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رُكْبَة
knee /ˈruk.ba/
nounB1#2169 most common
Also: kneecap (loosely)
Example sentences
عِنْدِي أَلَمٌ فِي رُكْبَتِي.
I have pain in my knee.
سَقَطَ الْوَلَدُ وَجَرَحَ رُكْبَتَهُ.
The boy fell and hurt his knee.
الرُّكْبَةُ مَفْصِلٌ مُهِمٌّ فِي جِسْمِ الْإِنْسَانِ.
The knee is an important joint in the human body.
بَعْدَ الْحَادِثِ، اِحْتَاجَ إِلَى عَمَلِيَّةٍ جِرَاحِيَّةٍ فِي الرُّكْبَةِ.
After the accident, he needed surgery on the knee.
يَشْكُو الرِّيَاضِيُّ مِنِ الْتِهَابٍ مُزْمِنٍ فِي رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى.
The athlete complains of chronic inflammation in his left knee.
جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ أَمَامَهَا وَطَلَبَ يَدَهَا لِلزَّوَاجِ.
He knelt on his knees before her and asked for her hand in marriage.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رُكْبَةٌ | رُكَبٌ |
| Genitive | رُكْبَةٍ | رُكَبٍ |
| Accusative | رُكْبَةً | رُكَبًا |
| Vocative | يَا رُكْبَةُ | يَا رُكَبُ |
Word family
رَكِبَto ride, to mount
رَاكِبrider, passenger
مَرْكَبَةvehicleرُكَّابpassengers
تَرْكِيبcomposition, assemblyEtymology
The word derives from the Semitic triliteral root r-k-b, which carries the sense of mounting and riding. The knee is the joint that bends when a person climbs or mounts. The same root appears widely across Semitic languages, usually with the meaning of riding rather than the body part itself.
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