رَكُوبٌ
Root: ركب
Full Definition
رَكُوبٌ
and
رَكُوبَةٌ : see رِكَابٌ: both signify A beast that is ridden: or a she-camel that is ridden: or the latter has this meaning: and is metaphorically applied to anything ridden: or the former signifies any beast that is ridden: and the latter is a name for everything that is ridden; applied to one, and to a pl. number: or the former signifies ridden, as a fem. epithet: and the latter, one specially appointed for riding; and that is constantly kept to work; of beasts of any kind: and the latter and
رَكْبَانَةٌ and
and
رَكَبُوتٌ and
رَكْبَى and
, (K * and TA in art. حلب, [see حَلُوبٌ in several places,]) a she-camel that is ridden; or that is broken, trained, or rendered submissive or manageable: or رَكُوبٌ has this last signification, accord. to AZ: and its pl. is رُكُبٌ: the pl. of رَكُوبَةٌ being رَكَائِبُ: (TA voce جَزُوزٌ:) and
رَكْبَانَةٌ signifies [also] a she-camel fit to be ridden; like as حَلْبَانَةٌ signifies fit to be milked: the ا and ن are [said to be] added in order to give intensiveness to the signification: [and all the other epithets mentioned above seem also, accord. to some, to have an intensive sense: see حَلُوبٌ.] You say, مَا لَهُ
رَكُوبَةٌ وَلَا حَمُولَةٌ وَلَا حَلُوبَةٌ
He has not a she-camel to ride, nor one to carry burdens, nor one to be milked.
2 Also بَعِيرٌ رَكُوبٌ A camel having marks of galls, or sores, on his back, produced by the saddle.
3 And طَرِيقٌ رَكُوبٌ A road ridden upon, and trodden so as to be rendered even, or easy to be travelled.
def.2 See also رَكَّابٌ.
2 Also بَعِيرٌ رَكُوبٌ A camel having marks of galls, or sores, on his back, produced by the saddle.
3 And طَرِيقٌ رَكُوبٌ A road ridden upon, and trodden so as to be rendered even, or easy to be travelled.
def.2 See also رَكَّابٌ.
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