ر • ت • ك

, (S, K,) aor. رَتُكَ , (S,) thus it appears to be accord. to the K [also], and thus in the Deewán el-Adab of El-Farábee, but accord. to Sgh it is correctly رَتِكَ , (TA,) inf. n. رَتْكٌ and رَتَكَانٌ (S, K) and رَتَكٌ, (K,) He (a camel) went with short steps (S, K) in his رَمَلَان [or quick pacing, or going a kind of trotting pace, between a walk and a run], (S,) to which Kh adds, shaking himself: and accord. to him, and J, it is said only of a camel: but it is sometimes said of other animals, [perhaps tropically, or improperly,] as, for instance, of an ostrich: and accord. to Sgh, it is sometimes said of a human being. (TA.) [See also حَتَكَ: and see نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, in art نصب.]

He made him (namely, a camel,) to go in the manner expl. above: (S, K:) or made him to go a quick pace. (TA.) And ارتك الضَّحِكَ (assumed tropical:) He laughed languidly: (K:) and so أَرْتَأَ الضَّحِكَ. (TA.)

i. q. مُرْدَاسَنْجٌ [from the Pers. مُردَاسَنْG, both of which signify Litharge in the present day, as in the classical dialect]: (K:) it is of two kinds; namely, ذَهَبِىٌّ [i. e. red, or of gold], and فِضِّىٌّ [i. e. white, or of silver]. (TA.)

A she-camel [going with short steps &c.: (see 1:) or] going as though she had shackles on her legs: or beating [the ground] with her fore legs: (As, TA:) pl. رَوَاتِكُ. (TA.)