ركاب

ركاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ك ب‎ (r-k-b).

Noun

رِكَاب • (rikāb) m (plural رُكُب‎ (rukub))

1. stirrup
2. mount, animal ridden on

Declension

Declension of noun رِكَاب (rikāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِكَاب rikāb	الرِّكَاب‎ ar-rikāb	رِكَاب rikāb
Nominative	رِكَابٌ rikābun	الرِّكَابُ‎ ar-rikābu	رِكَابُ rikābu
Accusative	رِكَابًا‎ rikāban	الرِّكَابَ‎ ar-rikāba	رِكَابَ rikāba
Genitive	رِكَابٍ rikābin	الرِّكَابِ‎ ar-rikābi	رِكَابِ rikābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِكَابَيْن‎ rikābayn	الرِّكَابَيْن‎ ar-rikābayn	رِكَابَيْ‎ rikābay
Nominative	رِكَابَانِ‎ rikābāni	الرِّكَابَانِ‎ ar-rikābāni	رِكَابَا‎ rikābā
Accusative	رِكَابَيْنِ‎ rikābayni	الرِّكَابَيْنِ‎ ar-rikābayni	رِكَابَيْ‎ rikābay
Genitive	رِكَابَيْنِ‎ rikābayni	الرِّكَابَيْنِ‎ ar-rikābayni	رِكَابَيْ‎ rikābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُكُب‎ rukub	الرُّكُب‎ ar-rukub	رُكُب‎ rukub
Nominative	رُكُبٌ‎ rukubun	الرُّكُبُ‎ ar-rukubu	رُكُبُ‎ rukubu
Accusative	رُكُبًا‎ rukuban	الرُّكُبَ‎ ar-rukuba	رُكُبَ‎ rukuba
Genitive	رُكُبٍ‎ rukubin	الرُّكُبِ‎ ar-rukubi	رُكُبِ‎ rukubi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ըռբեկ (əṙbek)
• → Persian: رکاب‎ (rekâb)
• → Somali: rakaab
• → Swahili: rikabu

Noun

رُكَّاب • (rukkāb) m pl

1. plural of رَاكِب‎ (rākib)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِكَاب‎ (rikāb, “stirrup”).

Noun

ركاب • (rikâb) (plural ركب‎ (rukub))

1. stirrup, a ring or hoop for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding

   Synonym: اوزنگی‎ (üzengi)

2. (historical) court held by the sultan for the formal reception of the dignitaries of the empire

Derived terms

• ركاب آغالری‎ (rikâb ağaları, “the sultan's equerries of State”)
• ركاب صولاغی‎ (rikâb solağı, “lieutenant of the Janissaries”)
• ركاب همایون‎ (rikâb hümāyun, “the sultan's presence on a State occasion”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: rikâb

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “rikâb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3970
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ركاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 627
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Stapes”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1592
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ركاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2353
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ركاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 984