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رتق
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 رَتَقَ ذ , aor. رَتُقَ (S, L, Msb) and رَتِقَ , (L,) inf. n. رَتْقٌ, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) He closed up, (M, Msb, TA,) and repaired, (M, TA,) a rent: (S, M, Msb, TA:) [ he sewed up, or together: see رِتَاقٌ:] الرَّتْقُ is the contr. of الفَتْقُ. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, رَتَقَ فَتْقَهُمْ, meaning (tropical:) [ He closed up the breach that was between them; he reconciled them; or] he reformed, or amended, the circumstances subsisting between them. (TA.) -A2- رَتِقَتْ, aor. رَتَقَ , (IKoot, Msb, TA,) inf. n. رَتَقٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) in the K, erroneously, رَتَقَةٌ, (TA,) She was, or became, such as is termed رَتْقَاآء; (IKoot, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) said of a woman, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or of a girl, and also of a camel. (IKoot, Msb.)
Derived headwords
رَتَقَverb
- 1.
رَتَقَ فَتْقَهُمْ