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مُرَكَّبٌ

Root: ركب

Full Definition

مُرَكَّبٌ A man to whom a horse is lent for a portion of the spoil that he may obtain: or a man who borrows a horse upon which to go forth on a warring and plundering expedition, and who receives one half of the spoil, the other half being for the lender: or one to whom a horse has been given for him to ride, and who has put his foot into the stirrup. [Also] Weak in the art of horsemanship, or the management of horses, and the riding of them.
2 [Also Put, or set, one part upon another: set, or fixed, in another thing: composed; constituted; or put together: see its verb, 2.] The stone [set] in the signet-ring is termed مُرَكَّبٌ and رَكِيبٌ ; and so the arrowhead [fixed] in the shaft: or رَكِيبٌ signifies, as a subst., a thing set (مُرَكَّبٌ) in a thing, such as a ring-stone in the bezel, or collet, of the signet-ring.

def.2 Also Origin: and place of growth or germination or vegetation. You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ المُرَكَّبِ Such a one is generous, or noble, in respect of the origin of his rank among his people.
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