رتق

رَاتِقٌ ذ [for سَحَابٌ رَاتِقٌ] Clouds closing up, or coalescing. (AHn, TA.) ― -b2- هُوَ الفَاتِقُ الرَّاتِقُ (assumed tropical:) He is the possessor of command or rule, so that he opens and closes, and straitens and widens. (Har p. 208.) [See also مِخْلَطٌ.]