رِكَابٌ
Root: ركب
Full Definition
رِكَابٌ
[Travelling-camels, used for riding; i. e.] camels upon which people journey; i. q.
مَطِىٌّ: or camels fit for carrying: it has no proper sing.: the word used for the sing. is رَاحِلَةٌ: or, as ISh says, in the “ Book of Camels, ” رِكَابٌ and عِيرٌ are applied to camels that go forth for corn (طَعَام) to be brought back upon them, both when they go forth and after they have come back: and the former term is applied also to camels upon which people journey to Mekkeh, on which
مَحَامِل
are borne: and hired [or other] camels that carry the goods and corn of merchants: but camels are not called عير, though bearing corn, [unless] if hired: [I insert
2 [Hence,] رِكَابُ السَّحَابِ
def.2 Also [The stirrup of a horse's saddle;] a well-known appertenance of a horse's saddle; the same with respect to a horse's saddle as the غَرْز with respect to a camel's: pl. رُكُبٌ.
2 [Hence,] رِكَابُ السَّحَابِ
[It goes to and fro (تَرَدَّد being for تَتَرَدَّدُ), the winds being its bearers].تَرَدَّدُ وَالرِّيَاحُ لَهَا رِكَابُ
def.2 Also [The stirrup of a horse's saddle;] a well-known appertenance of a horse's saddle; the same with respect to a horse's saddle as the غَرْز with respect to a camel's: pl. رُكُبٌ.
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