رَكَضَ

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رَكَضَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَكْضٌ, He moved, or struck with, his leg, or foot: or he struck and hit therewith, like as one strikes and hits therewith a beast. Hence, the phrase in the Kur [xxxviii. 41], اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ [Strike thou the ground with thy foot]: or strike thou, and tread, the ground with thy foot. You say also, رَكَضَ الرَّجُلُ The man struck the ground with his foot: and رَكَضَتِ الخَيْلُ The horses struck the ground with their hoofs: and جَآءَتِ الخَيْلُ رَكْضًا [The horses came striking the ground with their hoofs]: and رَكَضَتِ الجُنْدَبُ الرَّمْضَآءَ بِكُرَاعَيْهَا [The locusts termed جندب struck the vehemently-hot ground with their two legs]: and تَرَكْتُهُ يَرْكُضُ بِرِجْلِهِ لِلْمَوْتِ [I left him striking the ground with his foot previously to death: see also 8]. [The above-mentioned phrases marked as tropical are so marked on the authority of the A: but the reason of their being so I do not see.]
2 They also said, sometimes, رَكَضَ الطَّائِرُ, meaning The bird moved his wings in flying: the Verbal.Noun, رَكْضٌ, signifying the act of moving the wing: and الطَّائرُ يَرْكُضُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ The bird moves his wings, and puts them back against his body: or the former of these two phrases means the bird was quick, or swift, in his flying.
3 رَكْضٌ also signifies The act of impelling; syn. دَفْعٌ: and the urging a horse to run, [by striking] with his foot or leg: the striking a beast with one's feet or legs, to urge him: or putting him in motion, whether he go on or not. You say, رَكَضْتُ الفَرَسَ بِرِجْلِى I urged the horse to run, with my foot or leg. And رَكَضَ الدَّابَّةَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَكْضٌ, He struck the sides of the beast with his foot or leg. And رَكَضَ الدَّابَّةَ بِرِجْلٍ, and بِرِجْلَيْنِ, He struck the beast to urge it with a foot or leg, and with two feet or legs.
4 And from frequency of usage of the phrase رَكَضْتُ الفَرَسَ, originated the saying رَكَضَ الفَرَسُ, meaning The horse ran: which some disallow; but without reason, since it has been transmitted by a good authority: it is disallowed by As: [and J says,] the correct phrase is رُكِضَ الفَرَسُ: or you say, رُكِضَ الفَرَسُ فَرَكَضَ هُوَ, meaning [The horse was urged to run,] and he ran: and رَكْضٌ signifies the act of running: and the act of fleeing: whence, [in the Kur xxi. 12], إِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ lo, they fled from it, from punishment: or were routed, and fled from it: or they ran from it: [for] رَكَضَ الرَّجُلُ signifies The man fled, and ran. [Hence,] رَكَضَتِ النُّجُومُ فِى السَّمَآءِ The stars moved along in the sky. [And hence,] رَكْضٌ also signifies A man's going along by both his legs together.
5 You also say, رَكَضَهُ البَعِيرُ The camel struck him with his kind leg: like as you say, رَمَحَهُ الفَرَسُ: but you should not say, [when a camel is the agent,] رَمَحَهُ. And رَكَضَ الأَرْضَ, and الثَّوْبَ, He struck the ground, and the garment, or piece of cloth, with his foot or leg. And المَرْأَةُ تَرْكُضُ ذُيُولَهَا وَخَلْخَالَهَا بِرِجْلَيْهَا إِذَا مَشَتْ [The woman kicks her skirts and her anklets with her feet when she walks].
6 And رَكَضَتِ القَوْسُ السَّهْمَ The bow propelled the arrow.
7 And رَكَضْتُ القَوْسَ I shot with the bow.
8 And هُوَ لَا يَرْكُضُ المِحْجَنَ He does not defend himself: or he is not angry and vexed at a thing, nor does he defend himself.
9 And رَكَضَ النَّارَ بَالمِرْكَضِ [He stirred the fire with the مَركَض].

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