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مَرْكَبٌ

Root: ركب

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مَرْكَبٌ an Verbal.Noun of رَكِبَ.
2 And also a noun of place [properly signifying A place of riding, &c.]. [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: [i. e.] a beast [on which one rides]; and a vessel, i. e. a ship or boat: a saddle; and any kind of vehicle borne by a camel or other beast: مَرَاكِبُ is the pl. You say, نِعْمَ المَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةُ [Excellent, or most excellent, is the thing upon which one rides, the beast]. And جَآءَتْ مَرَاكِبُ اليَمَنِ The vessels, or the ships or boats, of El-Yemen came.
3 [And hence المَرْكَبُ as the name of The principal star of Pegasus; because in the place of the saddle.]
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