سدف

2 سدّفهُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْدِيفٌ, (TA,) He cut it in pieces; namely, a camel's hump. (M, TA.) 4 اسدف It (the night) became dark; (S, M, K;) accord. to some, after the جِنْح [app. as meaning the first part thereof; or about the half; or a great, or the greater, part]: (M:) or let down its curtains, and became dark: and ازدف and اسدف signify the same. (AO, TA.) b2: And اسدف القَوْمُ The people, or party, entered upon the [period of the night called] سُدْفَة. (M.) b3: And اسدف He slept; (AA, K, TA;) as also ازدف. (AA, TA.) b4: And (tropical:) His eyes became dark by reason of hunger or age: (K, TA:) said of a man. (TA.) b5: Also, said of the daybreak, or dawn, It shone: (S, K, TA:) [thus,] as AO says, it has two contr. significations. (TA.) b6: And He lighted the lamp: (K:) or one says, in the dial. of Hawázin, أَسْدِفُوا, i. e. أَسْرِجُوا [Light ye a lamp, or with a lamp]; from السِّرَاجُ: (S, TA:) or one says in that dial., أَسْدَفُوا لَنَا, i. e. أَسْرَجُوا [They lighted for us a lamp, or with a lamp]. (M.) b7: Also He moved away or aside [in order that the light might enter a place]. (K.) When a man is standing at a door or an entrance, one says to him, أَسْدِفْ, i. e. Move thou away or aside from the door, or entrance, in order that the chamber, or tent, may become light. (AA, TA. [See also the last sentence of this paragraph.]) b8: [In all of these senses, perhaps excepting one, it is intrans.: in others, trans.]

A2: You say of a woman, اسدفت القِنَاعَ, (S, TA,) and الحِجَابَ, (TA,) She let down [the head-covering, and the veil, or curtain]. (S, TA.) b2: And اسدف السِّتْرَ He raised [the veil, or curtain]. (K.) b3: One says also, أَسْدِفِ البَابَ Open thou the door, or entrance, in order that the chamber, or tent, may become light. (S.) سَدَفٌ: see سُدْفَةٌ, in three places. b2: Also The night. (S, TA.) b3: And The daybreak, or dawn: (AA, S, K:) and the advent thereof: (Fr, S, K:) and the whiteness of day. (TA.) A2: Also A ewe: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) or such as has a blackness like that of night. (TA.) b2: And سَدَفْ سَدَفْ is A call to the ewe to be milked. (K.) سَدْفَةٌ: see the next paragraph.

سُدْفَةٌ and ↓ سَدْفَةٌ i. q. ↓ سَدَفٌ, (As, S, M, K,) as meaning The darkness, (As, S, K,) in the dial. of Nejd, (As, S,) or of Temeem; (K;) or as meaning the darkness of night; or, as some say, after the جِنْح [which here app. means the first part of the night; or about the half; or a great, or the greater, part]: (M:) and also as meaning the light, (As, S, K, and M in explanation of the first word,) in the dial. of others, (As, S,) or of Keys: (K:) thus having two contr. significations; (S, K;) or the darkness and the light are called by one and the same name because each of them comes upon the other: (K:) or the first, (S, M, K,) and second, (K,) the commingling of the light and the darkness, (S, M, K,) as in the time between the rising of the dawn, (S,) or as in the time between the prayer of the dawn, (M,) and that when the sun becomes white, (S, M,) accord. to some, as is said by A 'Obeyd; (S;) or, as 'Omárah says, the first signifies darkness in which is light, of the former part of the night and of the latter part thereof, between the redness after sunset and the darkness and between the dawn and the prayer [of the dawn]; And Az says that this is the correct explanation: (TA:) and the first and second, a portion of the night: (M, K:) or the first, a remaining portion of the night: (Ibn-Habeeb, TA:) or the first of five divisions of the night: (TA in art. خدر: see خُدْرَةٌ, voce خَدَرٌ:) and the first, (K, TA,) i. e. with damm, (TA,) or the second, (CK,) as also ↓ سَدَفٌ, the blackness of night: (K:) the pl. of the first is سُدَفٌ; as in the saying of 'Alee, كَشَفْتُ عَنْهُمْ سُدَفَ اللَّيْلِ I removed from over them the darknesses of night: (TA:) and the pl. of ↓ سَدَفٌ is أَسْدَافٌ. (M, TA.) You say also, رَأَيْتُ سُدْفَةَ شَخْصِهِ مِنْ بُعْدٍ (tropical:) I saw the blackness of his body, or form, from a distance. (TA.) A2: Also the first, A door, or an entrance: (M, K:) or its سُدَّة [i. e. vestibule, or porch, &c.]: (K:) and a sort of covering over a door to protect it from the rain. (K, * TA.) سُدُوفٌ [a pl. of which the sing. is app. سَدَفٌ, like شَدَفٌ,] The corporeal forms or figures or substances of men or other things which one sees from a distance: (K:) accord. to Sgh, (TA,) correctly with ش: (K, TA:) but the truth is, that they are two dial. vars. (TA.) سَدِيفٌ A camel's hump: (S:) or a camel's hump cut into pieces: (M, TA:) or pieces [or slices] of a camel's hump: (Ham p. 258:) or the fat of a camel's hump: (M, K, and Ham p. 257:) [or a very fat hump of a camel: (Freytag, from the Deewán of Jereer:)] pl. سَدَائِفُ and سِدَافٌ. (TA.) سِدَافَةٌ A veil, or covering; a thing that veils, conceals, covers, or protects: whence the saying of Umm-Selemeh to 'Áïsheh, (O, K, TA,) when she desired to go forth to El-Basrah, (TA,) قَدْ وَجَّهْتِ سِدَافَتَهُ i. e. هَتَكْتِ السِّتْرَ i. e. أَخَذْتِ وَجْهَهَا [i. e. وَجْهَ سِدَافَتِهِ (JM in art. وجه) Thou hast rent open his veil, or covering, meaning the Prophet's, as is shown in the TA]: (O, K, TA:) or thou hast removed his veil, or covering: (O, TA:) or thou hast removed his veil, or covering, from its place, to which thou wast commanded to keep, and hast placed it before thee: (O, K, TA:) but the saying is also related otherwise, i. e. وَجَّهْتِ سِجَافَتَهُ, mentioned before [in art. سجف]. (TA.) One says also, وَجَّهَ فُلَانٌ سِدَافَتَهُ, meaning Such a one quitted his veil, or covering, and came forth from [behind] it. (TA.) أَسْدَفُ, as an epithet applied to night, Dark, (M, [as also مُسْدِفٌ,]) or black. (K.) مُسْدِفٌ Dark: [like أَسْدَفُ:] and also light: having two contr. significations. (M, TA.) b2: And Entering upon the [period called] سُدْفَة. (TA.).

سَنَامٌ مُسَدَّفٌ A camel's hump cut into pieces [or slices]. (M.) حِجَابٌ مَسْدُوفٌ A veil, or curtain, let down. (TA.)

سحب: سحب: سحبه: جره على الأرض (فريتاح طرائف ص51، قصة عنتر ص6) وفي رحلة ابن بطوطة (1: 295): القليب الذي سُحب به أعداء الله المشركون (بعد معركة بدر) وهو خطأ، والصواب أن يقول سحب إليه كما نجد في سيرة ابن هشام (ص455) سُحب إلى القليب.
سحب: نضى، أخرج (بوشر) وفي ألف ليلة (2: 106) فسحبت خنجرا من حياصتها وسحب سيفه: استله (فليشر معجم ص21، محيط المحيط) وسحب وحدها تستعمل للدلالة على هذا المعنى أي سل واستل وانتضى (بوشر، همبرت ص134، ألف ليلة 1: 81. برسل 1: 128) حيث لا حاجة لذكر الضمير كما يريد السيد فليشر وهذا الفعل يستعمل أيضاً مع الدبوس وإن لم يكن له غمد، ففي ألف ليلة (1: 31) فسحب الملك دبوساً وضربها (وضرب بها) قلبها (ألف ليلة 3: 229، 4: 169) ويقال أيضا: سحب ماء من بئر، أي استخرج الماء بالمضخة (بوشر) وسحب الصائغ الشريط أي مدّه دقيقاً (محيط المحيط) سحب: جرّ المركب مركباً آخر وراءه (بوشر).
سحب مركباً. جرّ مركباً بحبل (بوشر).
سحب بوليصة على: كتب سفتجة أو كمبيالة على (بوشر، محيط المحيط) (77).
سحبه: رفعه على غيره، ففي المقرى (2: 869) بلاغة سحبته على سحبان. وهي في الحقيقة سحب بمعنى جرَّ. وانظر انسحب.
سحب النهر: حمل قطع الجليد (بوشر).
سحب: امتد امتداد الخيط (بوشر).
سَحَّب (بالتشديد) غَيَّم (فوك) انظر: مُسَحَّب.
تَسَّحب: في كتاب الخطيب (ص115 ق): وطلب بنو صنهاجة من السلكان باديس جثة الجندي الصنهاجي الذي قتله هذا السلطان بيده، فلما حصلوا عليها أسرعوا بدفنها ((فعجب الناس من تسُّحبهم في الاعتصاب حتى الموتى في قبورهمُ)). ومعنى الفعل هنا: جرَّ وجذب واجتذب، وامتد. فتكون معنى الجملة أن حبهم لأبناء جلدتهم امتد إلى الأموات واجتذبهم.
تسُّحب: تغيم (فوك). انسحب على: تسلط على، تغلب على (المقدمة 392: 278) وانظر: سَحْبَة. خذلك سحبة (من التبغ): خذلك نفساً من الدخان (بوشر).
سَحَاب: قرحة في العين تحدث في سطح الطبقة القرنية وهي أصغر وأعمق وأكثر بياضاً من القرحة المعروفة بالقتام (محيط المحيط).
سَحَابَة: مزنة (ألكالا) وهي فيه سِحابة.
سَحَابَة: رَوْق، مظلّــة، ففي ألف ليلة (4: 303): ورفعوا فوق رأسها سحابة من حرير بعواميد من ذهب وفضة وفي طبعة برسل (4: 341): فرأى الخليفة جالس وعلى رأسه سحابة.
سَحَابي: نسبة إلى سحاب وهو الغيم. ففي رحلة ابن جبير (ص148): وعلى رأسه عمامة شَرْب رقيق سحابي اللون قد علا كَوْرَها على رأسه كأنها سحابة مركومة.
سَحِّاب، دواء سحَاب: دواء محمّر يجذب الأخلاط (بوشر) سَحَّابة الناس في السكك: فتاة تتعلق بالمارة في الأزقة (بوشر).
سَحَّابة = جارور (انظر جارور) وهي فعَّالة بمعنى مفعولة (محيط المحيط).
مَسْحَب. مسحب الهواء: المكان الذي تتسرب منه الرياح كالدهليز (محيط المحيط).
مَسْحَب: قناة، نوع من العصي، وقد أسهب برتون (1: 230) في وصفها، ولعل الجمع مساحب يدل على نفس هذا المعنى في الجريدة الآسيوية (1849، 2: 270 رقم 1 = قناة طويلة).
مُسَحَّب: مغيم، غائم (ألكالا).
مِسْحَبة: آلة من حديد تصنع بها الأسلاك، سلاّكة (بوشر).

سحب

1 سَحَبَهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (Msb, K,) inf. n. سَحْبٌ, (Msb, TA,) He dragged it, or drew it along, (S, A, Msb, K,) namely, his ذَيْل [or skirt], (S,) or a thing, such as a garment &c., (TA,) upon the ground. (Msb, K, TA.) One says of a woman, تَسْحَبُ ذَيْلَهَا [She drags, or draws along, her skirt upon the ground]. (TA.) And سَحَبَتِ الرِيحُ التُّرَابَ [The wind drew along the dust upon the ground]. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] سَحَبَتِ الرِّيَاحُ أَذْيَالَهَا (tropical:) [The winds dragged their skirts upon the ground; i. e., blew so as to efface the traces upon the ground]. (A: in the TA, الرِّيحُ.) And اِسْحَبْ ذَيْلَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنِّى (tropical:) [Drag thy skirt over that which has proceeded from me; i. e. efface what has proceeded from me, as when a person dragging his skirt effaces the traces upon the sand or dust over which he walks]. (A, TA.) And مَا اسْتَبْقَى رَجُلٌ وُدَّ صَاحِبِهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا سَحَبَ الذَّيْلَ عَلَى مَعَايِبِهِ (tropical:) [A man has not preserved, or kept alive, the love, or affection, of his companion with anything that is in its effect like his dragging the skirt over his vices, or faults]. (A, TA.) b3: [Hence like wise, as will be shown by what next follows,] سَحَبَ, aor. ـَ (K, TA,) inf. n. as above, (S, TA,) means also (tropical:) He ate and drank vehemently. (S, K, TA.) 4 أَسْحَبْتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ (tropical:) I took, or ate and drank, much of the food and beverage; as also ↓ تَسَحَّبْتُ: because it is the habit of the glutton to draw and appropriate to himself the victuals [and beverages]. (A, TA.) 5 تَسَحَّبَ see 4. b2: تسحّب عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) He acted, or behaved, towards him with boldness, or presumptuousness; or did so confiding in his love, or affection: (Az, S, MA, TA:) or with coquettishness, and feigned opposition. (Az, * MA, TA. *) b3: تَسَحَّبَتْ فِى حَقِّهِ, occurring in a trad. of Sa'eed and [a woman named] Arwà, means (assumed tropical:) She took his right, or rightful property, by force, and annexed it to her own, and to her land. (TA.) 7 انسحب It was, or became, dragged, or drawn along, (S, A, Msb, K,) upon the ground: (Msb, K:) said of one's skirt, (S,) or of a thing, such as a garment &c. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] اِنْسَحَبَتْ فِيهَا ذَلَاذِلُ الرِّيحِ (tropical:) [The skirts of the wind were, or became, dragged upon it, i. e., upon the ground (الأَرْض), so as to efface the traces upon it]. (A, TA.) سُحْبَةٌ i. q. غِشَاوَةٌ [app. as meaning particularly A covering, or film, upon the eye: expl. by Freytag, from the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen, as meaning oculorum caligo]. (K.) b2: And Remains of water in a pool left by a torrent; as also ↓ سُحَابَةٌ: (K, TA:) dim. of the former ↓ سُحَيْبَةٌ. (TA.) رَجُلٌ سَحْبَانُ A man who takes, or carries, or sweeps, away everything by which he passes. (K.) b2: [Golius explains سَحْبَانٌ, as on the authority of Meyd, as meaning A portion of water remaining in a skin or other thing: but I think that this is a mistranscription for سُحْبَةٌ.]

سَحَابٌ [termed in the S and K pl. of سَحَابَةٌ, as also سُحُبٌ and سَحَائِبُ,] is, accord. to As, [correctly,] a coll. gen. n., used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.; (MF, TA;) and سَحَابَةٌ is its n. un.; (MF, Msb, * TA;) and سُحُبٌ is pl. of سَحَابٌ or of سَحَابَةٌ; (L, Msb, * MF, TA;) it may be pl. of either of these; (L, MF, TA;) and سَحَائِبُ is pl. of سَحَابَةٌ absolutely, and of سَحَابٌ when used as fem.: (MF, TA:) it signifies Clouds [or a collection of clouds]; (S, K, KL, TA, &c.;) and [clouds] from which the rain comes: (TA:) so called because drawn along in the air; (Msb, TA;) or because they draw along one another; or because the winds draw them along; (TA;) or because they draw along their fringes. (TA in art. حبو.) One says, مَطَرَتْهُمُ السَّحَابَةُ [The cloud rained upon them]. (A.) b2: [Hence,] أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ سَحَابَةَ نَهَارِى (tropical:) I remained at his abode the whole of my day: originally said in relation to a cloudy day; and then proverbially used in relation to any day. (A, TA.) And مَا زِلْتُ أَفْعَلُهُ سَحَابَةَ يَوْمِى (tropical:) I ceased not to do it the whole of my day. (K, * TA.) b3: مَآءُ السَّحَابِ [properly The water of the clouds] is a term for (assumed tropical:) wine. (TA in art. جفن.) b4: السَّحَابُ is a name of (assumed tropical:) The Prophet's turban; (Mgh, TA:) it was thus called as being likened to the سحاب of the rain because of its being drawn along in the air. (TA.) b5: Also the name of A sword of Dirar Ibn-El-Khattáb. (K.) سَحَابَةٌ n. un. of سَحَابٌ [q. v.]. (As, Msb, &c.) سُحَابَةٌ: see سُحْبَةٌ.

سُحَيْبَةٌ dim. of سُحْبَةٌ, q. v. (TA.) أُسْحُوبٌ (tropical:) A man who eats and drinks much, (S, A,) or vehemently: (K:) Az says that the word known to him in the former sense is أُسْحُوتٌ, with ت; but that perhaps اسحوب is allowable. (L, TA.) مَسْحَبٌ A place of dragging, or drawing along, of a skirt, or garment, &c., upon the ground: pl. مَسَاحِبُ: see Har p. 78.]

ركن

1 رَكَنَ إِلَيْهِ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (S, Msb, K;) of the dial. of the lower (سُفْلَى) [app. in territory] of Mudar, and said by Az to be not chaste [thought it, or the third, seems to be the most common of the dial. vars. here mentioned]; (Msb;) and رَكِنَ aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K;) mentioned by Az; (S;) and رَكَنَ, aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K;) which is a combination of two dial. vars., [namely, the first and second of those above mentioned,] (S, Msb,) because neither the medial nor the final radical letter is faucial; (Msb;) said to be the only instance of its kind except أَبَى aor. ـَ (T in art. ابى;) and رَكِنَ, aor. ـُ which is likewise an instance of the commixture of two dial. vars., like فَضِلَ and حَضِرَ and نَعِمَ, aor. ـْ and يَحْضُرُ and يَنْعُمُ; (TA;) inf. n. رُكُونٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and رَكَانَةٌ and رَكَانِيَةٌ; (TA;) He inclined to him, or it; syn. مَالَ: and he trusted to, or relied upon, him, or it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; syn. سَكَنَ: (S, Mgh, K:) or he leaned, rested, or relied, upon him; syn. اِعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِ: (Msb:) or he inclined to him in the least degree; (Bd in xi. 115;) رُكُونٌ signifying slight inclining. (Ksh and Bd ibid.) It is said in the Kur [xi. 115], وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا

إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا [And incline ye not, &c., to those who have acted wrongfully]: (S, Msb:) or, incline ye not in the least degree [&c.]: (Bd:) thus generally read; and also تِرْكَنُوا, (Ksh, Bd, TA,) accord. to the dial. of Temeem; and ↓ تُرْكَنُوا, in the pass. form, from أَرْكَنَهُ. (Ksh, Bd.) b2: رَكِنَ فِى المَنْزِلِ, aor. ـَ inf. n. رَكْنٌ, He kept tenaciously to the place of alighting, or abode, (ضَنَّ بِهِ,) and did not relinquish it. (TA.) A2: رَكُنَ, inf. n. رَكَانَةٌ (S, K) and رُكُونَةٌ (K) and رَكَانِيَةٌ, (TK,) [primarily, it seems, said of a mountain, meaning It was inaccessible, or difficult of access, having high, or strong أَرْكَان i. e. sides or angles: see Har p. 561; and see رَكِينٌ, below; and 5. b2: And hence,] (tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, firm, (Har p. 561,) still, or motionless, (TA,) grave, staid, steady, sedate; or calm. (S, K, TA.) 2 ركّن is said by Golius, as on the authority of the KL, to signify He made like, “similem fecit: ” and hence Freytag also thus explains it: but it is زكّن that has this signification. In my copy of the KL, تَزْكِينٌ (not تَرْكِينٌ) is expl. by مانند كردن.]4 اركنهُ He made him to incline [إِلَى غَيْرِهِ to another]; syn. أَمَالَهُ: [and to trust to, or rely upon, another, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind: or to lean, rest, or rely, upon another: see 1:] whence a reading in the Kur xi. 115. (Ksh, Bd. *) See 1.5 تركّن said of a man, (TA,) [or primarily and properly, of a thing, like رَكُنَ,] He, [or it] was, or became, firm, or strong, (K, TA,) and inaccessible, or difficult of access. (TA.) b2: and [hence,] (assumed tropical:) He endeavoured, or constrained himself, to be grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; syn. تَوَقَّرَ, (K,) and تَرَزَّنَ. (TA.) رَكْنٌ The جُرَذ [or large field-rat]: and the فَأْر [or common rat or mouse]; as also ↓ رُكَيْنٌ. (K.) رُكْنٌ The جَانِب [meaning side, or outward part,] of a thing: (Msb:) or the strongest جَانِب [i. e. side, or outward part,] (S, K, TA) of a thing (S, TA) of any kind: (TA:) the corner, or angle, (زَاوِيَة,) of a house or room or the like: (K in art. زوى:) [and this is perhaps what is meant by the “ strongest جانب; ” for the strongest outward part of the house is unquestionably the corner, or angle: thus the angle in which is the Black Stone, of the Kaabeh, is specially called رُكْنُ البَيْتِ, i. e. رُكْنُ بَيْتِ اللّٰهِ:] the رُكْن of a قَصْر [or palace, or pavilion, &c.,] is its جَانِب [or its strongest جانب], and so of a mountain: (TA: [see رَكُنَ, and رَكِينٌ:]) the pl. is أَرْكَانٌ and أَرْكُنٌ [each properly a pl. of pauc., but the former is used as a pl. of mult.]: (Msb, TA:) the أَرْكَان of anything are is جَوَانِب [or sides, or outward parts, or its corners, or angles,] upon which it rests, and by which it is supported: (TA:) and the أَرْكَان of a land are its extremities [or sides or corners]. (Ham p. 478.) b2: [Hence, (assumed tropical:) A stay, or support, of any kind: see an ex. voce مِرْجَمٌ: whence, perhaps,] one says, تَمَسَّحْتُ بِأَرْكَانِهِ, meaning تَبَرَّكْتُ بِهِ (tropical:) [i. e. I looked for a blessing by means of him, or it]. (TA.) (assumed tropical:) A thing whereby one is strengthened (مَا يُقَوَّى بِهِ [in the CK ما تَقَوَّىبه]), such as dominion (مُلْك [in the CK مَلِك]), and an army, or a military force, &c.: (K:) and thus it has been explained as occurring in the Kur [li. 39], where it is said, فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ, (TA,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) And he turned away from belief with his forces; because they were to him like the رُكْن [properly so termed]. (Jel.) (assumed tropical:) A man's kinsfolk; or nearer, or nearest, relations; or clan; or tribe; syn. عَشِيرَةٌ: (AHeyth, TA:) (assumed tropical:) a man's people, or party; and the higher among them; and the persons by whom he is aided and strengthened: thought by ISd to be thus called by way of comparison [to a رُكْن properly so termed]: and thus it has been explained as used in the Kur [xi. 82], where it is said, أَوْ آوِىَ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ (assumed tropical:) [Or that I might have recourse to a strong people, or party, &c.]: (TA:) or it here means عَشِيرَة [explained above]. (Jel.) And (assumed tropical:) A noble, or high, person; as in the saying, هُوَ رُكْنٌ مِنْ

أَرْكَانِ قَوْمِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He is a noble, of the nobles of his people]. (TA.) And أَرْكَانُ الإِنْسَانِ means (assumed tropical:) The members, or limbs, of the man, with which things are gained or earned, or with which he works; as the hands or arms, and the feet or legs. (TA.) b3: Also (assumed tropical:) Might, and resistance: (S, K:) so in the saying, هُوَ يَأْوِى إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ (assumed tropical:) [He has recourse to strong, or vehement, might and resistance]: (S:) and so it has been explained as used in the words of the Kur last cited above. (TA.) b4: And (assumed tropical:) A thing, an affair, a case, an event, or an action, of great magnitude or moment, momentous, formidable, or terrible. (AHeyth, K.) Thus AHeyth explains it as used in the saying of En-Nábighah [Edh-Dhubyánee], لَا تَقْذِفَنِّى بِرُكْنٍ لَا كِفَآءَ لَهُ [By no means reproach thou me with a momentous, or a formidable, thing or action, or an enormity, that has not its equal; though (he proceeds to say) the enemies incite thee, with companies of men aiding one another]. (TA.) b5: In the conventional language [of the schools], رُكْنُ الشَّىْءِ means (assumed tropical:) [The essence of the thing; or] that whereby the thing subsists: from التَّقَوُّمُ; because the قِوَام [or subsistence] of the thing is by its رُكْن: not from القِيَام: else it would necessarily be the case that the agent would be a رُكْن to the action; and the substance, to the accident; and the thing to which a quality is attributed, to the quality: (KT:) it is (assumed tropical:) that without which the thing has no subsistence: (Kull:) and is [also] applied to (assumed tropical:) [an essential, or essential part, of the thing; i. e.,] a part of the مَاهِيَّة [or essence] of the thing, (Kull, [and in like manner أَرْكَانُ الشَّىْءِ is explained in the Msb as meaning the parts of the ماهيّة of the thing,]) as when we say that القِيَام is a رُكْن of الصَّلَاْة; as well as to (assumed tropical:) the whole مَاهيّة [of the thing]: (Kull:) [thus] أَرْكَانُ العِبَادَاتِ means (assumed tropical:) the fundamentals [or essentials] of the services of religion, by the neglect, or non-observance, of which they are ineffectual, or null, or void: (TA:) or, as some say, رُكْنُ الشَّىْءِ means that whereby the thing is complete; and this is intrinsic therein; differing from the شَرْط [or condition] thereof, which is extrinsic thereto. (KT.) رَكِينٌ A mountain having high أَرْكَان [i. e. sides, or angles]: (S, K:) or having strong اركان: (TA:) or inaccessible, or difficult of access, having اركان. (Har p. 561.) b2: And hence, (Har ibid.,) (tropical:) A man (S, K, &c.) firm, (Har,) still, or motionless, (TA,) grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm. (S, K, Har, TA.) رُكَيْنٌ: see رَكْنٌ.

أَرْكُونٌ A great دِهْقَان, (K, TA,) i. e. headman, or chief, of a village or town: [app. from the Greek ἄρχω ν; though it is said that] he is thus called because the people of the village or town trust to him and incline to him. (TA.) مِرْكَنٌ A kind of vessel, well known, (K, TA,) like a تَوْر [q. v.], of leather, used for water: (TA:) or i. q. إِجَّانَةٌ [q.v.], (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) in which clothes and the like are washed; (TA;) called in Pers\. تَغَارْ: (Mgh:) pl. مَرَاكِنُ and مَرَاكِينُ. (TA.) One says, زَرَعُوا الرَّيَا حِينَ فِى

المَرَاكِينِ [They sowed the sweet-smelling plants in the مراكين]. (TA.) مُرَكَّنٌ A thing having أَرْكَان [here meaning corners, or angles]. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] ضَرْعٌ مُرَكَّنٌ A great udder; as though having اركان: (S, TA:) and an udder that has opened [or expanded] in its place so as to fill the أَرْفَاغ [or groins], and is not very long. (TA.) Tarafeh says, وَضَرَّتُهَا مُرَكَّنَةٌ دَرُورُ [And her udder is great, having much milk: or,] accord. to AA, مركّنة [here] signifies مجمّعة [app. meaning collecting much]. (TA.) and you say also نَاقَةٌ مُرَكَّنَةُ الضَّرْعِ (S, TA) [A she-camel great in the udder; or] whose udder has أَرْكَان by reason of its greatness. (TA.)