رَكَسَهُ
Root: ركس
Form: 1
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رَكَسَهُI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun رَكْسٌ, He turned it over, or upside down; as also
: or the former, or ↓ latter, he turned it over upon its head: and the former, he reversed it; made the first part of it to be last; or turned it fore part behind. It is said in the Kur [iv. 90], وَٱللّٰهُ أَرْكَسَهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوا
Since God hath subverted them [for what they have done, or committed]; syn. تَكَّسَهُمْ: or hath made them return to their unbelief; and رَكَسَهُمْ signifies the same: or hath separated, or dispersed, them, for what they have done of their disbelief, and acts of disobedience: رَكَسْتُ الشَّىْءَ and
both signify I separated the thing; or set it apart. You say also, أَرْكَسَ ٱللّٰهُ عَدُوَّكَ
May God overturn thine enemy upon his head: or change, or reverse, the state, or condition, of thine enemy. And فِى الشَّرِّ
He turned him back, or caused him to return, to evil. And
الثَّوْبَ فِى الصِّبْغِ
Return thou the garment, or piece of cloth, to the dyeing-liquor.
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