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رعى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَرْعَى ذ [app. More, and most, merciful or compassionate; from أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ, though by rule it should be formed from an unaugmented verb accord. to many of the grammarians: ― -b2- and hence, being nearly syn. with أَرْفَقُ in the primary sense, syn. with this latter, or nearly so, in a secondary sense]. You say, أَمْرُ كَذَا أَرْفَقُ بِى وَأَرْعَى عَلَىَّ [app. meaning (assumed tropical:) This affair is more, or most, easy and convenient to me ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَرْعَى
  1. 1.
أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ
أَمْرُ كَذَا أَرْفَقُ بِى
وَأَرْعَى عَلَىَّ