ركس
1 رَكَسَهُ, (
S,
Msb,)
aor. ـُ (
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 ↓ وَاللّٰهُ 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.) Yousay also, اللّٰهُ 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.) 4 أَرْكَسَ see 1, throughout.
8 ارتكس 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
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: see مَرْكُوسٌ, throughout:
A2: see also رِكْسٌ, in two places.
مَرْكُوسٌ 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.)
