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رشق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ارشق ذ He shot in one direction; (Zj, K; *) as also ↓ رَشَقَ. (Zj, O.) ― -b2- See also 1. ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) He looked sharply, or intently, or attentively: (S, K:) [and] أَرْشَقَتْ, inf. n. اـِرْشَاقٌ, she looked sharply, &c.; said of a woman, and of a مَهَاة [or wild cow]. (M.) You say, أَرْشَقْتُ اـِلَى القَوْمِ (assumed tropical:) [ I looked sharply, &c., or] I raised, or cast, my eyes, and looked, at, or towards, the party, or company of men; (L;) and so القَوْمَ ↓ رَشَقْتُ. (JK.) And أَرْشَقَتِ الظَّبْيَةُ اـِلَى مَأْرَبِهَا (assumed tropical:) The she-gazelle looked sharply, or intently, or attentively, at the object of her want. (A, TA.) As some say, (M,) ارشقت الظَّبْيَةُ signifies (tropical:) The she-gazelle extended, or stretched out, her neck. (S, M, K, TA.) -A2- مَا أَرْشَقَهَا, said of a bow, (tropical:) How light, and swift in the flight of its arrow, is it! The exclamation mark is unclear in the text. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

ارشقverb
  1. 1.
أَرْشَقْتُ اـِلَى القَوْمِ
أَرْشَقَتِ الظَّبْيَةُ اـِلَى مَأْرَبِهَا
ارشقت الظَّبْيَةُ
مَا أَرْشَقَهَا