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irtakasa

decline, be thrown back, degenerate

اِرْتَكَسَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ر ك س

Forms

Present
يَرْتَكِسُ
Verbal noun
اِرْتِكاس

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وصار عيالاً على غيره في ذلك، بل وكسلت النفس عن اكتساب الفضائل والخلق الجميل، فانقبضت عن غايتها ومدى انسانيتها، فارتكس وعاد في أسفل السافلين.

The Muqaddimah, page 72 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ اِرْتَكَسَيَرْتَكِسُ—
she هِيَ اِرْتَكَسَتتَرْتَكِسُ—
they two (m.) هُما اِرْتَكَسايَرْتَكِسانِ—
they two (f.) هُما اِرْتَكَسَتاتَرْتَكِسانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ اِرْتَكَسُوايَرْتَكِسُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ اِرْتَكَسْنَيَرْتَكِسْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِرْتَكَسْتَتَرْتَكِسُاِرْتَكِسْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِرْتَكَسْتِتَرْتَكِسِينَاِرْتَكِسِي
you two أَنْتُما اِرْتَكَسْتُماتَرْتَكِسانِاِرْتَكِسَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِرْتَكَسْتُمتَرْتَكِسُونَاِرْتَكِسُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِرْتَكَسْتُنَّتَرْتَكِسْنَاِرْتَكِسْنَ
I أَنا اِرْتَكَسْتُأَرْتَكِسُ—
we نَحْنُ اِرْتَكَسْنانَرْتَكِسُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • رَكَسَهُ Form I He turned it over, or upside down
    , (S, Msb,) aor. , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. رَكْسٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) He turned it over, or upside down; (S, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ أَرْكَسَهُ: (S:) or the former, (TA,) or ↓ latter, (Msb,) he turned it over upon its head: (Msb, TA:) and the former, he reversed it; made the first part of it to be last; or turned it fore part behind. (Lth, A, Msb, K.) It is said in the Kur [iv. 90], بِمَا كَسَبُوا ↓ وَٱللّٰهُ أَرْكَسَهُمْ Since God hath subverted them [for what they have done, or committed]; syn. تَكَّسَهُمْ: (IAar, K:) or hath made them return to their unbelief; (Fr, S, K;) and رَكَسَهُمْ signifies the same: (Fr, TA:) or hath separated, or dispersed, them, for what they have done of their disbelief, and acts of disobedience: (Jel:) رَكَسْتُ الشَّىْءَ and ↓ أَرْكَسْتُهُ both signify I separated the thing; or set it apart. (TA.) You say also, ٱللّٰهُ عَدُوَّكَ ↓ أَرْكَسَ May God overturn thine enemy upon his head: or change, or reverse, the state, or condition, of thine enemy. (A.) And فِى الشَّرِّ ↓ أَرْكَسَهُ He turned him back, or caused him to return, to evil. (A.) And ↓ أَرْكِسِ الثَّوْبَ فِى الصِّبْغِ Return thou the garment, or piece of cloth, to the dyeing-liquor. (A.)
  • أَرْكَسَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, throughout.
  • ارتكس Form VIII He, or it, became turned over, upside down, or upon his, or its, head
    He, or it, became turned over, upside down, or upon his, or its, head; became inverted, subverted, or reversed; became turned fore part behind: (K, TA:) he returned, reverted, or went back, from one thing or state to another: (TA:) he fell. (K.) You say, ارتكس فُلَانٌ فِى أَمْرٍ كَانَ قَدْ نَجَا مِنْهُ (S, A, TA) Such a one fell [again] into a case from which he had escaped. (TA.)
  • رِكْسٌ Uncleanness, dirt, or filth; or an unclean, a dirty, or a filthy, thing
    i. q. رِجْسٌ [Uncleanness, dirt, or filth; or an unclean, a dirty, or a filthy, thing]: (S, A, Msb, K:) and anything that is disliked, or hated, for its uncleanness, dirtiness, or filthiness; (Msb;) as also ↓ رَكِيسٌ: (TA:) the former is similar in meaning to رَجِيعٌ [dung of a man, or of a horse and the like, or of a wild beast]; (A 'Obeyd, TA;) and ↓ رَكِيسٌ [also] is syn. with رَجِيعٌ. (TA.)
  • رَكِيسٌ Open entry
    : see مَرْكُوسٌ, throughout: -A2- see also رِكْسٌ, in two places.
  • مَرْكُوسٌ turned over, or upside down; turned over upon its head; turned fore part behind
    A thing turned over, or upside down; turned over upon its head; turned fore part behind; as also ↓ رَكِيسٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Turned, or sent, back, or away; as also ↓ the latter epithet. (TA.) ― -b3- One who goes back, or reverts, from his state or condition; like مَنْكُوسٌ: (IAar, TA:) and ↓ the latter epithet (ركيس), a weak person, who returns, or reverts, from one thing or state to another; syn. ضَعِيفٌ مُرْتَكِسٌ. (TA.)

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