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رَاكِدٌ

Root: ركد

Full Definition

رَاكِدٌ [Still, or motionless: and] anything remaining fixed in its place; stationary. You say مَآءٌ رَاكِدٌ Water that is not running: and رِيحٌ رَاكِدَةٌ a wind becoming still, or calm; pl. رِيَاحٌ رَوَاكِدُ.
2 [Hence,] الرَّوَاكِدُ [and also, accord. to Reiske, as mentioned in Freytag's Lex., الرُّكَّدُ,] The three pieces of stone upon which a cooking-pot is set: so called because they remain in their places.
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