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رَكَّ

Root: رك

Form: 1

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رَكَّI , Present.T يَرِكُّ, (K, JM, TA, in the CK يَرَكُّ,) Verbal.Noun رَكَاكَةٌ [and app. رُكُوكَةٌ, q. v. infrà,] and رَكٌّ, or ركّة [i. e. رِكَّةٌ, like رِقَّةٌ and دِقَّةٌ, with both of which it is syn.], It was, or became, weak, or feeble; syn. ضَعُفَ: and thin, or of little thickness or depth; syn. رَقَّ: [and little, or small, in quantity; and slender: and feeble, or weak, and incorrect; said of a word or an expression: (see the part. n. رَكِيكٌ:) and unsound, invalid, or incorrect; said of information, an announcement, &c.; as is shown by what follows.] Hence the saying, اِقْطَعْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ رَكَّ [Cut thou it off from where it is weak, or thin]: for which the vulgar say, من حيث رَقَّ. [And hence also the saying,] فِى هٰذَا الخَبَرِ رَكَاكَةٌ In this information, announcement, piece of news, or narration, is unsoundness, invalidity, or incorrectness; and so, فِيهِ رَثَاثَةٌ. (A and TA in art. رث.)

def.2 رَكَّ الشَّىْءَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ, or simply رَكَّهُ, Present.T رَكُكَ Verbal.Noun رَكٌّ, He threw one part of the thing upon another.
2 رَكَكْتُ الغُلَّ فِى عُنُقِهِ, Present.T رَكُكَ Verbal.Noun رَكٌّ, [I put the غُلّ upon his neck, and inserted his hand in it; or] I confined his hand to his neck by means of the غُلّ.
3 [Hence,] رَكَكْتُ الذَّنْبَ فِى عُنُقِهِ i. q. أَلْزَمْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ [I attached to him responsibility for the sin, crime, or misdeed]. And رَكَكْتُ هٰذَا الحَقَّ فِى عُنُقِهِ [in like manner] means أَلْزَمْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ [I attached to him responsibility for the rendering of this right, or due].
4 And رَكَّ الأَمْرَ, Present.T رَكُكَ Verbal.Noun رَكٌّ, i. q. رَدَّ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ [He reversed the order of parts, or of the parts, of the affair, or case].

def.3 رَكَّ الشَّىْءَ بِيَدِهِ, [Present.T رَكُكَ ] Verbal.Noun رَكٌّ, He felt the thing, or pressed it lightly, with his hand, in order that he might know its bulk.
2 And رَكَّ المَرْأَةَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He compressed the woman, and distressed her, or fatigued her, in so doing; and so بَكَّهَا, Verbal.Noun بَكٌّ; and دَكَّهَا, Verbal.Noun دَكٌّ.

def.4 رَكَّ ٱللّٰهُ نَمَآءَهُ God lessened, or diminished, or may God lessen, or diminish, his, or its, increase.
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