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رَكْل
kicking (the act of kicking) /ˈrakl/
nounB2#3369 most common
Also: a kick, a strike with the foot
Example sentences
هَذَا رَكْلٌ قَوِيٌّ.
This is a strong kick.
أُحِبُّ رَكْلَ الكُرَةِ.
I love kicking the ball.
تَعَلَّمَ اللَّاعِبُ رَكْلَ الكُرَةِ بِقُوَّةٍ فِي التَّدْرِيبِ.
The player learned to kick the ball hard in training.
يَحْتَاجُ رَكْلُ الجَزَاءِ إِلَى تَرْكِيزٍ عَالٍ مِنَ اللَّاعِبِ.
A penalty kick requires high concentration from the player.
أَثَارَ رَكْلُ الحُرَّاسِ لِلْمُتَظَاهِرِ غَضَبَ الجُمْهُورِ.
The guards' kicking of the protester angered the crowd.
يُصَنَّفُ رَكْلُ الخَصْمِ فِي القَوَانِينِ الرِّيَاضِيَّةِ كَمُخَالَفَةٍ خَطِيرَةٍ تَسْتَوْجِبُ الطَّرْدَ.
Kicking an opponent is classified in sports rules as a serious foul that warrants ejection.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَكْلٌ | أَرْكَالٌ |
| Genitive | رَكْلٍ | أَرْكَالٍ |
| Accusative | رَكْلًا | أَرْكَالًا |
| Vocative | يَا رَكْلُ | يَا أَرْكَالُ |
Word family
رَكَلَto kick
رَكْلَةa kick (single instance)
رَاكِلkicker, one who kicks
مَرْكُولkicked, having been kicked
Etymology
رَكْل comes from the triliteral Semitic root ر-ك-ل (r-k-l), whose base verb رَكَلَ means to strike or drive with the foot. Classical usage included spurring a horse by kicking it with the heel. رَكْل itself is the masdar, the verbal noun form that names the action abstractly, following the common فَعْل pattern for simple triliteral verbs. It is a native Arabic root, not borrowed from another language family.
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