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رُكَامٌ

Root: ركم

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رُكَامٌ and رَكَمٌ and مُتَرَاكِمٌ and مُرْتَكِمٌ and مَرْكُومٌ Clouds (سَحَابٌ) collected together, and heaped, or piled, up; and so sand; and the like: [or, as the explanations seem to indicate, the first and second are used as substs., implying what is collected together &c; and the rest only as epithets:] and you say also رُكَامُ سَحَابِ and رُكَامُ رَمْلٍ: and شَىْءٌ رُكَامٌ means a thing accumulated, one part upon another.
2 And قَطِيعٌ رُكَامٌ A large herd or flock or the like; likened to the ركام of clouds or of sand.
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