רָקַק, רוּק (b. h.) to spit. B. Kam. VIII, 6 ר׳ והגיע בו רוקו if a person spat (at his neighbor), and his spittle touched him. Snh. 101ᵃ וברוֹקֵק בה … על הרקיקה that is when he spits at it (while reciting a Bible verse as a charm for a wound), for the name of God must not be pronounced in connection with spitting. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵈ bot. הרוקק … כרוקק וכ׳ he that spits in the synogogue is considered as if spitting at the pupil of his eye (euphem. for God). Yeb. 105ᵃ שרָקְקָה דם who (in spitting before the yabam) spat blood; Y. ib. XII, end, 13ᵃ רַקָּה (or רָקָה, fr. רוּק). Ḥag. 5ᵃ (ref. to Koh. XII, 14) זה הרָק בפני חבירו וכ׳ this refers to one who spits in his neighbor’s presence and becomes disgusting (v. מָאַס). Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 31, v. טוּשׁ h.; a. fr.
Pi. - רִקֵּק same. Yalk. Is. 339 (ref. to Ps. IV, 3) עד מתי … מְרַקְּקִין בו וכ׳ how long will you put to shame the honor of the (ruined) Temple, spitting in it, committing nuisance in it &c.?
Nif. - נָרוֹק (cmp. רָקָק) to be miry. Mikv. VII, 1 חטיט הנ׳ soft, miry clay (in the bath reservoir); Zeb. 22ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. הנדוק); Succ. 19ᵇ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40).