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رقح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَقَاحَةٌ ذ Good management of property. (TA.) ― -b2- Gain, acquisition, or earning: and merchandise, commerce, or traffic. (S, K.) Hence, (TA,) the Pagan Arabs, (S, A,) or some of them, (TA,) used to say in the تَلْبِيَة, [i. e. in uttering the ejaculation لَبَّيْكَ, during the performance of the rites of the pilgrimage,] جِئْنَاكَ لِلنَّصَاحَةِ لَمْ نَأْتِ لِلرَّقَاحَةِ [meaning We have come to Thee for the purpose of sincere worship: we have not come for gain, or traffic ]. (S, A, TA.)

Derived headwords

رَقَاحَةٌ
  1. 1.
جِئْنَاكَ لِلنَّصَاحَةِ لَمْ نَأْتِ