رَكِبَهُ

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رَكِبَهُI , and رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رُكُوبٌ and مَرْكَبٌ; and ; I. q. عَلَاهُ and عَلَا عَلَيْهِ [explained by what follows]. You say, رَكِبْتُ الدَّابَّةَ, or الفَرَسَ, and رَكِبْتُ عَلَيْهَا, [or عَلَيْهِ,] Verbal.Noun رُكُوبٌ and مَرْكَبٌ [as above, meaning I rode, or rode upon, and I mounted, or mounted upon, the beast, or the horse]. (TA. [See also رَاكِبٌ.]) [And رَكِبْتُ السَّفِينَةَ, or فِى السَّفِينَةِ , I embarked in the ship; went on board the ship.] And one says, of anything, رَكِبَهُ [and ] as meaning عَلَاهُ [i. e. It was, or became, upon, or over, it; got upon it; came, or arose, upon it; overlay it; was, or became, superincumbent, or supernatant, upon it; overspread it]; namely, another thing. [In like manner,] one says also, of anything, رُكِبَ and as meaning عُلِىَ [i. e., when said of a horse or the like, He was ridden, or ridden upon, and was mounted, or mounted upon: whence other significations in other cases, indicated above].
2 [Hence,] رَكِبَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا i. q. تراكب [It lay one part upon another; it was, or became, heaped, or piled, up, or together, one part upon, or overlying, another:] said of fat [as meaning it was, or became, disposed in layers, one above another: see رَاكِبَةٌ]. [And hence, رَكِبَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا The people bore, or pressed, or crowded, one upon another; a phrase well known, and of frequent occurrence: or meaning the people followed one another closely; from what next follows.]
3 رَكِبَهُ also means [ He came upon him, or overtook him; or] he followed closely, or immediately, after him: and رَكِبْتُ أَثَرَهُ and طَرِيقَهُ I followed close after him.
4 [رَكِبَ الطَّرِيقَ, and الرَّمْلَ, and المَفَازَةَ, He went upon, or trod, or travelled, the road, and the sand or sands, and the desert: and رَكِبَ البَحْرَ He embarked, or voyaged, upon the sea. Hence,] رَكِبَ اللَّيْلَ, and الهَوْلَ, [He ventured upon, encountered, or braved, the night, and that which was terrible or fearful,] and the like thereof. [And رَكِبَ أَمْرًا and He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, an affair: and he surmounted it, or mastered it: the former meaning is well known: the latter is indicated by an explanation of the phrase رَكَّابٌ لِلْأُمُورِ, which see below.] And رَكِبَ ذَنْبًا and He committed a sin, or crime, or the like. And رَكِبَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا بِأَمْرٍ [Such a one did to such a one a thing]. And رَكِبَهُ بِمَكْرُوهٍ and [He did to him an evil, or abominable, or odious, deed]. And رَكِبْتُ الدَّيْنَ and I became much in debt: and رَكِبَنِى الدَّيْنُ and [Debt burdened me].
5 رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ He went at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, (مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, A, Msb,) [i. e.,] without consideration, or without any certain aim, or object, not obeying a guide to the right course. You say, يُرْكَبُ رَأْسَهُ لَا يَدْرِى أَيْنَ يَتَوَجَّهُ [He goes at random, &c., not knowing whither to direct himself]. (S and K in art. كمه.) [See also رَكْبَةٌ. In like manner also, you say, رَكِبَ رَأْيَهُ (K voce اِسْتَهَجَّ &c.) He followed his own opinion. And رَكِبَ هَوَاهُ (S in art. جمح) He followed his own natural desire, without consideration, and not obeying a guide to the right course of conduct.]
6 رَكِبْتُ دُبَّتَهُ and دُبَّهُ I kept to his state, or condition, and his way, mode, or manner, of acting &c.; and did as he did. (M in art. دب.) And رَكِبَتْهُ الحُمَّى [The fever continued upon him] is a phrase similar to أَغْبَطَتْهُ الحُمَّى and اِمْتَطَتْهُ and اِرْتَحَلَتْهُ. (A and TA in art. غبط)

def.2 رَكَبَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَكْبٌ, [from رُكْبَةٌ,] He struck, or smote, his knee: or it signifies, or signifies also, he struck him, or smote him, with his knee: or he took him by his hair, or by the hair of each side of his head, and struck his forehead with his knee. Hence, in a trad., رَكَبْتُ أَنْفَهُ بِرُكْبَتِى I struck his nose with my knee. And in another trad., أَمَا تَعْرِفُ الأَزْدَ وَرَكْبَهَا اِتَّقِ الأَزْدَ لَا يَأْخُذُوكَ فَيَرْكُبُوكَ [Knowest thou not El-Azd, and their striking with the knee? Beware thou of El-Azd, lest they take thee, and strike thee with their knees]: for this practice was notorious among El-Azd; in the dial. of whom, أُمُّ كَيْسَانَ was a metonymical appellation of the knee.

def.3 رُكِبَ, like عُنِىَ, [pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] He had a complaint of his knee.

def.4 رَكِبَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَكَبٌ, He was large in the knee.

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