رَكَدَ

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رَكَدَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رُكُودٌ, It was, or became, still, or motionless; said of water: and fixed, or stationary. And in like manner, using the verb in the former sense, one says of the wind: [whence] one says also, رَكُدَتْ رِيحُهُمْ [lit. Their wind became still, or calm] meaning their good fortune ceased, and their affairs, or circumstances, began to retrograde by degrees: and [in like manner,] طَفِقَتْ رِيحُهُمْ [their good fortune began to cease by degrees]. So too one says of the expressed juice of grapes, meaning It ceased to estuate. And of the heat, i. e. It remitted, or subsided. (L. [See also رَقَدَ.]) And رَكَدَتِ السَّفِينَةُ The ship became still, or motionless, or aground. And رَكَدَ المِيزَانُ The balance was, or became, in a state of equilibrium. And رَكَدَتِ البَكْرَةُ The sheave of the pulley was, or became, fixed: and also the sheave of the pulley turned, or revolved: thus bearing two contr. significations. And رَكَدَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, at its midday-height: or continued overhead; as though not quitting its place. And رَكَدَ القَوْمُ The people were, or became, still, motionless, or silent.

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