Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَتَكَ

Root: رتك

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَتَكَI , Present.T ـُ thus it appears to be accord. to the K [also], and thus in the Deewán el-Adab of El-Farábee, but accord. to Sgh it is correctly ـِ Verbal.Noun رَتْكٌ and رَتَكَانٌ and رَتَكٌ, He went with short steps in his رَمَلَان [or quick pacing, or going a kind of trotting pace, between a walk and a run], to which Kh adds, shaking himself: and accord. to him, and J, it is said only of a camel: but it is sometimes said of other animals, [perhaps tropically, or improperly,] as, for instance, of an ostrich: and accord. to Sgh, it is sometimes said of a human being. [See also حَتَكَ: and see نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, in art نصب.]


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