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راكِب
rider, passenger /ˈraː.kib/
nounB2#3008 most common
Also: horseman, one who rides
Example sentences
هذا راكِبٌ في الحافلة.
This is a passenger on the bus.
الراكِب ينتظر القطار في المحطة.
The passenger is waiting for the train at the station.
طلب الراكِب من السائق التوقف.
The passenger asked the driver to stop.
على جميع الرُكّاب ربط أحزمة الأمان قبل الإقلاع.
All passengers must fasten their seatbelts before takeoff.
كان راكِب الدراجة النارية يتفادى الحفر في الطريق بمهارة.
The motorcycle rider skillfully avoided the potholes in the road.
لم يتوقع أحد الرُكّاب أن تتأخر الرحلة ساعتين بسبب سوء الأحوال الجوية.
None of the passengers expected the flight to be delayed two hours because of bad weather.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | راكِبٌ | رُكّابٌ |
| Genitive | راكِبٍ | رُكّابٍ |
| Accusative | راكِباً | رُكّاباً |
| Vocative | يا راكِبُ | يا رُكّابُ |
Word family
رَكِبَ (rakiba)to ride, to get on/aboard
مَرْكَبة (markaba)vehicle
رُكوب (rukūb)the act of riding
رُكّاب (rukkāb)passengers (collective plural)
راكِبة (rākiba)female rider or passenger
Etymology
Rākib comes from the Semitic root r-k-b, meaning to ride or mount. It is the active participle, so it literally names the one performing the action: the rider. The same root gives Arabic markaba (vehicle) and rukūb (the act of riding).
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