّابٌ لِلْأُمُورِ , which see below.] And رَكِبَ ذَنْبًا (A, K) and ارتكبهُ (S, A, MA, K) He committed a sin, or crime, or the like. (S, MA, TA.) And رَكِبَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا بِأَمْرٍ [Such a one did to such a one a thing]. (TA.) And رَكِبَهُ بِمَكْرُوهٍ and ارتكبهُ [He did to him an evil, or abominable, or odious, deed]. (A.) And رَكِبْتُ الدَّيْنَ and ارتكبتهُ I became much in debt: and رَكِبَنِى الدَّيْنُ and ارتكبنى [Debt burdened me]. (Msb.) رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ He went at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, ( مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ , A, Msb,) [i. e.,] without consideration, (A,) or without any certain aim, or object, (Msb,) not obeying a guide to the right course. (A.) You say, يُرْكَبُ رَأْسَهُ لَا يَدْرِى أَيْنَ يَتَوَجَّهُ [He goes at random, &c., not knowing whither to direct himself]. (S and K in art. كمه .) [See also رَكْبَةٌ . In like manner also, you say, رَكِبَ رَأْيَهُ (K voce اِسْتَهَجَّ &c.) He followed his own opinion. And رَكِبَ هَوَاهُ (S in art. جمح ) He followed his own natural desire, without consideration, and not obeying a guide to the right course of conduct.] رَكِبْتُ دُبَّتَهُ and دُبَّهُ I kept to his state, or condition, and his way, mode, or manner, of acting &c.; and did as he did. (M in art. دب .) And رَكِبَتْهُ الحُمَّى [The fever continued upon him] is a phrase similar to أَغْبَطَتْهُ الحُمَّى and اِمْتَطَتْهُ and اِرْتَحَلَتْهُ . (A and TA in art. غبط ) رَكَبَهُ , aor. رَكُبَ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. رَكْبٌ , (TA,) [from رُكْبَةٌ ,] He struck, or smote, his knee: (S, A, K:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (S, A,) he struck him, or smote him, with his knee: (S, A, K:) or he took him by his hair, (K,) or by the hair of each side of his head, (TA,) and struck his forehead with his knee. (K, TA.) Hence, in a trad., رَكَبْتُ أَنْفَهُ بِرُكْبَتِى I struck his nose with my knee. (TA.) And in another trad., أَمَا تَعْرِفُ الأَزْدَ وَرَكْبَهَا اِتَّقِ الأَزْدَ لَا يَأْخُذُوكَ فَيَرْكُبُوكَ [Knowest thou not El-Azd, (the tribe so called,) and their striking with the knee? Beware thou of El-Azd, lest they take thee, and strike thee with their knees]: for this practice was notorious among El-Azd; in the dial. of whom, أُمُّ كَيْسَانَ was a metonymical appellation of the knee. (TA.) رُكِبَ , like عُنِىَ , [pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] He (a man) had a complaint of his knee. (TA.) رَكِبَ , aor. رَكَبَ , (K,) inf. n. رَكَبٌ , (TA,) He was large in the knee. (K.)
Form 2ركّبهُ الفَرَسَ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَرْكِيبٌ

Core sense — he put one part of it on another; he composed it; he lent him a horsegenerated

2.1

Maṣdar as given below.

He lent him the horse, or mounted him on the horse, to go forth on a warring and plundering expedition, on condition of receiving from him one half of the spoil; or for a portion of the spoil that he should obtain. [See also 4.]

2.1.1he put one part of it upon another; he set it in another thing; he composed it, or put it together—ركّبهُ

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تَرْكِيبٌ means the putting together, or combining, of things, whether suitable or not and whether placed in order or not; it is a more general term than تَأْلِيفٌ, which is the collecting together of suitable things.

he set the stone in the signet-ring—رَكَّبَ الفَصَّ فِى الخَاتَمِ
he fixed the spear-head in the shaft—ركّب السِّنَانَ فِى القَنَاةِ
he fixed the arrow-head in the shaft—النَّصْلَ فِى السَّهْمِ
a thing beautiful in its composition; well put together—شَىْءٌ حَسَنُ التَّرْكِيبِ
2.1.2

Also he moved it from one place to another in which to plant it; said of a shoot of a palm-tree.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
82:8
فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, [inf. n. as below,] He lent him the horse, [or mounted him on the horse,] to go forth on a warring and plundering expedition, on the condition of receiving from him one half of the spoil: (K, * TA:) or for a portion of the spoil that he should obtain. (TA.) [See also 4.] And ركّبهُ , inf. n. تَرْكِيبٌ , He put, or set, one part of it upon another: (K:) [he set it, or fixed it, in another thing: he composed it; constituted it; or put it together.] تَرْكِيبٌ signifies The putting together, or combining, things, whether suitable or not, or placed in order or not: it is a more general term than تَأْلِيفٌ , which is the collecting together, or putting together, suitable things. (Kull p. 118.) You say, رَكَّبَ الفَصَّ فِى الخَاتَمِ (S, A) He set the stone in the signet-ring: and ركّب السِّنَانَ فِى القَنَاةِ He fixed the spearhead in the shaft; (A;) and النَّصْلَ فِى السَّهْمِ [the arrow-head in the shaft]. (S.) And شَىْءٌ حَسَنُ التَّرْكِيبِ [A thing good, or beautiful, in respect of composition or constitution; well, or beautifully, composed or constituted or put together]. (TA.) Also He removed it from one place to another in which to plant it; namely, a shoot of a palm-tree. (Mgh.)
Form 4اركب4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he mounted him on a beast; he (a colt) became fit for ridinggenerated

4.1

He (a colt) became fit for being ridden; he reached the age at which he could be ridden. [See also مُرْكِبٌ.]

4.2he gave him, or assigned him, an animal to ride—اركبهُ

[See also 2.]

4.2.1he mounted me behind him—أَرْكَبَنِى خَلْفَهُ
he mounted me on a quick, brisk, or strong, beast—أَرْكَبَنِى مَرْكَبًا فَارِهًا
4.2.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made him venture upon, embark in, or undertake, an affair—اركبهُ أَمْرًا
he made him commit a sin, or crime, or the like—اركبهُ ذَنْبًا
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He (a colt) became fit for being ridden; attained to the fit time for being ridden. (S, Msb, K.) [See also مُرْكِبٌ .] اركبهُ He gave him, appointed him, or assigned him, an animal on which to ride. (S.) [See also 2.] أَرْكَبَنِى خَلْفَهُ [He mounted me, or made me to ride, behind him]. (A.) And أَرْكَبَنِى مَرْكَبًا فَارِهًا [He mounted me on a quick, brisk, sharp, or strong, beast]. (A.) [Hence, اركبهُ أَمْرًا He made him to venture upon, embark in, or undertake, an affair. And اركبهُ ذَنْبًا He made him to commit a sin, or crime, or the like.]
Form 5تركّب1 sense

Core sense — it was composed, or put together, one part set upon anothergenerated

5.1the stone was set in the signet-ring—تركّب الفَصُّ فِى الخَاتَمِ

It had one part of it put, or set, upon another; it was composed, constituted, or put together; as also تراكب. See 2.

the arrow-head was fixed in the shaft—تركّب النَّصْلُ فِى السَّهْمِ
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It had one part of it put, or set, upon another; as also تراكب : (K:) [it was, or became, composed, constituted, or put together: see 2.] You say, تركّب الفَصُّ فِى الخَاتَمِ [The stone was set in the signet-ring]: and تركّب النَّصْلُ فِى السَّهْمِ [The arrow-head was fixed in the shaft]. (S.)
Form 6تراكب1 sense

Core sense — they were heaped, or piled, up one above anothergenerated

6.1the clouds were heaped, or piled, up, one above another—تراكب السَّحَابُ

See 1 and 5.

Also تراكم.

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: see 1: and 5. You say, تراكب السَّحَابُ The clouds were, or became, [heaped, or piled, up,] one above, or upon, [or overlying,] another; as also تراكم . (TA.)
Form 8إِرْتَكَبَ1 sense

Core sense — he ventured upon it; he committed a sin, or crimegenerated

8.1

See 1, in eight places.

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see 1, in eight places.
Form 10استركبهُ فَأَرْكَبَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he asked him for a beast to ride, and he gave him onegenerated

10.1

He asked him to give him, or assign him, an animal to ride, and he gave him, or assigned him, one.

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[He asked him to give him, appoint him, or assign him, an animal on which to ride, and he gave him, appointed him, or assigned him, one]. (A.)

Derived nouns 26

Nounرَكْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a company of riders upon camelsgenerated

1

See رَاكِبٌ, in three places.

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: see رَاكِبٌ , in three places.
Nounرَكَبٌ2 senses

Core sense — the pubes, the mons Veneris; whiteness in the kneegenerated

1

The عَانَة, or the place of growth of the عَانَة, or of the hair of the عَانَة [i. e. it signifies the pubes; either the hair of the mons Veneris, or the mons Veneris itself: generally the latter, and this is often meant by the term عانة alone].

Or the part that slopes down from the belly, below the ثُنَّة [q. v.] and above the pudendum: in all these senses Lh says it is masculine.

Or the pudendum itself: or its outer part.

Or the رَكَبَانِ are the roots of the two thighs, on which is the flesh of the pudendum.

The ركب is masculine. It is common to the man and the woman, according to Fr; or peculiar to the woman, according to Kh. El-Farezdak makes it plainly common to both, saying: [When the shaven pubes met the pubes]

shāhid
حِينَ ٱلتَقَى الرَّكَبُ المَحْلُوقُ بِالرَّكَبِ

. A similar example is cited by Fr.

The plural is أَرْكَابٌ and أَرَاكِيبُ, the latter being the plural of the former; but in some copies of the K أَرَاكِبُ, like مَسَاجِدُ.

2

Also whiteness in the رُكْبَة [or knee].

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The عَانَة : (ISk, Msb, K:) or the place of growth of the عَانَة , (S, K,) or of the hair of the عَانَة : (Mgh:) [i. e. it signifies the pubes; either as meaning the hair of the mons Veneris, or the mons Veneris itself: generally the latter; and this is often meant by the term عانة alone:] or the part that slopes down from the belly, and is beneath the ثُنَّة [q. v.] and above the pudendum: in all these senses said by Lh to be masc.: (TA:) or the pudendum (Az, Msb, K) itself: (TA:) or the external portion thereof: (K:) or the رَكَبَانِ are the roots of the two thighs, upon which is the flesh of the pudendum, (K, TA,) or upon which are the two portions of flesh of the pudendum: (TA:) the ركب is masc.: (Msb:) it is common to the man and the woman, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, *) accord. to Fr: (S, Msb:) or peculiar to the woman, (S, Mgh, K,) accord. to Kh: (S:) ElFarezdak makes it plainly common to both, saying, 1 [When the shaven pubes met the pubes]: (TA: [and a similar ex. is given in the S and Msb, as cited by Fr:]) the pl. is أَرْكَابٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and أَرَاكِيبُ ; (K;) the latter being pl. of the former; but in some copies of the K أَرَاكِبُ , like مَسَاجِدُ . (TA.) حِينَ ٱلتَقَى الرَّكَبُ المَحْلُوقُ بِالرَّكَبِ Also Whiteness in the رُكْبَة [or knee]. (TA.)
Nounرَكْبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a single ride, or act of ridinggenerated

1

A single ride, or act of riding. Plural رَكَبَاتٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe goes at random, heedlessly, or headlong—هُوَ يَمْشِى الرَّكْبَةَ

That is, يَرْكَبُ رَأْسَهُ; see 1.

they go at random—هُمْ يَمْشُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ

Of the phrase تمْشُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ, occurring in a tradition and meaning تَرْكَبُونَ رُؤُوسَكُمْ you go at random in what is false, wrong, or vain, and in factions or seditions, following one another without consideration: IAth says that رَكْبَةٌ properly means a single ride, as explained above, and that the plural الركبات is here in the accusative, governed by a verb left out, and with that verb describes the state of the agent in تمشون; it stands in place of that verb, which need not be expressed; and the meaning implied is تَمْشُونَ تَرْكَبُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ.

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A single ride, or act of riding: pl. رَكَبَاتٌ . (IAth, L.) [Hence,] one says, هُوَ يَمْشِى الرَّكْبَةَ [i. e. يَرْكَبُ رَأْسَهُ He goes at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, &c., (see 1,)] and هُمْ يَمْشُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ [They go at random, &c.]. (A. [The meaning is there indicated by the context, and is shown by what here follows.]) Respecting the phrase تمْشُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ , occurring in a trad., meaning تَرْكَبُونَ رُؤُوسَكُمْ [Ye go at random, &c.], in that which is false, wrong, or vain, and in factions, or seditions, or the like, following one another without consideration, IAth says that رَكْبَةٌ [properly] signifies as explained above in the first sentence of this paragraph, and that the pl. الركبات is here governed in the accus. case by a verb understood, and [with that verb] is a denotative of state relating to the agent in تمشون : it supplies the place of that verb, which it does not require to be expressed; and the implied meaning is تَمْشُونَ تَرْكَبُونَ الرَّكَبَاتِ . (L.)
Nounرُكْبَةٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the knee; the corresponding joint in a beast's leggenerated

1a hard-kneed camel—بَعِيرٌ مُسْتَوْقِحُ الرُّكَبِ

A word of well-known meaning: the knee; in a man, the joint between the lower part of the thigh and the upper part of the shank: or, in a quadruped, the joint between the metacarpus and the radius. This is the right explanation; in the K, مَوْضِع is put by mistake for مَوْصِل.

Or the رُكْبَتَانِ of a camel's fore legs are the two joints that [project forwards, as, in the hind legs, do those that] are next the belly [the stifle-joints] when he lies down on his breast with folded legs; the two joints that project behind [in the hind legs, the hocks] are called the عُرْقُوبَانِ.

In every quadruped the ركبتان are in the fore legs and the عرقوبان are in the hind legs; and the عرقوب is what is called مَوْصِلُ الوَظِيفِ [i. e. the upper joint of the metatarsus].

Or the ركبة is the مِرْفَق — in a man the elbow, but here seemingly the lower joint — of the ذِرَاع [or radius] of any beast.

Since it is said that the رُكْبَة is “well known,” there seems to be no real disagreement between these explanations; and the term رُكْبَة is now used everywhere of the knee of a man and of what we commonly call the knee of a horse and the like.

The plural of multitude is رُكَبٌ; the plurals of paucity are رُكْبَاتٌ, رُكَبَاتٌ, and رُكُبَاتٌ.

Mentioned by Lh; as though the term رُكْبَةٌ were applied to each part, and the plural used accordingly.

1.1figurative · مجازan affair in which the knees knocked together, and in which the knee rubbed the knee—أَمْرٌ ٱصْطَكَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّكَبُ وَحَكَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّكْبَةُ الرُّكَبَةَ

Said of an agitating affair or event.

1.2between his eyes is the like of the knee of the she-goat—بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ مِثْلُ رُكْبَةِ العَنْزِ

Said of one who has the mark of prostration in prayer on his forehead, between his eyes.

they are like the two knees of the she-goat—هُمَا كَرُكْبَتَى العَنْزِ

Said of any two things that are alike, or that match one another; because her two knees fall together upon the ground when she lies down.

1.3the worst of men is he whose fat is upon his knee—شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ مِلْحُهُ عَلَى رُكعبَتِهِ
the smallest thing makes him angry—مِلْحُهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ

A proverb, applied to one who is quickly angered, and to the perfidious. (Meyd)

And a poet says: [Blame her not; for she is of a set of people whose fat is placed above the knees]

shāhid
لَا تَلُمْهَا إِنَّهَا مِنْ عُصْبَةٍمِلْحُهَا مَوْضُوعَةٌ فَوْقَ الرُّكَبْ

— perhaps meaning, for she is only a woman, as women are generally fat in the part above the knee.

Or مِنْ نِسْوَةٍ [in place of مِنْ عُصْبَةٍ], meaning of women whose object of care is fatness and fat. (Meyd)

So the proverb seems to mean that the worst of men is he who has no intelligence bidding him do what is praiseworthy, but only bidding him do what has in it inconstancy and levity, and an inclining to the dispositions of women, to the love of fatness and fat. (Meyd.)

[See other explanations in art. ملح.]

2

Also the lower part of the plant صِلِّيَانَة when it has been cut.

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a word of well-known meaning, (S, Msb,) [The knee; i. e., in a man,] the joint between the lower parts of the thigh and the upper parts of the shank: (A, K:) or [in a quadruped,] the joint between the metacarpus and the radius ( مَوْصِلُ الوَظِيفِ وَالذِّرَاعِ ): this is the right explanation: in the K, مَوْضِع is erroneously put for مَوْصِل : [this explanation is evidently given accord. to the terms employed in the anatomy of quadrupeds as compared to human beings: in that which next follows, there is certainly an omission, which I have endeavoured to supply:] or the رُكْبَتَانِ of the fore legs of the camel are the two joints that [project forwards, in like manner as do, in the hind legs, those that] are next the belly [meaning the stifle-joints] when he lies down upon his breast with folded legs: the two joints that project behind [in the hind legs, namely, the hocks,] are called the عُرْقُوبَانِ : in every quadruped, the ركبتان are in the fore legs, and the عرقوبان are in the hind legs: and the عرقوب is what is called مَوْصِلُ الوَظِيفِ [i. e. the upper joint of the metatarsus]: (TA:) or the ركبة is the مِرْفَق [which in a man is the elbow, but here seems to mean the lower joint] of the ذِرَاع [or radius] of anything [i. e. of any beast]: (K:) [from its being said in the S and Msb that the رُكْبَة is “ well known, ” I conclude that there is no real discrepancy in the foregoing explanations: it is perhaps needless to add that the term رُكْبَة is now universally applied to the knee of a man and to what we commonly call the knee of a horse and the like:] the pl. is رُكَبٌ , (S, Msb, K,) i. e. the pl. of mult., and the pl. of pauc. is رُكْبَاتٌ and رُكَبَاتٌ and رُكُبَاتٌ . (S.) Lh mentions the phrase بَعِيرٌ مُسْتَوْقِحُ الرُّكَبِ [meaning A hardkneed camel]; as though the term رُكْبَةٌ were applied to each part, and the pl. used accord. to this application. (TA.) One says [of an agitating affair or event], أَمْرٌ ٱصْطَكَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّكَبُ وَحَكَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّكْبَةُ الرُّكَبَةَ [An affair, or event, in which the knees knocked together, and in which the knee rubbed the knee]. (A.) And of one who has the mark of prostration in prayer on his forehead, between his eyes, (L,) بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ مِثْلُ رُكْبَةِ العَنْزِ [Between his eyes is the like of the knee of the she-goat]. (A, * L.) And of any two things that are alike, or correspondent, هُمَا كَرُكْبَتَى العَنْزِ [They are like the two knees of the she-goat]; because her two knees fall together upon the ground when she lies down. (L.) And it is said in a prov., شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ مِلْحُهُ عَلَى رُكعبَتِهِ [The worst of men is he whose fat is upon his knee]: applied to him who is quickly angered; and to the perfidious: (Meyd, TA:) the phrase مِلْحُهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ is also used as meaning The smallest thing makes him angry: (TA:) and a poet says, 1 [Blame her not; for she is of a set of people whose fat is placed above the knees: perhaps meaning, for she is but a woman; as women are generally fat in the part above the knee]: (TA:) or مِنْ نِسْوَةٍ [in the place of مِنْ عُصْبَةٍ ], meaning of women whose object of anxiety, or care, is fatness and fat: (Meyd, TA:) so that the prov. seems to mean that the worst of men is he who has not such intelligence as bids him to do that which is praiseworthy, but only bids him to do that in which is inconstancy and levity, and an inclining to the dispositions of women, to the love of fatness and fat. (Meyd.) [See other explanations in art. ملح .] لَا تَلُمْهَا إِنَّهَا مِنْ عُصْبَةٍ | مِلْحُهَا مَوْضُوعَةٌ فَوْقَ الرُّكَبْ Also The lower part ( أَصْل ) of the plant صِلِّيَانَة , when it has been cut. (K.)
Nounرِكْبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a mode, or manner, of ridinggenerated

1he has a good mode, or manner, of riding—هُوَ حَسَنُ الرِّكْبَةِ

A mode, or manner, of riding.

1.1

[It is said in the K to be a substantive from رَكِبَهُ, as though meaning a riding.]

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A mode, or manner, of riding. (S.) You say, هُوَ حَسَنُ الرِّكْبَةِ He has a good mode, or manner, of riding. (A, * TA.) [It is said in the K to be a subst. from رَكِبَهُ ; as though signifying A riding.]
Nounرَكَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small company of riders upon camelsgenerated

1

A company of riders upon camels, or of owners of camels on a journey, or of travellers upon camels, and no other beasts, but fewer in number than the company called رَكْبٌ [and probably also a company of riders upon any beasts, but fewer than what is called رَكْبٌ].

According to MF, it is a plural of رَاكِبٌ. [See also أُرْكُوبٌ.]

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A company of riders upon camels, (K,) or of owners of camels on a journey, or travellers upon camels, exclusively of other beasts, (S,) but less in number than the company called رَكْبٌ : (S, K:) [and probably also a company of riders upon any beasts, but less than what is called رَكْبٌ :] accord. to MF, it is a pl. of رَاكِبٌ . (TA.) [See also أُرْكُوبٌ .]
Nounرَكْبَى1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that is riddengenerated

1

And رَكْبَاةٌ: see رَكُوبٌ.

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and رَكْبَاةٌ : see رَكُوبٌ .
Nounرَكَبُوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that is ridden, or trained for ridinggenerated

1

And رَكَبُوتَى: see رَكُوبٌ.

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and رَكَبُوتَى : see رَكُوبٌ .
Nounرَكْبَانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that is riddengenerated

1

See رَكُوبٌ, in two places.

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: see رَكُوبٌ , in two places.
Nounرِكَابٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — travelling-camels used for riding; the stirrup of a horse's saddlegenerated

1

Travelling-camels, used for riding; camels on which people journey; the same as مَطِىٌّ: or camels fit for carrying. It has no proper singular; the word used for the singular is رَاحِلَةٌ.

Or, as ISh says in the “Book of Camels,” رِكَابٌ and عِيرٌ are applied to camels that go out for corn to be brought back upon them, both when they go out and after they have come back; and the first term is applied also to camels on which people journey to Mekkeh, on which مَحَامِل are borne, and to hired [or other] camels that carry the goods and corn of merchants; but camels are not called عير, though bearing corn, [unless] they are hired.

عير are not those that bring corn for their owners; these are called رِكَابٌ.

The plural is رُكُبٌ, according to A'Obeyd, and رِكَابَاتٌ and رَكَائِبُ: or, according to IAar, رُكُبٌ is not a plural of رِكَابٌ; and others say that it is a plural of رَكُوبٌ, meaning any beast on which one rides, [an adjective] of the measure فَعُولٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, but called by ISd a substantive (under the word جَزُوزٌ).

And رَكُوبَةٌ is a more special term than رَكُوبٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe bearers of the clouds; that is, the winds—رِكَابُ السَّحَابِ

Umeiyeh says: [It (referring to a cloud) goes to and fro, the winds being its bearers]

shāhid
تَرَدَّدُ وَالرِّيَاحُ لَهَا رِكَابُ

; تَرَدَّد being used for تَتَرَدَّدُ.

2

Also the stirrup of a horse's saddle; a well-known part of a horse's saddle, and the same to it as the غَرْز is to a camel's saddle. Plural رُكُبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences رِكَاب
59:6
وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

What Allah has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken away) from them - for this ye made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry: but Allah gives power to His messengers over any He pleases: and Allah has power over all things.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[Travelling-camels, used for riding; i. e.] camels (S, K, TA) upon which people journey; (S, TA;) i. q. مَطِىٌّ : (Msb:) or camels fit for carrying: (Har p. 22:) it has no proper sing.: (S:) the word used for the sing. is رَاحِلَةٌ : (S, Msb, K:) or, as ISh says, in the “ Book of Camels, ” رِكَابٌ and عِيرٌ are applied to camels that go forth for corn ( طَعَام ) to be brought back upon them, both when they go forth and after they have come back: and the former term is applied also to camels upon which people journey to Mekkeh, on which مَحَامِل are borne: and hired [or other] camels that carry the goods and corn of merchants: but camels are not called عير , though bearing corn, [unless] if hired: [I insert the words “ or other ” and “ unless ” because it is further said,] عير are not those that bring corn for their owners; but these are called رِكَابٌ : (L, TA:) the pl. is رُكُبٌ , (S, K,) accord. to A'Obeyd, (TA,) and رِكَابَاتٌ and رَكَائِبُ ; (K;) or, accord. to IAar, رُكُبٌ is not pl. of رِكَابٌ ; and others say that it is pl. of رَكُوبٌ , signifying any beast on which one rides, [an epithet] of the measure فَعُولٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ ; (TA;) but called by ISd a subst.; (TA voce جَزُوزٌ ;) and رَكُوبَةٌ is a more special term than رَكُوبٌ . (TA in the present art.) [Hence,] رِكَابُ السَّحَابِ [The bearers of the clouds; i. e.] the winds. (A, K.) Umeiyeh says, 1 [It (referring to a cloud) goes to and fro ( تَرَدَّد being for تَتَرَدَّدُ ), the winds being its bearers]. (TA.) تَرَدَّدُ وَالرِّيَاحُ لَهَا رِكَابُ Also [The stirrup of a horse's saddle;] a well-known appertenance of a horse's saddle; (S;) the same with respect to a horse's saddle as the غَرْز with respect to a camel's: pl. رُكُبٌ . (K.)
Nounرَكُوبٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a beast that is ridden; a she-camel kept for ridinggenerated

1he has no she-camel to ride, nor one to carry burdens, nor one to be milked—مَا لَهُ رَكُوبَةٌ وَلَا حَمُولَةٌ وَلَا حَلُوبَةٌ

And رَكُوبَةٌ: see رِكَابٌ. Both mean a beast that is ridden: or a she-camel that is ridden: or the latter has this meaning, and is applied figuratively to anything ridden: or the former means any beast that is ridden, and the latter is a name for everything that is ridden, applied to one and to a plural number: or the former means ridden, as a feminine adjective, and the latter one specially appointed for riding and constantly kept at work, of beasts of any kind.

And the latter, and رَكْبَانَةٌ, رَكْبَاةٌ, رَكَبُوتٌ, رَكْبَى, and رَكَبُوتَى (in the art. حلب [see حَلُوبٌ in several places]) mean a she-camel that is ridden, or that is broken, trained, or made manageable: or رَكُوبٌ has this last meaning, according to AZ; and its plural is رُكُبٌ, the plural of رَكُوبَةٌ being رَكَائِبُ (under the word جَزُوزٌ).

And رَكْبَانَةٌ means also a she-camel fit to be ridden, as حَلْبَانَةٌ means fit to be milked; the ا and ن are [said to be] added to give an intensive sense. [And all the other adjectives mentioned above seem also, according to some, to have an intensive sense: see حَلُوبٌ.]

1.1a camel having marks of galls, or sores, on his back, produced by the saddle—بَعِيرٌ رَكُوبٌ
1.2a road ridden upon, and trodden so as to be made even and easy to travel—طَرِيقٌ رَكُوبٌ
2

See also رَكَّابٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences رَكُوب
36:72
وَذَلَّلْنَـٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

And that We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some do carry them and some they eat:

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and رَكُوبَةٌ : see رِكَابٌ : both signify A beast that is ridden: (S:) or a she-camel that is ridden: (K:) or the latter has this meaning: and is metaphorically applied to anything ridden: (Msb:) or the former signifies any beast that is ridden: and the latter is a name for everything that is ridden; applied to one, and to a pl. number: (TA:) or the former signifies ridden, as a fem. epithet: and the latter, one specially appointed for riding; and that is constantly kept to work; of beasts (K, TA) of any kind: (TA:) and the latter and رَكْبَانَةٌ and رَكْبَاةٌ and رَكَبُوتٌ (K) and رَكْبَى and رَكَبُوتَى , (K * and TA in art. حلب , [see حَلُوبٌ in several places,]) a she-camel that is ridden; or that is broken, trained, or rendered submissive or manageable: (K:) or رَكُوبٌ has this last signification, accord. to AZ: and its pl. is رُكُبٌ : (TA:) the pl. of رَكُوبَةٌ being رَكَائِبُ : (TA voce جَزُوزٌ :) and رَكْبَانَةٌ signifies [also] a she-camel fit to be ridden; (S, TA;) like as حَلْبَانَةٌ signifies fit to be milked: the ا and ن are [said to be] added in order to give intensiveness to the signification: (TA:) [and all the other epithets mentioned above seem also, accord. to some, to have an intensive sense: see حَلُوبٌ .] You say, مَا لَهُ رَكُوبَةٌ وَلَا حَمُولَةٌ وَلَا حَلُوبَةٌ He has not a she-camel to ride, nor one to carry burdens, nor one to be milked. (S, TA.) Also بَعِيرٌ رَكُوبٌ A camel having marks of galls, or sores, on his back, produced by the saddle. (TA.) And طَرِيقٌ رَكُوبٌ A road ridden upon, (S, TA,) and trodden so as to be rendered even, or easy to be travelled. (TA.) See also رَكَّابٌ .
Nounرَكِيبٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — one who rides with another, a fellow-rider; a channel of water for irrigationgenerated

1he who accompanies tyrannical collectors of the poor-rates—رَكِيبُ السُّعَاةِ

One who rides with another; a fellow-rider.

Mentioned in a tradition, which promises such a one a place in Hell; عُمَّال means the collectors of the poor-rates.

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See also مَرَكَّبٌ.

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نَخْلٌ رَكِيبٌ and رَكِيبٌ مِنْ نَخْلٍ: palm-trees planted in a row by a rivulet, or not by a rivulet.

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Also a مَشَارَة, that is, a سَاقِيَة [or channel of water for irrigation]: or a rivulet between two pieces of sown ground such as are termed دَبْرَتَانِ, or between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: or what is between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: or grape-vines between two rivers or rivulets: or a place of seed-produce: or a clear, or cleared, piece of land in which one sows. Plural رُكُبٌ.

2.1the people who stay, or dwell, by water—أَهْلُ الرَّكِيبِ

Synonymous with الحُضَّارُ.

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One who rides with another; a fellowrider. (K.) رَكِيبُ السُّعَاةِ , mentioned in a trad., and there promised a place in Hell, means He who accompanies tyrannical عُمَّال [or collectors of the poor-rates]. (TA.) See also مَرَكَّبٌ . نَخْلٌ رَكِيبٌ (K) and رَكِيبٌ مِنْ نَخْلٍ (TA) Palmtrees planted in a row by a rivulet, or not by a rivulet. (K, TA.) Also A مَشَارَة , (K,) i. e. سَاقِيَة [or channel of water for irrigation]: (TA:) or a rivulet between [two pieces of sown ground such as are termed] دَبْرَتَانِ : (K:) or between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: (so accord. to the text of the K in the TA:) or what is between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: (so accord. to the CK and my MS. copy of the K:) or grape-vines between two rivers or rivulets: (TA:) or a place of seed-produce: (K:) or a clear, or cleared, piece of land, in which one sows: (T:) pl. رُكُبٌ . (K.) [Hence,] أَهْلُ الرَّكِيبِ The people who stay, or dwell, by water; syn. الحُضَّارُ . (TA.)
Nounرُكَيْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small company of riders upon camelsgenerated

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Diminutive of رَكْبٌ. See رَاكِبٌ.

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dim. of رَكْبٌ . (TA.) See رَاكِبٌ .
Nounرَكُوبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that is ridden, or kept for ridinggenerated

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See رَكُوبٌ.

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: see رَكُوبٌ .
Nounزَيْتٌ رِكَابِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — olive-oil, brought on camels from Syriagenerated

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Olive-oil; so called because it is brought on camels from Syria.

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[Olive-oil:] so called because brought on camels from Syria. (S, A, * K.)
Nounرَكَّابٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who rides much, a great ridergenerated

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And رَكُوبٌ, applied to a man, on the authority of Th, mean the same: one who rides much, a great rider; and so رَكَّابَةٌ applied to a woman.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda man who surmounts, or masters, affairs—رَكَّابٌ لِلْأُمُورِ

Or who often does so; accustomed to embark in, or undertake, affairs, and so to master them; by his knowledge, his repeated experience, and his good judgment.

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and رَكُوبٌ , applied to a man, (K, TA,) the latter on the authority of Th, (TA,) signify the same, (K, TA,) Who rides much; a great rider: and so رَكَّابَةٌ applied to a woman. (TA.) [Hence,] رَكَّابٌ لِلْأُمُورِ A man who surmounts, or masters, affairs; [or who often does so; or accustomed to embark in, or undertake, or to surmount, or master, them; or who often embarks in, or undertakes, them, and therefore surmounts, or masters, them;] by his knowledge, and repeated experience, and good judgment. (K and TA in art. طلع .)
Nounعَلاهُ الرُّكَّابُ1 sense

Core sense — the nightmare came upon himgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

The nightmare, or incubus, came upon him.

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The nightmare, or incubus, came upon him. (A.)
Nounرَكَّابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a shoot growing on the trunk of a palm-treegenerated

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See the latter part of the paragraph that follows.

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: see the latter part of the next paragraph.
Nounرَاكِبٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a rider, especially a rider upon a camel; a shoot growing on a palm-trunkgenerated

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Riding, or a rider: or properly only a rider upon a camel: or that is its meaning when it is not used as a prefixed noun, as explained below, and this is said to be the original meaning.

IB says that it may mean a rider upon a camel, ass, horse, or mule when used as a prefixed noun, as when you say رِاكِبُ جَمَلٍ and رَاكِبُ حِمَارٍ and the like.

According to ISk, you call a rider upon an ass فَارِسٌ عَلَى حِمَارٍ, and a rider upon a mule فَارِسٌ عَلَى بَغْلٍ; but 'Omarah says: I do not call the owner or rider of the ass فارس, but حَمَّارٌ. His reason is clear, for فارس is an adjective of the measure فَاعِلٌ from الفَرَسُ, “the horse,” meaning an owner, or a rider, of the horse.

The plural is رُكَّابٌ and رُكْبَانٌ and رُكُوبٌ and رِكَبَةٌ, or this last is a mistake for رَكَبَةٌ [q. v.], and رَكْبٌ, as some say; or this last is an ism jamʿ, not a broken plural of رَاكِبٌ, and means riders upon camels, or owners of camels on a journey, or travellers upon camels, ten or more in number: and sometimes it means riders upon horses: or riders upon horses and camels: or a company of riders upon horses, or upon horses and camels: [or, according to Kh, riders upon any beasts.]

In the Kur 8. 43, الرَّكْبُ may mean the riders upon horses, or the riders upon camels, or the army made up of both.

The plural of رَكْبٌ is أَرْكُبٌ [a plural of paucity] and رُكُوبٌ.

According to IB, you do not say رَكْبُ إِبِلٍ nor رُكْبَانُ إِبِلٍ; but it is said that رُكَّابُ إِبِلٍ and رُكَّابُ خَيْلٍ and the like are allowable.

An instance of رُكْبَان as distinguished from فُرْسَان occurs in a verse cited as one of the examples of the preposition بِ.

رُكَيْبٌ, properly meaning a small company of riders upon camels and the like, occurs as meaning collectors of the poor-rates; it is the diminutive of رَكْبٌ, and shows that this last is not properly a plural of رَاكِبٌ, for, if it were, the diminutive used would be رُوَيْكِبُونَ. [See also رَكَبَةٌ and أُرْكُوبٌ.]

Qur’ān 8:41 approximate — somewhere between 8:1 and 8:48 Lane cites “Kur viii. 43”
Qur’ān 8:42 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
إِذْ أَنتُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ وَٱلرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدتُّمْ لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَىَّ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the appointment: But (thus ye met), that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1the persons on board the ship, or boat—رُكَّابُ السَّفِينَةِ

[Also a person on board a ship or boat: plural رُكَّابٌ.]

the voyagers upon the water—رُكَّابُ المَآءِ

Ibn-Aḥmar has used the plural رُكْبَانٌ in this sense, but it is said that this is not allowable; nor is أُرْكُوبٌ, nor رَكْبٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, and رَاكُوبٌ: a shoot germinating on the trunk of a palm-tree, having no root in the ground: or a shoot on the upper part of a palm-tree, hanging down but not reaching the ground; and so رَاكِبَةٌ and رَاكُوبَةٌ and رَكَّابَةٌ: or, as some say, the last of these is not used thus, but means a woman “who rides much.”

AḤn, however, says that it means a palm-shoot, or the like, growing out at the top of the trunk of a palm-tree, and in some cases bearing along with its mother; but when it is cut off, it is better for the mother.

رَاكِبٌ is also explained in the L as meaning small palm-trees that grow out at the lower parts of large palm-trees: or it means a shoot of a palm-tree not cut off from its mother.

According to As, when a palm-shoot grows from the trunk and does not reach the ground, it forms a vile kind of palm-tree; and the Arabs call it رَاكِبٌ and رَاكُوبٌ. The plural of this last [and of رَاكُوبَةٌ] is رَوَاكِيبُ.

1.3figurative · مجازwhat first appears, or grows forth, from the envelope of the grain of an ear of wheat—رُكْبَانُ السُّنْبُلِ

The envelope of the grain is the قُنْبُع.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

رَاكِبٌ also means the head, or summit, of a mountain, as in most of the copies of the K; in some of which is found حَبْل [or rope].

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Riding; or a rider: (Mgh, Msb, K:) or properly only a rider upon a camel: (ISk, S, K:) or the latter is its meaning when it is not used as a prefixed noun, as explained below; and is said to be the original signification: IB says that it may signify a rider upon a camel, ass, horse, or mule, when used as a prefixed noun; as when you say رِاكِبُ جَمَلٍ and رَاكِبُ حِمَارٍ &c.: (L:) accord. to ISk, you term a rider upon an ass فَارِسٌ عَلَى حِمَارٍ , (S, TA,) and a rider upon a mule فَارِسٌ عَلَى بَغْلٍ ; (TA;) but 'Omarah says, I do not call the owner or rider of the ass فارس , but حَمَّارٌ ; and the reason of his saying so is manifest, for فارس is an epithet of the measure فَاعِلٌ from الفَرَسُ “ the horse, ” meaning “ an owner, or a rider, of the horse: ” (S, TA:) the pl. is رُكَّابٌ (S, K) and رُكْبَانٌ (S, * Mgh, Msb, K) and رُكُوبٌ (Mgh, K) and رِكَبَةٌ , (K,) or this last is a mistake for رَكَبَةٌ [q. v.], (MF, TA,) and رَكْبٌ , (Akh, Msb, K, TA,) as some say; (TA;) or this last is a quasi-pl. n., (K, TA,) not a broken pl. of رَاكِبٌ ; (TA;) and signifies riders upon camels; (K;) or owners of camels on a journey, or travellers upon camels; (S;) consisting of ten or more: (S, K:) and sometimes it signifies riders upon horses: (IB, K:) or riders upon horses and camels: (IB, L, TA:) or a company of riders upon horses; or upon horses and camels: (TA:) [or, accord. to Kh, riders upon any beasts: (De Sacy's Anthol. Gram. Ar. p. 54 of the Arabic text:)] in the Kur viii. 43, الرَّكْبُ may signify the riders upon horses, or the riders upon camels, or the army composed of both these: (TA:) the pl. of رَكْبٌ is أَرْكُبٌ , (S, K,) [a pl. of pauc.,] and رُكُوبٌ . (K.) Accord. to IB, you do not say رَكْبُ إِبِلٍ nor رُكْبَانُ إِبِلٍ : but it is said that رُكَّابُ إِبِلٍ and رُكَّابُ خَيْلٍ &c. are allowable. (L.) An instance of رُكْبَان as distinguished from فُرْسَان occurs in a verse cited as one of the exs. of the preposition بِ . (TA.) رُكَيْبٌ [properly signifying A small company of riders upon camels, &c.,] occurs as meaning collectors of the poorrates: it is the dim. of رَكْبٌ ; and shows that this latter is not a pl. [properly speaking] of رَاكِبٌ ; for, were it so, the word used as its dim. would be رُوَيْكِبُونَ . (TA.) [See also رَكَبَةٌ , and أُرْكُوبٌ .] [Also A person on board of a ship or boat: pl. رُكَّابٌ .] You say رُكَّابُ السَّفِينَةِ (S, TA) The persons on board of the ship, or boat: and رُكَّابُ المَآءِ the voyagers upon the water: and Ibn-Ahmar has used in this sense the pl. رُكْبَانٌ ; but it is said that this is not allowable; nor is أُرْكُوبٌ ; nor رَكْبٌ . (TA.) Also, and رَاكُوبٌ , A shoot germinating upon the trunk of a palm-tree, not having any root in the ground: (S:) or a shoot on the upper part of a palm-tree, hanging down, but not reaching the ground; and so رَاكِبَةٌ and رَاكُوبَةٌ and رَكَّابَةٌ : (K:) or, as some say, the last of these words is not thus applied, but means a woman “ who rides much: ” AHn, however, says that it signifies a palm-shoot, or the like thereof, growing forth at the top of the trunk of a palm-tree, and, in some instances, bearing with its mother; but when it is cut off, it is better for the mother: and رَاكِبٌ is also explained in the L as meaning small palm-trees that grow forth at the lower parts of large palmtrees: (TA:) or it means a shoot of a palm-tree not cut off from its mother: (Ham p. 66:) accord. to As, when a palm-shoot grows from the trunk, and does not adhere to the ground, it forms a vile kind of palm-tree; and the Arabs call it رَاكِبٌ and رَاكُوبٌ : the pl. of this last [and of رَاكُوبَةٌ ] is رَوَاكِيبُ . (TA.) رُكْبَانُ السُّنْبُلِ means What first appear, or grow forth, from the قُنْبُع , (A, K, TA,) i. e. the envelope of the grain, (TA,) of the ear of wheat. (K, TA.) رَاكِبٌ also signifies The head [or summit] of a mountain ( جَبَل ), as in [most of] the copies of the K; in some of which is found حَبْل [or rope]. (TA.)
Nounرَاكِبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a shoot growing on a palm-trunk; a layer of fat on a camel's humpgenerated

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See the paragraph that precedes.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Also the singular of رَوَاكِبُ, which means streaks, or layers, of fat overlying one another in the fore part of a camel's hump; those in the hinder part are called رَوَادِفُ, of which the singular is رَادِفَةٌ.

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: see the next preceding paragraph. Also sing. of رَوَاكِبُ (TA) which signifies Streaks [or layers] of fat, (A, K, TA,) overlying one another, (K, TA,) in the fore part of a camel's hump: those in the hinder part are called رَوَادِفُ , (A, K, TA,) of which the sing. is رَادِفَةٌ . (TA.)
Nounرَاكُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a shoot growing on the trunk of a palm-treegenerated

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And رَاكُوبَةٌ: see رَاكِبٌ, latter part, in four places.

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and رَاكُوبَةٌ : see رَاكِبٌ , latter part, in four places.
Nounأَرْكَبُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — large in the kneegenerated

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Large in the رُكْبَة [or knee].

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A camel having one of his knees larger than the other.

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Large in the رُكْبَة [or knee]. (S, K.) A camel having one of his knees larger than the other. (S, K.)
Nounأُرْكُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a large company of riders upon camelsgenerated

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A company of riders upon camels, or of owners of camels on a journey, or of travellers upon camels, and no other beasts, but more in number than the company called رَكْبٌ. Plural أَرَاكِيبُ. [See also رَكَبَةٌ.]

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A company of riders upon camels, (K,) or of owners of camels on a journey, or of travellers upon camels, exclusively of other beasts, (S,) but more in number than the company called رَكْبٌ : (S, K:) pl. أَرَاكِيبُ . (TA.) [See also رَكَبَةٌ .]
Nounمَرْكَبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — anything on which one rides; a ship, or boat; a saddlegenerated

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A maṣdar of رَكِبَ.

1.1excellent is the thing on which one rides, the beast—نِعْمَ المَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةُ

And also a noun of place, properly meaning a place of riding. [Hence, anything on which one rides, and on or in which one is borne or carried.]

One of the مَرَاكِب of the land, and more commonly of the sea: that is, a beast on which one rides; and a vessel, that is, a ship or boat; a saddle; and any kind of vehicle borne by a camel or other beast. مَرَاكِبُ is the plural.

the ships, or boats, of El-Yemen came—جَآءَتْ مَرَاكِبُ اليَمَنِ
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

[And hence المَرْكَبُ as the name of the principal star (a) of Pegasus; because it is in the place of the saddle.]

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an inf. n. of رَكِبَ . (A, K, TA.) And also a noun of place [properly signifying A place of riding, &c.]. (TA.) [Hence, Anything upon which one rides; and upon, or in, which one is borne or carried:] one of the مَرَاكِب of the land; and [more commonly] of the sea: (S, K:) [i. e.] a beast [on which one rides]; (A, TA;) and a vessel, i. e. a ship or boat: (A, Mgh, Msb, TA:) a saddle; and any kind of vehicle borne by a camel or other beast: (the lexicons passim:) مَرَاكِبُ is the pl. (Mgh, Msb.) You say, نِعْمَ المَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةُ [Excellent, or most excellent, is the thing upon which one rides, the beast]. (A.) And جَآءَتْ مَرَاكِبُ اليَمَنِ The vessels, or the ships or boats, of El-Yemen came. (A.) [And hence المَرْكَبُ as the name of The principal star (a) of Pegasus; because in the place of the saddle.]
Nounمُرْكِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a colt that has become fit for ridinggenerated

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A colt that has become fit for being ridden.

And دَابَّةٌ مُرْكِبَةٌ: a beast that has reached the age at which one may ride him during a warring and plundering expedition.

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A colt that has become fit for being ridden. (TA.) And دَابَّةٌ مُرْكِبَةٌ A beast that has attained the age at which one may ride him during a warring and plundering expedition. (TA.)
Nounمُرَكَّبٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — set, or fixed, in another thing; composed, put together; origingenerated

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A man to whom a horse is lent for a portion of the spoil that he may obtain: or a man who borrows a horse on which to go forth on a warring and plundering expedition, and who receives one half of the spoil, the other half being for the lender: or one to whom a horse has been given for him to ride, and who has put his foot into the stirrup.

[Also] weak in the art of horsemanship, in the management of horses and the riding of them.

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[Also put, or set, one part upon another: set, or fixed, in another thing: composed, constituted, or put together: see its verb, 2.]

The stone [set] in the signet-ring is termed مُرَكَّبٌ and رَكِيبٌ, and so the arrow-head [fixed] in the shaft: or رَكِيبٌ means, as a substantive, a thing set in a thing, such as a ring-stone in the bezel, or collet, of the signet-ring.

2figurative · مجازsuch a one is generous, or noble, in the origin of his rank among his people—فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ المُرَكَّبِ

Also origin; and place of growth or germination or vegetation.

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A man to whom a horse is lent for a portion of the spoil that he may obtain: (IAar, TA:) or a man who borrows a horse upon which to go forth on a warring and plundering expedition, and who receives one half of the spoil, the other half being for the lender: (K:) or one to whom a horse has been given for him to ride, and who has put his foot into the stirrup. (A.) [Also] Weak in the art of horsemanship, or the management of horses, and the riding of them. (Ham p. 441.) [Also Put, or set, one part upon another: set, or fixed, in another thing: composed; constituted; or put together: see its verb, 2.] The stone [set] in the signet-ring is termed مُرَكَّبٌ and رَكِيبٌ ; and so the arrowhead [fixed] in the shaft: (S:) or رَكِيبٌ signifies, (K, TA,) as a subst., (TA,) a thing set ( مُرَكَّبٌ ) in a thing, such as a ring-stone in the bezel, or collet, of the signet-ring. (K, * TA.) Also Origin: and place of growth or germination or vegetation. (S, K, TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ المُرَكَّبِ Such a one is generous, or noble, in respect of the origin of his rank among his people. (S, A. *)