רַקְּתָא, (cmp. רָקָק) alluvial ground, bank. Meg. 6ᵃ v. preced. B. Mets. 108ᵃ האי מאן דאחזיק בר׳ דנהרא וכ׳ he who takes possession of the alluvial ground of a river (or canal) is considered an impudent man, but cannot be removed. Succ. 26ᵃ הוו גנו אר׳ דסורא they used to sleep on a bank of Sura. Bets. 32ᵇ ר׳ דפרת the clayey alluvium of the Euphrates; a. e.—[B. Bath. 26ᵃ top רקתא, v. דַקְתָּא.]