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رَكَدَ , (S, A, Msb,) aor.
رَكُدَ , (Msb,) inf. n.
رُكُودٌ, (S Msb, K,) It was, or became, still, or
motionless; (S, A, Msb, K;) said of water: (S,
A, Msb:) and fixed, or stationary. (K.) And
in like manner, using the verb in the former
sense, one says of the wind: (S, A:) [whence]
one says also, رَكُدَتْ رِيحُهُمْ [lit. Their wind became still, or calm] meaning (tropical:) their good fortune
ceased, and their affairs, or circumstances, began
to retrograde by degrees: and [in like manner,]
↓ طَفِقَتْ رِيحُهُمْ تَتَرَاكَدُ (tropical:) [their good fortune
began to cease by degrees]. (A.) So too one says
of the expressed juice of grapes, meaning It
ceased to estuate. (L.) And of the heat, i. e. It
remitted, or subsided. (L. [See also رَقَدَ.]) And
رَكَدَتِ السَّفِينَةُ The ship became still, or motionless, (S, * A, * Msb, TA,) or aground. (TA.) And
رَكَدَ المِيزَانُ The balance was, or became, in a
state of equilibrium. (S, A, K.) And رَكَدَتِ البَكْرَةُ
The sheave of the pulley was, or became, fixed:
and also the sheave of the pulley turned, or
revolved: thus bearing two contr. significations.
(L.) And رَكَدَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became,
at its midday-height: (S:) or continued overhead; as though not quitting its place. (A.)
And رَكَدَ القَوْمُ The people were, or became, still,
motionless, or silent. (S, A.)