ر • ك • ض

, aor. رَكُضَ , inf. n. رَكْضٌ, He moved, (S, A, K,) or struck with, (Msb,) his leg, or foot: (S, A, Msb, K:) or he struck and hit therewith, like as one strikes and hits therewith a beast. (IAth.) Hence, (S, A, K,) the phrase in the Kur [xxxviii. 41], (S,) اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ [Strike thou the ground with thy foot]: (S, A, K:) or strike thou, and tread, the ground with thy foot. (Sgh.) You say also, رَكَضَ الرَّجُلُ (tropical:) The man struck the ground with his foot: and رَكَضَتِ الخَيْلُ (tropical:) The horses struck the ground with their hoofs: and جَاءَتِ الخَيْلُ رَكْضًا (tropical:) [The horses came striking the ground with their hoofs]: and رَكَضَتِ الجُنْدَبُ الرَّمْضَاءَ بِكُرَاعَيْهَا (tropical:) [The locusts termed جندب struck the vehemently-hot ground with their two legs]: and تَرَكْتُهُ يَرْكُضُ بِرِجْلِهِ لِلْمَوْتِ (tropical:) [I left him striking the ground with his foot previously to death: see also 8]. (A.) [The above-mentioned phrases marked as tropical are so marked on the authority of the A: but the reason of their being so I do not see.] They also said, sometimes, رَكَضَ الطَّايءِرُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) The bird moved his wings in flying: (S:) the inf. n., رَكْضٌ, signifying (tropical:) the act of moving the wing: (K, TA:) and الطَّايءرُ يَرْكُضُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ (tropical:) The bird moves his wings, and puts them back against his body: (A, TA:) or the former of these two phrases means (assumed tropical:) the bird was quick, or swift, in his flying. (TA.) رَكْضٌ also signifies The act of impelling; syn. دَفْعٌ: and the urging a horse to run, (A, K, TA,) [by striking] with his foot or leg: (TA:) the striking a beast with one's feet or legs, to urge him: (Mgh:) or putting him in motion, whether he go on or not. (As.) You say, رَكَضْتُ الفَرَسَ بِرِجْلِى I urged the horse to run, with my foot or leg. (S, O, Msb. *) And رَكَضَ الدَّابَّةَ, aor. رَكُضَ , inf. n. رَكْضٌ, He struck the sides of the beast with his foot or leg. (TA.) And رَكَضَ الدَّابَّةَ بِرِجْلٍ, and بِرِجْلَيْنِ, He struck the beast to urge it with a foot or leg, and with two feet or legs. (A.) And from frequency of usage of the phrase رَكَضْتُ الفَرَسَ, originated the saying رَكَضَ الفَرَسُ, (AZ, * S, Mgh, Msb,) meaning (tropical:) The horse ran: (S, Mgh: *) which some disallow; but without reason, since it has been transmitted by a good authority: (Msb:) it is disallowed by As: (TA:) [and J says,] the correct phrase is رُكِضَ الفَرَسُ: (S:) or you say, رُكِضَ الفَرَسُ فَرَكَضَ هُوَ, meaning [The horse was urged to run,] (assumed tropical:) and he ran: (K:) and رَكْضٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) the act of running: (K, in another place in this art.:) and (assumed tropical:) the act of fleeing: whence, [in the Kur xxi. 12], إِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ (K) (assumed tropical:) lo, they fled from it, from punishment: (Zj:) or (assumed tropical:) were routed, and fled from it: (Fr:) or they ran from it: (Mgh:) [for] رَكَضَ الرَّجُلُ signifies (assumed tropical:) The man fled, and (assumed tropical:) ran. (ISh.) [Hence,] رَكَضَتِ النُّجُومُ فِى السَّمَاءِ (tropical:) The stars moved along in the sky. (A, TA.) [And hence,] رَكْضٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A man's going along by both his legs together. (TA.) You also say, رَكَضَهُ البَعِيرُ (S, A, Msb) (tropical:) The camel struck him with his kind leg: (S, Msb:) like as you say, رَمَحَهُ الفَرَسُ: (A, Msb: *) but you should not say, [when a camel is the agent,] رَمَحَهُ. (Yaakoob, S.) And رَكَضَ الأَرْضَ, and الثَّوْبَ, (assumed tropical:) He struck the ground, and the garment, or piece of cloth, with his foot or leg. (TA.) And المَرْأَةُ تَرْكُضُ ذُيُولَهَا وَخَلْخَالَهَا بِرِجْلَيْهَا إِذَا مَشَتْ (tropical:) [The woman kicks her skirts and her anklets with her feet when she walks]. (A, TA.) And رَكَضَتِ القَوْسُ السَّهْمَ (tropical:) The bow propelled the arrow. (A, TA.) And رَكَضْتُ القَوْسَ (tropical:) I shot with the bow. (A, TA.) And هُوَ لَا يَرْكُضُ المِحْجَنَ (assumed tropical:) He does not defend himself: (K:) or (assumed tropical:) he is not angry and vexed at a thing, nor does he defend himself. (IAar, L.) And رَكَضَ النَّارَ بَالمِرْكَضِ (tropical:) [He stirred the fire with the مَركَض]. (A.)

, (S, K,) or راكضهُ الخَيْلَ, (A,) He contended with him in a race, each making his horse to run. (S, K.)

, said of a woman, (K,) or of a mare, (A 'Obeyd, S, O, L,) (tropical:) Her fœtus became large in her belly, and moved about: (S, O, L, K:) or her fœtus moved about in her belly: (A 'Obeyd;) and so ↓ ارتكضت, said of a she-camel. (A, TA.)

[They went forth contending together in urging their horses]. (A.) And تراكضوا إِلَيْهِمْ خَيْلَهُمْ [They contended together in urging towards them their horses] (S, A) حَتَّى أَدْرَكُوهُمْ [until they overtook them, or came up to them]. (A.) And فِى الحَلْبَةِ ↓ ارتكضوا [app. signifies They urged their horses in the raceground]. (A, TA.)

The part of the flank of a horse which the rider strikes with his heel or foot, (A, TA, the latter in this art. and also voce يَعْسُوبٌ,) on either side: (TA:) pl. مَرَاكِضُ. (A.) [Hence,] مَرَاكِضُ حَوْضٍ (tropical:) The sides of a watering-trough, (A, K,) against which the water strikes. (A, TA.)

See مِرْكَضَةٌ.

Also (tropical:) An instrument for stirring a fire. (A, K.)

(tropical:) A mare that beats the ground with her legs (K, TA) when she runs. (TA.) See also رَكُوضٌ. Also (tropical:) A certain part of a bow; well known; one of [the two parts called] its مِرْكَضَتَانِ; (S;) or ↓ مِرْكَضَانِ: (IB:) each of the two curved extremities thereof; as also ↓ مِرْكَضٌ: (A:) or the side thereof: (K:) pl. مَرَاكِضُ. (TA.)

, applied to a mare, (A 'Obeyd,) or a she-camel, (A,) (tropical:) Whose fœtus moves about in her belly; (A 'Obeyd, A;) [or whose fœtus is large, and moves about in her belly; (see 4;)] as also مُرْكِضَةٌ; (A 'Obeyd;) or ↓ مُرْتَكِضَةٌ. (A.) See also رَكُوضٌ.

(tropical:) The place in which water collects. (S, A, K.)

, applied to a horse, (tropical:) Running; as also ↓ رَكُوضٌ: (K:) or the correct epithet is ↓ مَرْكُوضٌ: (S:) and ↓ رَكَّاضَةٌ signifies the same, applied to a mare. (TA.) [Hence,] بِتُّ أَرْعَى النُّجُومَ وَهْىَ رَوَاكِضُ (tropical:) I passed the night observing the stars while they moved along in the sky. (A, TA.)

An impulse: a motion: (K:) [pl. رَكَضَاتٌ: see an ex. voce رَفَضَاتٌ.] Hence, (TA,) it is said in a trad. of I'Ab, that the blood which continues to flow after menstruation is رَكْضَةٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ, (S, * TA,) i. e. An impulse from the devil; (S;) whereby he finds a way of putting the woman in doubt respecting the affairs of her religion, and her state of pureness, and her prayer. (TA.) [Hence also,] one of the names of [the well of] Zemzem is رَكْضَةُ جِبْرِيلَ [The impulse of Gabriel; because it is fabled to have gushed forth on the ground's being struck by Gabriel's wings]. (TA.)

, applied to a bow (قَوْس), (tropical:) That sends the arrow swiftly: (S, TA:) or that impels it vehemently: and ↓ مُرْكِضَةٌ [or perhaps ↓ مِرْكَضَةٌ] signifies the same. (AHn, TA.) See also رَاكِضٌ.

and تِرْكِضَاءُ, the former incorrectly written in the K تَرْكَضَاءُ, [or, in some copies, تَرْكُضَاءُ, and the latter in one copy written تَرْكِضَاءُ,] are there said to be used as examples by the grammarians, but not explained; and the author offers his opinion that they are syn. with رَكْضٌ: (TA:) but this is a strange defect: for AHei explains them as signifying A certain gait, in which is a proud and self-conceited air, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side: and he asserts the ت to be augmentative: (MF, TA:) and in the L they are expl. as signifying a particular kind of gait: or meaning as above. (TA.)