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رَكِيبٌ

Root: ركب

Full Definition

رَكِيبٌ One who rides with another; a fellowrider. رَكِيبُ السُّعَاةِ, mentioned in a trad., and there promised a place in Hell, means He who accompanies tyrannical عُمَّال [or collectors of the poor-rates].
2 See also مَرَكَّبٌ.
3 نَخْلٌ رَكِيبٌ and رَكِيبٌ مِنْ نَخْلٍ Palmtrees planted in a row by a rivulet, or not by a rivulet.

def.2 Also A مَشَارَة, i. e. سَاقِيَة [or channel of water for irrigation]: or a rivulet between [two pieces of sown ground such as are termed] دَبْرَتَانِ: or between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: or what is between two gardens of palm-trees and grape-vines: or grape-vines between two rivers or rivulets: or a place of seed-produce: or a clear, or cleared, piece of land, in which one sows: pl. رُكُبٌ.
2 [Hence,] أَهْلُ الرَّكِيبِ The people who stay, or dwell, by water; syn. الحُضَّارُ.
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