رَتَكَ
Root: رتك
Form: 1
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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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