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رعى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَعْوَى ذ and رُعْوَى: see the next paragraph. ― -b2- [Both seem to be also substs. from أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ; and thus to be syn. with بَقْوَى and بُقْوَى; and in like manner, ↓ رُعْيَا is probably syn. with بُقْيَا: the radical ى being changed into و as it is in بقوى.] You say, مَا لِى عَلَيْهِ رَعْوَى وَلَا بَقْوَى [ I have no mercy nor pity to bestow upon him ]. (JK in art. بقى. [See بُقْيَا.]) See also 1 in art. رعو [from which رَعْوَى in this phrase may also with reason be regarded as derivable].

Derived headwords

رَعْوَى
  1. 1.
أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ
مَا لِى عَلَيْهِ رَعْوَى وَلَا بَقْوَى