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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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rukbaẗ رُكْبة , pl. rukab , ‑āt 
ID 335 • Sw 47 • BP 6780 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√RKB 
n.f. 
knee – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Kogan2011: from protSem *birk‑ ‘knee’.
▪ Ultimately perh. … < AfrAs *rukub‑ ‘knee, thigh’ (as suggested by Orel&Stolbova1994) or, with metathesis (and vowel change Sem *i > Ar u), from a Sem *birk‑ (DRS 2, Orel&Stolbova)?
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: Within Sem, Ar rukbaẗ shows metathesis, cf. Akk birku, Hbr béreḵ, Aram burka, Gz berk ‘knee’. – Cf. also ↗baraka (vb.) ‘to kneel down’.
▪ Kogan2011: Akk birku, Ug brk, Hbr bäräk, Syr burkā, Gz bərk, Mhr bark ‘knee’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2133: Aram ʔarkūbā. – Outside Sem: rukufe ‘thigh’ in one CCh language. 
▪ Kogan2011: Sem *birk‑ ‘knee’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2133: Based on the word rukufe ‘thigh’ in one CCh language, and on the Arab evidence, the authors reconstruct Sem *rukb‑ ‘knee’ and CCh *rukub‑ ‘thigh’ and, thence, AfrAs *rukub‑ ‘knee, thigh’. 
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► ʔabū ’l-rukab, n., dengue, breakbone fever (med.)  
RKD ركد 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKD 
“root” 
▪ RKD_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKD_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKD_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to abate, stagnate, become still, become sluggish, stagnation, stillness’ 
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RKZ ركز 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKZ 
“root” 
▪ RKZ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKZ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKZ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘mysterious sound, low indistinct sound, whisper; to stick, fix a pole in the ground; mineral deposits, gum; fixing point, position; brains, control’ 
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RKS ركس 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKS 
“root” 
▪ RKS_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKS_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKS_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘a group of people; to turn upside down or back-to-front, be inverted; to relapse, fall back; a bridge; a weak, indecisive person’ 
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RKḌ ركض 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKḌ 
“root” 
▪ RKḌ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKḌ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKḌ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to beat, hit with legs or feet; the sides of an animal, to urge an animal to run by beating its sides with one’s legs; (of birds) to beat wings in flight, beat the ground with one’s feet, run fast, run away; to quiver’ 
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RKʕ ركع 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKʕ 
“root” 
▪ RKʕ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKʕ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKʕ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to bow, kneel; to submit, surrender, yield; to regress, deteriorate in health, fall on hard times, become poor’ 
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RKM ركم 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKM 
“root” 
▪ RKM_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKM_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKM_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘heap, heap up, gather, hoard, pile up; large herd; middle of the road’ 
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RKN ركن 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RKN 
“root” 
▪ RKN_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKN_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RKN_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘corner; power, might, to be mighty, strong ally, support, to find support in, lean upon, rely upon; family; calm, confident’ 
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RMḤ رمح 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 23Mar2023
√RMḤ 
“root” 
▪ RMḤ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RMḤ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RMḤ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘spear, lance, to lance; to gallop, beat the ground with two hoofs together’ 
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RMD رمد 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√RMD 
“root” 
▪ RMD_1 ‘…’ ↗…
▪ RMD_2 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘dust, ashes, to become dusty, to become ashes, to become grey; to be famished, to perish, to become poor; eye disease’ 
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