رعد

1 رَعَدَتِ السَّمَاآءُ ذ , (As, Fr, S, L, Msb,) aor. رَعُدَ (L, Msb) and رَعَدَ , (L,) inf. n. رَعْدٌ and رُعُودٌ; (Fr, L, Msb;) and ↓ أَرْعَدَت, (AO, AA, S, L,) but the latter is disallowed by As; (S, TA;) The shy thundered: (S, Msb:) or made a sound [ to be heard from the clouds ] previously to rain: (L:) and [in like manner] رَعَدَ, aor. رَعَدَ and رَعُدَ , is said of the clouds (السَّحَاب), or of the angel that drives the clouds. (K.) You say, رَعَدَتِ السَّمَاآءُ وَبَرَقَتْ, and, accord. to AO and AA, وَأَبْرَقَت ↓ أَرْعَدَت, (S, TA,) which latter As disallows in this case as well as in another mentioned below, (S, * TA,) meaning The sky [ thundered and lightened: or] thundered and lightened much before rain. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَعَدَ, inf. n. رَعْدٌ, (tropical:) He threatened, or menaced, with evil; as also ↓ ارعد, inf. n. اـِرْعَادٌ: (Msb:) or the latter signifies he threatened, or menaced; or he frightened, or terrified: (K:) and رَعَدَ وَبَرَقَ he frightened, or terrified, (S, K,) and threatened, or menaced; (S;) as also ↓ أَرعَدَ وَأَبْرَقَ: (AO, AA, S:) and رَعَدَلَهُ and بَرَقَ لَهُ he threatened him, or menaced him: (As, TA:) and رَعَدَ لِى بِالقَوْلِ, aor. رَعُدَ , inf. n. رَعْدٌ; and ↓ ارعد; he threatened me, or he frightened me with speech: (TA:) or, accord. to As, ↓ ارعد and ابرق are not allowable: when one cited against him the verse of El-Kumeyt, أَرْعِدْ وَأَبْرِقْ يَا يَزِيدُ فَمَا وَعِيدُكَ لِى بِضَائِرْ (tropical:) [ Threaten and menace, O Yezeed, but thy threatening is not harming to me ], he denied ElKumeyt to be an authority. (S, TA.) [See also an ex. in a verse cited voce جَلَّ.] حِينَ رَعَدَ الاـِسْلَامُ وَبَرَقَ, occurring in a trad., means When El-Islám came with its threatening and its terrifying. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] رَعَدَتْ وَبَرَقَتْ (tropical:) She (a woman) beautified and adorned herself, (S, A, * K,) and showed, or presented, herself, لِى to me: (A:) or she exhibited her beauty intentionally: (TA in art. برق:) and [some hold that] ↓ أَرْعَدَتْ [or أَرْعَدَتْ وَأَبْرَقَتْ] signifies the same. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 8, in two places. ― -b5- And see 4.