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رق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَرَقُّ ذ [compar. and superl. of رَقِيقٌ; i. e. More, and most, thin, &c.]. رُقَّى, [its fem.,] applied to a piece of fat (شَحْمَةٌ), means مِنْ أَرَقِّ الشَّحْمِ; [i. e. Of the finest, or most delicate, sort of fat; (in the CK, erroneously, مِنْ أَرَقَّ الشَّحْمُ;)] (JK, K, TA;) such that no one comes upon it without his eating it. (JK, TA.) Hence the prov., وَجَدْتَنِى الشَّحْمَةَ الرُّقَّى عَلَيْهَا المَأْتَى [ Thou hast found me to be the finest, or most delicate, piece of fat, to which there is a way of access ]: said by a man to his companion when he esteems him weak. (JK, Sgh, K.) [See also شَحْمُهُ الرُّكَّى, or شَحْمَةُ الرُّكَّى, in art. رك.] ― -b2- هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا (assumed tropical:) They are more, or most, tender-hearted; and more, or most, inclined to accept admonition. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَرَقُّ
  1. 1.
مِنْ أَرَقِّ الشَّحْمِ
مِنْ أَرَقَّ الشَّحْمُ
وَجَدْتَنِى الشَّحْمَةَ الرُّقَّى عَلَيْهَا المَأْتَى
شَحْمُهُ الرُّكَّى
شَحْمَةُ الرُّكَّى
هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا