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رنق
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaرَنْقٌ ذ Turbid, thick, or muddy, water; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَنِقٌ and ↓ رَنَقٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Also (TA) Dust in water, consisting of motes, or particles of rubbish, and the like, that fall into it [ and render it turbid ]; (JK, TA;) and so ↓ رَنَقٌ. (JK.) Accord. to IB, رَنْقٌ has for pl. رَنَائِقُ; as though this were pl. of رَنِيقَةٌ: (TA:) or الرَّيَانِقُ is pl. of المَاآءِ ↓ رَنْقَةُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K, TA,) or of رَنْقَةٌ, (JK,) and is formed by transposition, (JK, Ibn- 'Abbád, K, TA,) being originally الرَّنَائِقُ. (Ibn- 'Abbád, TA.) One says, ↓ مَا فِى عَيْشِهِ رَنَقٌ (assumed tropical:) [ There is not in his life anything that renders it turbid ]. (JK.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Lying, or falsehood, or a lie; syn. كَذِبٌ. (TA.)
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رَنْقٌ
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