ركم

Form 1رَكَمَ الشَّىْءَ1 sense

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarرَكْمٌ

Core sense — he heaped up, piled up, or accumulated the thinggenerated

1.1

He heaped up, piled up, or accumulated, the thing: he collected it together and put one part of it on another.

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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

8:37

لِيَمِيزَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بَعْضَهُۥ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُۥ جَمِيعًا فَيَجْعَلَهُۥ فِى جَهَنَّمَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost.

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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, aor. رَكُمَ , (S, M,) inf. n. رَكْمٌ (M, K,) He heaped up, piled up, or accumulated, the thing; i. e. he collected together the thing, and put, or threw, one part of it upon another; (S, K; *) or he put, or threw, one part of the thing upon another. (M, TA.)

Form 6تراكم1 sense

Core sense — it became heaped up, accumulated, one part on anothergenerated

6.1figurative · مجازit became heaped up, or accumulated, one part on another—ارتكم

the clouds became heaped up, one above another—تراكم السَّحَابُ

Said of a thing.

Also تراكب, mentioned in the article ركب.

[the flesh of the she-camel became accumulated]—تراكم لَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ

Meaning: the she-camel became fat.

[the darkness became dense]—تراكمت الظَّلْمَةُ

The Arabs describe thick darkness as “darknesses one above another”: see Qur 24:40.

[occupations became accumulated]—تراكمت الأَشْغَالُ

[the occupations became accumulated]—ارتكمت

Qur’ān 24:40 approximate — somewhere between 24:31 and 24:43 Lane cites “Kur xxiv. 40”

Qur’ān 24:43 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap? - then wilt thou see rain issue forth from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases, the vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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and ارتكم It (a thing) was, or became heaped, or piled, up, or together, or accumulated; i. e., collected together, (S, K, TA,) one part upon [or overlying] another. (TA.) You say, تراكم السَّحَابُ The clouds were, or became, [heaped, or piled, up,] one above, or upon, [or overlying,] another; as also تراكب . (TA in art. ركب .) And تراكم لَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ [lit. The flesh of the she-camel became accumulated]; meaning the she-camel became fat. (TA.) [And تراكمت الظَّلْمَةُ The darkness became condensed, or dense: for the Arabs describe thick darkness as “ darknesses one above another: ” see Kur xxiv. 40.] And تراكمت الأَشْغَالُ and ارتكمت [Occupations, or the occupations, became accumulated]. (TA.)

Form 8إِرْتَكَمَ1 sense

Core sense — it became heaped up, accumulated, one part on anothergenerated

8.1

Same as form 6 above, where it occurs in two places.

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see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

Nounرَكَمٌ1 sense

Core sense — clouds, or sand, collected together and heaped upgenerated

1

See رُكَامٌ.

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: see رُكَامٌ .

Nounرُكْمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — clay, or mud, and earth collected togethergenerated

1

Clay, or mud, and earth, or dust, collected together [and apparently heaped up].

With damm; in some of the copies of the S it is written رَكَمَةٌ.

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, (S, K, [so in my copies of the S,]) with damm, (K,) in [some of] the copies of the S رَكَمَةٌ , (TA,) Clay, or mud, (S, K, TA,) and earth, or dust, (TA,) collected together [and app. heaped up]. (S, K, TA.)

Nounرُكَامٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — clouds, or sand, collected together and heaped up; a large herdgenerated

1clouds collected together and heaped up; and so sand, and the like—رَكَمٌ

Also مُتَرَاكِمٌ and مُرْتَكِمٌ and مَرْكُومٌ in the same sense.

[Or, as the explanations seem to indicate, the first and second are used as nouns, implying what is collected together, and the rest only as adjectives.]

One says also رُكَامُ سَحَابِ and رُكَامُ رَمْلٍ.

a thing accumulated, one part upon another—شَىْءٌ رُكَامٌ

1.1figurative · مجازa large herd or flock or the like—قَطِيعٌ رُكَامٌ

Likened to the ركام of clouds or of sand.

Qur’ānic occurrences رُكَام

24:43

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap? - then wilt thou see rain issue forth from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases, the vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.

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, K) and رَكَمٌ (IAar, K) and مُتَرَاكِمٌ (S, K) and مُرْتَكِمٌ and مَرْكُومٌ (TA) Clouds ( سَحَابٌ ) collected together, and heaped, or piled, up; (IAar, S, K, TA;) and so sand; (S, TA;) and the like: (S:) [or, as the explanations seem to indicate, the first and second are used as substs., implying what is collected together &c; and the rest only as epithets:] and you say also رُكَامُ سَحَابِ (TA) and رُكَامُ رَمْلٍ : (K, TA:) and شَىْءٌ رُكَامٌ means a thing accumulated, one part upon another. (TA.) And قَطِيعٌ رُكَامٌ A large herd or flock or the like; (K, TA;) likened to the ركام of clouds or of sand. (TA.)

Nounمَرْكُومٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — heaped up, accumulated; a fat she-camel; densely darkgenerated

1

Same in meaning as the preceding entry.

1.1figurative · مجازa fat she-camel—نَاقَةٌ مَرْكُومَةٌ

[Hence this use.]

1.2densely dark—مَرْكُومٌ

Applied by Dhu-r-Rummeh as an adjective to midnight, [meaning مَرْكُومٌ ظُلُمَاتُهُ, that is, densely dark, as though its darknesses were heaped one upon another: see form 6]. Mentioned in the article خفق.

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: see the next preceding paragraph. [Hence,] نَاقَةٌ مَرْكُومَةٌ A fat she-camel. (TA. [See 6.]) مَرْكُومٌ is applied by Dhu-r-Rummeh as an epithet to midnight ( جَوْزُ اللَّيْلِ ) [meaning مَرْكُومٌ ظُلُمَاتُهُ , i. e. Densely dark, as though its darknesses were heaped one upon another: see 6]. (TA in art. خفق .)

Nounمُرْتَكَمٌ1 sense

Core sense — the main part, or middle, of a roadgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

The main part, or middle, of a road.

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The main part, or middle, of a road. (S, K, TA.)

Nounمُرْتَكِمٌ1 sense

Core sense — heaped up, accumulated, one part on anothergenerated

1

See رُكَامٌ.

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: see رُكَامٌ .

Nounمُتَرَاكِمٌ1 sense

Core sense — heaped up one upon another, accumulatedgenerated

1

See رُكَامٌ.

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: see رُكَامٌ .

Derived nouns 7