ر • ك • ل

, aor. رَكُلَ , (S, TA,) inf. n. رَكْلٌ, (S, K, TA,) He kicked him; i. e., struck him with his foot, or leg; namely, a horse; in order that he should run: (K, TA:) and (K) he struck him with one foot, or leg: (S, K, TA:) and some say, he struck him with the feet, or legs. (TA.) One says, لَا تَأْكُلُ بَعْدَهَا بَعْدَهَا أَكْلَةً ↓ لَأَرْكُلَنَّكَ رَكْلَةً [I will assuredly kick thee with one kick after which thou shalt not eat one meal]. (TA.) And الفَارِسُ يَرْكُلُ الدَّابَّةَ بِرِجْلِهِ The horseman puts the beast in motion with his foot, or leg, for the purpose of [his] running. (S.) And تَرْكِيلٌ, also, [inf. n. of ↓ ركّل, in like manner] signifies The striking a thing with the foot or hoof. (KL.)

He struck his مسحاة [or spade] with his foot, (S, K, TA,) and pressed upon it with his haunch, (TA,) in order that it might enter into the earth. (S, K, TA.)

They kicked one another: (S, * K, * TA:) said of boys, meaning they struck (رَكَلُوا) one another with their feet, or legs: and ↓ مُرَاكَلَةٌ signifies the same as تَرَاكُلٌ: you say, ↓ راكل الصَّبِىُّ صَاحِبَهُ [The boy kicked his companion, or fellow, being kicked by him]. (TA.)

Ground trodden by the hoofs of horses or similar beasts. (S, K.)

The part, of a beast, where one strikes him with the foot, or leg, (K, TA,) when putting him in motion for the purpose of [his] running: (TA:) the two such parts are termed the مَرْكَلَانِ: and the pl. is مَرَاكِلُ. (S, TA.) And A road: (S, K:) because it is beaten with the foot. (TA.)

The foot, or leg, [as being the instrument with which the action termed رَكْلٌ is performed:] in the copies of the K, الرَّجُلُ is erroneously put for الرِّجْلُ: or, accord. to the L, the foot, or leg, of the rider. (TA.)

: see 1 [of which it is the inf. n. of un].