رَكَنَ

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رَكَنَI , Present.T ـُ; of the dial. of the lower (سُفْلَى) [app. in territory] of Mudar, and said by Az to be not chaste [thought it, or the third, seems to be the most common of the dial. vars. here mentioned]; and رَكِنَ Present.T ـَ; mentioned by AZ; and رَكَنَ, Present.T ـَ; which is a combination of two dial. vars., [namely, the first and second of those above mentioned,] because neither the medial nor the final radical letter is faucial; said to be the only instance of its kind except أَبَى Present.T يَأَبَى; (T in art. ابى;) and رَكِنَ, Present.T ـُ; which is likewise an instance of the commixture of two dial. vars., like فَضِلَ and حَضِرَ and نَعِمَ, Present.T يَفْضُلُ and يَحْضُرُ and يَنْعُمُ; Verbal.Noun رُكُونٌ and رَكَانَةٌ and رَكَانِيَةٌ; He inclined to him, or it; syn. مَالَ: and he trusted to, or relied upon, him, or it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; syn. سَكَنَ: or he leaned, rested, or relied, upon him; syn. اِعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِ: or he inclined to him in the least degree; رُكُونٌ signifying slight inclining. It is said in the Kur [xi. 115], وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا [And incline ye not, &c., to those who have acted wrongfully]: or, incline ye not in the least degree [&c.]: thus generally read; and also تِرْكَنُوا, accord. to the dial. of Temeem; and , in the pass. form, from أَرْكَنَهُ.
2 رَكِنَ فِى المَنْزِلِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَكْنٌ, He kept tenaciously to the place of alighting, or abode, (ضَنَّ بِهِ,) and did not relinquish it.

def.2 رَكُنَ, Verbal.Noun رَكَانَةٌ and رُكُونَةٌ and رَكَانِيَةٌ, [primarily, it seems, said of a mountain, meaning It was inaccessible, or difficult of access, having high, or strong أَرْكَان i. e. sides or angles: see Har p. 561; and see رَكِينٌ, below; and 5.
2 And hence,] He was, or became, firm, still, or motionless, grave, staid, steady, sedate; or calm.

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