رَكِيكٌ
1.
Weak, or feeble: (S, JM, KL:) so as applied to a man: (TA:) and thin, or of little thickness or depth: (JM:) anything little, or small, in quantity; and slender: applied to water [that is little in quantity, and shallow], and to herbage, and to science: (Sh, TA:) feeble, or weak, and incorrect; applied to a word or an expression; (PS in article جزل;) opposite of
جَزْلٌ: (S and K in that article:) [and unsound, invalid, or incorrect; applied to information, an announcement, &c.: see 1.] You say ثَوْبٌ رَكِيكُ النَّسْجِ
A garment, or piece of cloth, weak in respect of texture. (S, * TA.) And إِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُ الوُلَاةَ الرَّكَكَةَ [Verily he hates weak rulers, or magistrates]: occurring in a tradition: رَكَكَةٌ being plural of رَكِيكٌ, like as [its synonym] ضَعَفَةٌ is plural of ضَعِيفٌ. (TA. [See also a similar saying in what follows.]) And رَجُلٌ رَكِيكُ العِلْمِ, (K,) and العَقْلِ, (TA,) A man having little knowledge, (K,) and intelligence. (TA.) And رَكِيكٌ and
رُكَاكٌ, (K,) the latter of which has a stronger signification than the former, like طُوَالٌ in relation to طَوِيلٌ, (TA,) and
رُكَاكَةٌ, (K,) which has a still stronger signification, (TA,) and
أَرَكُّ, (K,) all applied to a man, (TA,) signify Low, ignoble, vile, mean, sordid, or possessing no manly qualities; weak in his intellect, and in his judgment or opinion: or one who is not jealous (K, TA) of his wife; i. q.
دَيُّوثٌ: (TA:) or one who is not revered, respected, or feared, by his wife, or his family: (K:) according to AZ, رَكِيكٌ and
رُكَاكَةٌ signify one esteemed weak by the women, not revered or respected or feared by them, and not jealous of them: (TA:) the epithet similarly applied to a woman is رَكِيكٌ likewise, and
رُكَاكَةٌ: and the plural is رِكَاكٌ. (K.) It is said in a tradition,
إِنَّهُ لَعَنَ الرُّكَاكَةَ, (S, * TA, [in one of my copies of the S written الرَّكَاكَةَ, and in the other copy without the vowel-signs,]) meaning Verily he cursed him who is not jealous of his wife. (S.) And in another tradition, إِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُبْغِضُ
السُّلْطَانَ الرُّكَاكَةَ, i. e. [Verily God hateth the sovereign, or ruling, power] that is weak. (TA.)
2.
رَكِيكَةٌ, [feminine of رَكِيكٌ,] as an epithet applied to land: see مُرَكٌّ.