Root

ر ت ك

1 verb · 1 noun and adjective

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • رَتَكَ Form I He (a camel) went with short steps
    , (S, K,) aor. , (S,) thus it appears to be accord. to the K [also], and thus in the Deewán el-Adab of El-Farábee, but accord. to Sgh it is correctly , (TA,) inf. n. رَتْكٌ and رَتَكَانٌ (S, K) and رَتَكٌ, (K,) He (a camel) went with short steps (S, K) in his رَمَلَان [or quick pacing, or going a kind of trotting pace, between a walk and a run], (S,) to which Kh adds, shaking himself: and accord. to him, and J, it is said only of a camel: but it is sometimes said of other animals, [perhaps tropically, or improperly,] as, for instance, of an ostrich: and accord. to Sgh, it is sometimes said of a human being. (TA.) [See also حَتَكَ: and see نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, in art نصب.]
  • ارتكهُ Form IV He made him (namely, a camel,) to go in the manner expl. above
    He made him (namely, a camel,) to go in the manner expl. above: (S, K:) or made him to go a quick pace. (TA.) ― -b2- And ارتك الضَّحِكَ (assumed tropical:) He laughed languidly: (K:) and so أَرْتَأَ الضَّحِكَ. (TA.)
  • رَاتِكَةٌ going with short steps
    A she-camel [going with short steps &c.: (see 1:) or] going as though she had shackles on her legs: or beating [the ground] with her fore legs: (As, TA:) pl. رَوَاتِكُ. (TA.)
  • مَرْتَكٌ Litharge
    i. q. مُرْدَاسَنْجٌ [from the Pers. مُردَاسَنْگ, both of which signify Litharge in the present day, as in the classical dialect]: (K:) it is of two kinds; namely, ذَهَبِىٌّ [i. e. red, or of gold], and فِضِّىٌّ [i. e. white, or of silver]. (TA.)

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