Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

رُقَارِقٌ ذ : see رَقِيقٌ, first sentence: and رُقٌّ. Also, applied to the سَرَاب [or mirage], (so in the CK,) or شَرَاب [i. e. wine or beverage], (so in copies of the K and in the O and TA,) [the former of which readings I think the more probably that which is correct, supposing the mirage to be likened to shallow water, which is thus termed, but Freytag prefers the latter reading,] i. q. رَقِقُ [app. as meaning Shallow, or perhaps thin ]; (IDrd, O, K;) and so ↓ رَقْرَاقٌ. (IDrd, O.) ― -b2- And A sword having much مَاآء [q. v.; i. e. much diversified with wavy marks, streaks, or grain; or having much lustre ]: (IDrd, K, TA:) or shining, or glistening, much. (TA.)

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.)

مَرَقٌّ ذ sing. of مَرَاقُّ, (Hr, K,) which signifies The thin, or delicate, and soft, or tender, parts of the belly: (S, K:) or the lower part thereof with what surrounds it, that is thin or delicate [ in the skin ]: (TA as from the S [but not in my copies of the latter]:) or the lower part of the belly, in the region of the صِفَاق [q. v.], beneath the navel: (T, TA:) and metonymically applied in a trad. respecting ablution to the lower part of the belly of a man, together with the رُفْغَانِ [or groins ] and the genitals and the [ other ] places of which the skin is thin or delicate: and, of a camel, the أَرْفَاغ [or groins, and similar places of flexure or creasing ]: (TA:) or (K) مَرَاقُّ [thus applied] has no sing. (S, K.) Also The soft part of the nose, (JK, TA,) in the side thereof; [i. e. each of the alæ thereof;] as also ↓ مُسْتَرَقٌّ: (TA:) pl. as above. (JK.)

مُرَقٌّ ذ and ↓ مَرْقُوقٌ, mentioned by ISk, (Msb, TA,) and by Az, and in the 'Ináyeh, therefore the disallowing of the latter by some is not to be regarded, (TA,) or the latter is for مَرْقُوقٌ لَهُ meaning “ compassionated, ” (Mgh,) Made a slave: (Msb:) or possessed as a slave: (TA:) [or kept as a slave: (see 1, last sentence:)] fem. of the former with ة, (Msb, TA,) and so of the latter. (Msb.) [See also رَقِيقٌ, last signification.]

مُرِقٌّ ذ A horse thin in the hoof: (K:) or light therein. (AO, TA.)

مُرَقَّقٌ ذ A cake of bread [ made thin and ] wide, or broad. (TA.) [See also رُقَاقٌ.]

مِرْقَاقٌ ذ A baker's rolling-pin; (MA;) the thing with which bread is made thin [ and flat ]; (K;) i. q. مِحْوَرٌ [q. v.] and صَوْبَجٌ. (TA, in art. لط.)

مَرْقُوقٌ ذ : see مُرَقٌّ.

مَالٌ مُتَرَقْرقٌ لِلسِّمَنِ ذ , or لِلْهُزَالِ, (K, TA,) and لِأَنْ يَرْمِدَ, (TA,) Cattle disposed, (K, TA,) and seen to be near, (TA,) to fatness, or to leanness, (K, TA,) and to perishing. (TA.)

مُسْتَرَقٌّ ذ : see مَرَقٌّ.

1 رَقَأَ الدَّمْعُ ذ , aor. رَقَاَ , inf. n. رَقْءٌ and رُقُوْءٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) The tears stopped, or ceased to flow; (Fs, JK, S, Mgh, Msb;) or dried up, (IDrst, Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee, K,) and stopped, or ceased: (K:) and in like manner, الدَّمُ the blood: (JK, S, Mgh, Msb:) whence the phrase جُرْحَانِ لَا يَرْقَاآنِ Two wounds not ceasing to bleed. (Mgh.) And in like manner also, (JK,) رَقَأَ العِرْقُ, (Fs, JK, K, TA, [not العَرَقُ, as supposed by Golius and Freytag,]) inf. ns. as above, (K,) The vein stopped or ceased [ bleeding ]; syn. اِنْقَطَعَ, (Fs, JK, TA,) and سَكَنَ, (TA,) or اِرْتَفَعَ; (K;) [in all of which explanations, دَمُهُ is understood.] -A2- رَقَأَ بَيْنَهُمْ, (K, TA,) aor. رَقَاَ , inf. n. رَقْءٌ, (TA,) He effected a reconciliation, or made peace, between them; (K, TA;) like رَفَأَ: (TA:) and [in like manner,] رَقَأَ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ He arranged, or rightly disposed, or rectified, the matter, or affair, between them. (TA.) And the former phrase (رقأبينهم) also signifies He created disorder or discord, or made mischief, between them: thus having two contr. meanings. (K.) -A3- رَقَأَ فِى الدَّرَجَةِ, (K,) and رَقِئَ, also, mentioned by Ibn-Málik in the “ Káfiyeh, ” as a dial. var. of رَقِىَ, and both mentioned by IKtt, aor. of each رَقَاَ , (TA,) He ascended the series of stairs, or the ladder: (K:) on the authority of Kr; but extr. [with respect to usage]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] اِرْقَأْ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ (a dial. var. of اِرْقَ TA) (assumed tropical:) Be gentle with thyself, and impose not upon thyself more than thou art able to perform: (JK, S, TA:) or abstain thou, for I know thine evil qualities or actions: (JK:) or, as some say, rectify thou, or rightly dispose, first thy case, or thine affair. (TA.)

4 ارقأ دَمْعَهُ ذ , (S,) or الدَّمْعَ, (K,) said of God, (S, K,) He caused his, or the, tears to stop, or cease, flowing; (S, TA;) or caused them to dry up, and to stop, or cease. (K.) The saying لَا أَرْقَأَ ا@للّٰهُ دَمْعَتَهُ is expl. by El-Mundhiree as meaning May God not remove, or do away with, (لَا رَفَعَ,) his tear. (TA.) You say also, أَرْقَأْتُ العِرْقَ [meaning I caused the vein to stop or cease bleeding: see 1]. (K, TA.)

رَقُوْءٌ ذ A styptic; or a thing that is put upon blood for the purpose of stanching it, or stopping its flowing: (S, K:) a subst. from رَقَأَ. (Msb.) Hence the saying, (Msb,) accord. to J, in a trad., but this is a mistake, for it is a saying of Aktham, (K,) or, accord. to the Expositions of the Fs, it was said by Keys Ibn-'Ásim El-Minkaree, (TA,) لَا تَسُبُّوا الاـِبِلَ فَاـِنَّ فِيهَا رَقُوْءَ الدَّمِ [ Revile not ye camels, or it may perhaps mean hock not ye camels, but the former, I am told, is here meant, for in them is a preventive of the flowing of blood ]; alluding to their being given in compensation for homicide, and thus preventing the shedding of blood. (S, Msb, K, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَجُلٌ رَقُوْءٌ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ (assumed tropical:) A man who is a reconciler of the people; or a peacemaker between them: and [so] رَقُوْءٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُمْ, a phrase used by a poet. (TA.)

مَرْقَأَةٌ ذ and مِرْقَأَةٌ, (K,) the former a n. of place, the latter an instrumental n., and both correct, dial. vars. of مَرْقَاةٌ and مِرْقَاةٌ, (TA,) A series of stairs; or a ladder. (K, TA.)

1 رَقَبَهُ ذ , (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَقُبَ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. ↓ رقْبَةٌ, (JK, S, Mgh, K,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and [the inf. n. is] رِقْبَانٌ (JK, S, K) and رُقُوبٌ (S, K) and رَقُوبٌ and رَقْبَةٌ and رَقَابَةٌ, (K,) He looked, watched, or waited, for him, or it; he awaited, or expected, him, or it; (JK, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) namely, a man, (JK, A,) or a thing; (S;) as also ↓ ترقبهُ; (JK, * S, * A, Msb, K;) and ↓ ارتقبهُ; (S, * A, Msb, K;) and ↓ راقبهُ, (Mgh,) inf. n. مُرَاقَبَةٌ. (JK, S, A, Mgh, Msb.) You say, قَعَدَ يَرْقُبُ صَاحِبَهُ He sat looking, watching, or waiting, for his com- panion; as also ↓ يَرْتَقِبُهُ. (A.) And كَذَا ↓ أَتَرَقَّبُ I look, &c., or am looking, &c., for such a thing. (A.) And يَرْقُبُ مَوْتَ صَاحِبِهِ [ He looks, &c., for the death of his companion ], (JK, S, A, Mgh, Msb,) and أَبِيهِ لِيَرِثَهُ [ of his father, in order that he may inherit his property ]: (A:) and ↓ تُرَاقِبُ مَوْتَ بَعْلِهَا [ She looks, &c., for the death of her husband ], (K, TA,) لِيَمُوتَ فَتَرِثَهُ [ that he may die and she may inherit his property ]. (TA.) And لَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى, in the Kur [xx. 95], means And thou didst not wait, or hast not waited, for my saying [or what I should say ]. (JK, TA.) ― -b2- And رَقَبَهُ, (Msb, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. رُقُوبٌ, (Msb,) He guarded, kept, preserved, or took care of, it; was mindful, or regardful, of it; (Msb, K;) namely, a thing; (TA;) as also ↓ راقبهُ, inf. n. مُرَاقَبَةٌ and رِقَابٌ; (K;) [and ↓ ترقّبهُ.] You say also أَنَا أَرْقُبُ لَكُمُ ا@للَّيْلَةَ I will guard, or keep watch, for you to-night. (A.) ― -b3- And He regarded it; paid regard, or consideration, to it. (Bd and Jel in ix. 8.) You say, مَا لَكَ لَا تَرْقُبُ ذِمَّةَ فُلَانٍ [ What aileth thee that thou wilt not regard the inviolable right or due, &c., of such a one? ]. (A. [This phrase is there mentioned as proper, not tropical.]) ― -b4- And (tropical:) He feared him; (A;) and so ↓ راقبهُ; (S, A, Mgh;) namely, God; (S, Mgh;) فِى أَمْرِهِ [ in his affair ]; (S;) because he who fears looks for, or expects, punishment (يَرْقُبُ العِقَابَ): (A, Mgh:) or ا@للّٰهَ ↓ رَاقَبْتُ signifies (assumed tropical:) I feared the punishment of God. (Msb.) ↓ رِقْبَةٌ [as inf. n. of رَقَبَ app. used intransitively, or perhaps as a simple subst.,] signifies (assumed tropical:) The fearing, or being afraid [of a person or thing]: or fear: and also (assumed tropical:) the guarding oneself; being watchful, vigilant, or heedful: or self-guardance; &c. (K, TA. [See this word below.]) ― -b5- And you say, بَاتَ يَرْقُبُ النُّجُومَ and ↓ يُرَاقِبُهَا, like يَرْعَاهَا and يُرَاعِيهَا (tropical:) [i. e. He passed the night watching the stars and waiting for the time when they would disappear ]. (A, TA.) IAar cites the following saying of one describing a travelling-companion of his: النَّجْمَ رِقَابَ الحُوتِ ↓ يُرَاقِبُ meaning (tropical:) He watches (↓ يَرْتَقِبُ) the star, or asterism, with vehement desire for departure, like the [ watching with ] vehement desire of the fish for water. (TA.) [See also رَقِيبٌ.] -A2- رَقَبَ فُلَانًا He put the rope [or a rope ] upon the رَقَبَة [i. e. neck, or base of the hinder part of the neck, &c.,] of such a one. (K.) -A3- رَقِبَ, [aor. رَقَبَ ,] inf. n. رَقَبٌ, (TA,) or this is a simple subst., (K,) He was, or became, thick in the رَقَبَة [or neck, &c.]. (TA.)

2 رَقَّبُوا لِلنَّمِرِ ذ [ They made a رُقْبَة (q. v.) for the leopard ]. (JK.)

3 راقب ذ , inf. n. مُرَاقَبَةٌ and رِقَابٌ: see 1, in seven places.

4 ارقبهُ الدَّارَ ذ , (JK, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِرْقَابٌ, (Msb,) He assigned the house to him as a ↓ رُقْبَى [q. v.], (JK, A, * Mgh, K, TA,) and to his offspring after him, in the manner of a وَقْف [ so as to be unalienable ]: (TA:) and ↓ ارقبهُ الرُّقْبَى [ he assigned to him the رُقْبَى]: (Lh, K:) or ارقبهُ دَارًا, or أَرْضًا, means he gave to him a house, or land, on the condition that it should be the property of the survivor of them two; saying, If I die before thee, it shall be thine; and if thou die before me, it shall be mine: (S:) it is from المُرَاقَبَةُ; because each of the two persons looks for (يَرْقُبُ) the death of the other; (S, Mgh, Msb;) in order that the property may be his: (Msb:) the subst. is ↓ رُقْبَى [signifying, as a quasi-inf. n., the act explained above; and, as a subst. properly so termed, the thing given in the manner explained above: the verb being similar to أَعْمَرَ; and the subst., in both of its applications, to عُمْرَى: see these two words]. (S, Msb.)

5 تَرَقَّبَ see 1, in three places.

8 اـِرْتَقَبَ see 1, in three places. ― -b2- You say also, ارتقب المَكَانَ He ascended upon the place. (K, * TA.)

رَقَبٌ ذ Thickness of the رَقَبَة [or neck, &c.]: (S, K:) a subst. [as distinguished from an inf. n.: but see 1, last signification]. (K.) -A2- See also رَقَبَةٌ.

رُقْبَةٌ ذ [ A pit made for the purpose of catching the leopard ]: it is, for the نَمِر, like the زُبْيَة for the lion. (JK, K.)

رِقْبَةٌ ذ : see 1, first sentence: ― -b2- and again, in the latter half of the paragraph. [Hence,] وَرِثَ فُلَانٌ مَالًا عَنْ رِقْبَةٍ (tropical:) Such a one inherited property from distant relations; not from his fathers. (K, TA.) And وَرِثَ المَجْدَ عَنْ رِقْبَةٍ (tropical:) He inherited glory, or nobility, from distant relations: [it is said of a man] because it is feared that it will not be conceded to him on account of the obscurity of his lineage. (A.) El-Kumeyt says, كَانَ السَّدَى وَالنَّدَى مَجْدًا وَمَكْرُمَةً تِلْكَ المَكَارِمُ لَمْ يُورَثْنَ عِنْ رِقَبِ (tropical:) [ The night-dew and the day-dew that nourished his mental growth were nobility and generous disposition: those generous qualities were not inherited from distant relations: رِقَبٌ being pl. of رِقْبَةٌ]: i. e., he inherited them from near ancestors. (TA.)

رَقَبَةٌ ذ The neck: or the base of the hinder part thereof: (A, K:) or the hinder part of the base of the neck: (JK, S:) or the upper part of the neck: (TA:) pl. [of mult.] رِقَابٌ (JK, S, Msb, K) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ رَقَبٌ (JK, S, K) and [pl. of pauc.] أَرْقُبٌ (IAar, K) and رَقَبَاتٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- By a synecdoche, it is applied to (tropical:) The whole person of a human being: as in the saying, ذَنْبُهُ فِى رَقَبَتِهِ (tropical:) [ His sin, or crime, &c., be on his own neck; meaning, on himself ]. (IAth, TA.) [Hence also] one says, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ فِى رِقَابِكُمْ (tropical:) [ This affair is upon your own selves ], and فِى رَقَبَتِكَ (tropical:) [ upon thine own self ]. (A.) And أَعْتَقَ ا@للّٰهُ رَقَبَتَهُ (tropical:) [ May God emancipate him ]. (A.) And لَكَ رِقَابُهُنَّ وَمَا عَلَيْهِنَّ, in a trad., relating to camels, (tropical:) They themselves, and the burdens that are upon them, are thine. (TA.) And [hence], in another trad., لَنَا رِقَابُ الأَرْضِ (tropical:) To us belongs the land itself. (TA.) ― -b3- Hence also, i. e. by a synecdoche, (IAth, Mgh, TA,) (tropical:) A slave, (S, IAth, Mgh, K, TA,) male and female: (IAth, TA:) and a captive: (TA:) pl. رِقَابٌ. (Mgh.) You say, أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً (tropical:) He emancipated a slave, male or female. (IAth, TA.) And فَكَّ رَقَبَةً (tropical:) He released a slave, or a captive. (TA.) الرِّقَاب in the Kur ix. 60 means (tropical:) Those slaves who have contracted with their owners for their freedom. (T, Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b4- رِقَابُ المَزَاوِدِ (tropical:) [lit. The necks of provision-bags ] is a nickname which was applied to the عَجَم [or Persians, or foreigners in general]; because they were red; (S, A;) or because of the length of their necks; (El-Karáfee, TA in art. زود;) or rather because of the thickness thereof, as though they were full. (MF in that art.)

رُقْبَى ذ One's giving to another person a possession, (K,) such as a house, and land, and the like, (TA,) on the condition that, whichever of them shall die, the property shall revert to his [ the giver's ] heirs: (K:) so called because each of them looks for (يَرْقُبُ) the death of the other: (TA:) or one's assigning it, (K,) namely, a dwelling, (TA,) to another person to inhabit, and, when he shall die, to another: (K:) or one's saying to a man, If thou die before me, my dwelling [or my land, which I give to thee, ] shall revert to me; and if I die before thee, it shall be thine: so called for the reason above mentioned. (JK, KT. *) [It also signifies The property so given. ] See 4, in three places. The act thus termed is forbidden in a trad., which pronounces that the property so given belongs to the giver's heirs. (JK.) Accord. to the Imám Aboo-Haneefeh, and [the Imám] Mohammad, it is not a هِبَة: accord. to Aboo-Yoosuf, it is a هِبَة like the عُمْرَى; but none of the lawyers of El- 'Irák says so: the Málikees absolutely forbid it. (TA.) You say, دَارِى لَكَ رُقْبَى [ My house is thine as a رقبى]: from المُرَاقَبَةُ; because each of the two persons looks for the death of the other. (A.)

رَقَبَانٌ ذ : see أَرْقَبُ.

رَقَبَانِىٌّ ذ : see أَرْقَبُ.

رَقُوبٌ ذ (tropical:) A woman (S, A) of whom no offspring lives, or remains, (S, A, K,) and who looks for the death of her offspring, or of her husband [app. that she may have offspring by another ]: (A:) and in like manner applied to a man: (S:) because he, or she, looks for the death of the child, in fear for it: (IAth, TA:) in like manner also a she-camel of which no offspring lives: (TA:) or he who has no offspring: (Msb:) or he who has not sent before him [ to Paradise, by its dying in infancy, ] any of his children: this, says A'Obeyd, is the meaning in the [classical] language of the Arabs; relating only to the loss of children: (TA:) he who has had no child die in infancy: or he who has had children and has died without sending before him any of them [ to Paradise, by its dying in infancy ]. (So in the explanations of two trads., each commencing with الرَّقُوبُ, in the “ Jámi' es-Sagheer ” of EsSuyootee.) وَرِثْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ رَقُوبِ is a prov., expl. by Meyd as meaning [ I inherited it from a paternal aunt ] of whom no offspring was living: such, he says, is most compassionate to the son of her brother. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A woman who looks for the death of her husband, (S, K,) in order that she may inherit his property. (S.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) An old and a poor man who is unable to earn for himself, and has none to earn for him: so called because he looks for a benefaction or gratuity. (Msb.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A she-camel that does not draw near to the wateringtrough, or tank, on account of the pressing, or crowding [ of the other camels to it ], (S, K,) by reason of her generous disposition: (S:) so called because she waits for the others to drink, and drinks when they have done. (TA.) ― -b5- أُمُّ الرَّقُوبِ (assumed tropical:) Calamity, or misfortune. (K.)

رَقِيبٌ ذ , of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, (TA,) A looker, watcher, or waiter, in expectation [of a person or thing]: (S, Msb, K:) pl. رُقَبَاآءُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- A guarder, guardian, keeper, or preserver: (JK, S, A, Msb, K:) a guard of a people; one stationed on an elevated place to keep watch: (TA:) a spy, or scout, of an army: (A, TA:) a watcher, or an observer. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] الرّقِيبُ is an appel-lation applied to God; (A, K, TA;) meaning The Guardian, Keeper, Watcher, or Observer, from whom nothing is hidden. (TA.) ― -b4- Also The أَمِين of the players at the game called المَيْسِر; (JK, K;) or (K) he who is intrusted with the supervision of the ضَرِيب [or shuffler of the arrows ]: (JK, S, K:) or the man who stands behind the حُرْضَة [q. v.] in the game above mentioned: the meanings of all these explanations are [said to be] the same: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b5- And (assumed tropical:) The third of the arrows used in the game above mentioned: (T, S, K:) it is one of the seven arrows to which lots, or portions, appertain: (TA:) by some it is called الضَّرِيبُ: (Lh, L in art. ضرب:) the arrows are ten in number: the first is الفَذُّ, which has one notch and one portion; the second, التَّوْءَمُ, which has two notches and two portions; the third, الرَّقِيبُ, which has three notches and three portions; the fourth, الحِلْسُ or الحَلِسُ, which has four notches [and four portions]; the fifth, النَّافِسُ, which has five notches [and five portions]; the sixth, المُسْبِلُ, which has six notches [and six portions]; and the seventh, المُعَلَّى, the highest of all, which has seven notches and seven portions: those to which no portions appertain are السَّفِيحُ and المَنِيحُ and الوَغْدُ. (TA.) A poet says, اـِذَا قَسَمَ الهَوَى أَعْشَارَ قَلْبِى فَسَهْمَاكِ المُعَلَّى وَالرَّقِيبُ [ When love divides the tenths of my heart, thy two arrows will be the mo'allà and the rakeeb ]: by the سَهْمَانِ, [which properly signifies two arrows, and hence (assumed tropical:) two portions gained by two gaming-arrows, and then (assumed tropical:) any two portions, ] he means her eyes: and as the معلّى has seven portions and the رقيب has three, the سهمان would gain the whole of his heart. (TA. [See also a verse cited voce عُشْرٌ.]) ― -b6- رَقِيبُ النَّجْمِ signifies (tropical:) The star, or asterism, that sets with the rising of that [ other ] star, or asterism: for example, the رقيب of الثُّرَيَّا is الاـِكْلِيلُ: [and the former is the رقيب of the latter:] when the latter rises at nightfall, the former sets: (S, TA:) or رَقِيبٌ signifies the star, or asterism, which [ as it were ] watches, (يُرَاقِبُ,) in the east, the star, or asterism, setting in the west: or any one of the Mansions of the Moon is the رقيب of another: (K, TA:) whenever any one of them rises, another [of them] sets: (TA: [see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ, in art. نزل; and see also نَوْءٌ:]) and الرَّقِيبُ is (assumed tropical:) a [ certain ] star, or asterism, of the stars, or asterisms, [ that were believed to be the givers ] of rain, that [ as it were ] watches another star, or asterism: (K:) [it was app. applied to الاـِكْلِيلُ, as being the رقيب of the most noted and most welcome of all the Mansions of the Moon, namely, الثُّرَيَّا: see نَوْءٌ.] The رَقِيب of الثُّرَيَّا is [also] an appellation applied to الدَّبَرَانُ (assumed tropical:) [i. e. The Hyades; or the five chief stars of the Hyades; or the brightest star among them, α of Taurus ]; because a follower thereof: (A:) [and] العَيُّوقُ (assumed tropical:) [i. e. Capella ] is so called as being likened to the رقيب of the game called المَيْسِر. (TA.) [Hence,] one says, لَااآتِيكَ أَوْ يَلْقَى الثُّرَيَّا رَقِيبُهَا (tropical:) [ I will not come to thee unless their رقيب meet the Pleiades ]. (A.) ― -b7- رَقِيبٌ also signifies (tropical:) A man's successor, (A, K,) of his offspring, and of his عَشِيرَة [i. e. kinsfolk, or nearer or nearest relations by descent from the same ancestor, &c.]. (K.) So in the saying, نِعْمَ الرَّقِيبُ أَنْتَ لِأَبِيكَ وَسَلَفِكَ (tropical:) [ Excellent, or most excellent, is the successor; such art thou to thy father and thine ancestors ]: because the successor is like الدَّبَرَان to الثُّرَيَّا. (A.) ― -b8- And (assumed tropical:) The son of a paternal uncle. (K.) [App. because two male cousins by the father's side are often rivals, and watchers of each other; the son of a girl's paternal uncle being commonly preferred as her husband.] ― -b9- Also (assumed tropical:) A species of serpent: as though it watched by reason of hatred: (TA:) or a certain malignant serpent: pl. رَقِيبَاتٌ and رُقُبٌ. (T, K.)

رَقَّابَةٌ ذ A low, or an ignoble, man, a servant, or a slave, syn. رَجُلٌ وَغْدٌ, (S, K,) who keeps, guards, or watches, the [ utensils and furniture called ] رَحْل of a people when they are absent. (S.)

أَرْقَبُ ذ and ↓ رَقَبَانِىٌّ, (JK, S, A, K,) the latter irregular (Sb, S, K) as a rel. n., (Sb,) and ↓ رَقَبَانٌ, (IDrd, K,) applied to a man, (S, IDrd, A,) Thick, (JK, S, K,) or large, (A, Mgh, in which latter only the second epithet is mentioned,) in the رَقَبَة [or neck, &c.]: (JK, S, A, K:) the fem. [of the first] is رَقْبَاآءُ, (JK, IDrd,) applied to a female slave, (JK,) not applied to a free woman, nor does one say رَقَبَانِيَّةٌ. (IDrd.) ― -b2- الأَرْقَبُ is also [an epithet] applied to The lion; (K;) because of the thickness of his رَقَبة. (TA.)

مَرْقَبٌ ذ and ↓ مَرْقَبَةٌ An elevated place upon which a spy, or watchman, ascends, or stations himself: (S, A, * Msb, K: *) [ a structure such as is termed ] an عَلَم, or a hill, upon which one ascends to look from afar: or, accord. to Sh, the latter signifies a place of observation on the top of a mountain or of a fortress: accord. to AA, the pl., مَرَاقِبُ, signifies elevated pieces of ground. (TA.)

مَرْقَبَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.

مُرَقَّبٌ ذ A skin, or hide, that is drawn off from the part next to the head (S, K) and the رَقَبَة [or neck, &c.]. (S.)

2 رقّح ذ , (S, A,) inf. n. تَرْقِيحٌ, (S, K,) He ordered, or put into a good or right or proper state, managed well, tended, or took care of, property, or cattle: (S, A, K:) and in like manner, he ordered, put into a good or right or proper state, or managed well, the means of subsistence; (S, * A, TA;) as also ↓ ترقّح [app. with the objective complement (العَيْشَ or المَعِيشَةَ) understood]. (TA.) ― -b2- And He gained, acquired, or earned, property. (TA in art. رقع.) ― -b3- It occurs in a trad., in the phrase رَقَّحَ اـِنْسَانًا, as meaning رَفَّأَ [q. v.]. (TA.)

5 تَرَقَّحَ see above. ― -b2- ترقّح لِعِيَالِهِ He gained, acquired, or earned, or he sought, or laboured, to gain or acquire or earn, sustenance for his family, or household; syn. اِكْتَسَبَ, (S, [see also 1,]) or تَكَسَّبَ; (A, K;) on the authority of Lh. (TA.)

رَقْحَاآءُ ذ A woman who gains her subsistence by prostitution. (MF.)

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.)

رَقَاحِىٌّ ذ A merchant, trafficker, or trader, (A, TA,) who manages well his property. (TA.) You say, هُوَ رَقَاحِىٌّ مَالٍ He is one who orders, or puts into a good or right or proper state, manages well, tends, or takes care of, property, or cattle: (S, K: *) or who gains, acquires, or earns, property, and orders it, puts it into a good or right or proper state, or manages it well. (A, TA.)

هُوَ رَاقِحَةُ أَهْلِهِ ذ He is the gainer, or earner, of sustenance for his family. (A, L.)

1 رَقَدَ ذ , (S, Msb,) aor. رَقُدَ , inf.n. رُقَادٌ and رُقُودٌ (JK, S, A, Msb, K) and رَقْدٌ (S, Msb, K) and perhaps also مَرْقَدٌ [q. v.], (TA,) He slept, (JK, S, A, Msb, K,) accord. to some, specially, (Msb, K,) by night; (JK, Msb, K) but it correctly means, whether by night or by day; as is shown by verse 17 of ch. xviii. of the Kur-án: (Msb:) the assertion that it means, specially, by night, is weak: (TA:) accord. to Lth, رُقُودٌ is by night; and رُقَادٌ, by day: but the Arabs used both of these words as meaning the sleeping by night and by day. (T, TA.) You say, مَابِى رُقُودٌ and رُقادٌ [ There is not in me any sleep ]. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَقَدَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ (tropical:) He abstained, or held back, from the affair. (Msb, TA.) And رَقَدَ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ (tropical:) [ He neglected his guest; ] he did not pay attention, or frequent attention, to his guest. (A, TA.) And رَقَدَ الثَّوْبُ, inf. n. رَقْدٌ and رُقَادٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) The garment became old and worn out, and no longer of use; (A, * TA;) like نَامَ. (A.) And رَقَدَتِ السُّوقُ (tropical:) The market became stagnant, or dull, with respect to traffic; like نَامَت. (Th, TA.) And رَقَدَ الحَرُّ (tropical:) The heat remitted, or subsided. (TA. [See also رَكَدَ.])

2 تَرْقِيدٌ ذ A certain manner of going on foot, (JK, K,) with quickness: (JK:) perhaps a mistranscription for تَرْفِيدٌ. (TA.)

4 ارقدهُ ذ He, or it, caused him to sleep; put him to sleep. (S, K.) It is said of a medicine. (S, A, K.) And you say, ارقدت المَرْأَةُ وَلَدَهَا The woman put her child to sleep. (A.) -A2- ارقد المَكَانَ, (K,) or بِالمَكَانِ, (S,) or بِالبَلَدِ, (A,) or بِأَرْضِ كَذَا, (IAar, JK, TA,) (tropical:) He resided, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place, or town or country, or in such a land. (IAar, JK, S, A, K.)

6 تراقد ذ He feigned himself asleep. (A.)

9 ارقدّ ذ , (JK, S, A,) inf. n. اِرْقِدَادٌ, (JK, S, K,) He hastened; or was quick, or swift; (JK, S, M, A, K;) in his pace, or going: (M, A:) or he ran vehemently; as also ارمدّ; said of a camel: (AA, T in art. رمد:) or he ran with leaps, or bounds, as though leaping, or bounding, from a thing: (As, L in art. رمد:) or he went at random, heedlessly, headlong, or in a headlong course; and quickly; (As, JK, L in art. رمد;) as also ارمدّ. (As, T in that art.)

10 استرقد ذ He became overpowered by sleep [or drowsiness; and therefore desired to sleep ]. (A, TA.)

أَرْحَاآءُ رَقْدٍ ذ Mill-stones of Rakd; (S) which is the name of a mountain whence mill-stones are hewn; (S, A, K;) or, as some say, a valley in the district of Keys. (TA.) You say also رَحًى ↓ رَقْدِيَّةٌ A mill-stone of the mountain [or valley] called رَقْد. (A.)

رَقْدَةٌ ذ A sleep. (S.) One says, مَا أَطْيَبَ رَقْدَةَ السَّحَرِ [ How sweet is the sleep of the time a little before daybreak! ]. (A.) ― -b2- A state of extinction of vitality (هَمْدَةٌ) between the present life and the life to come. (JK, A. *) ― -b3- أَصَابَتْنَا رَقْدَةٌ مَنَ الحَرِّ (JK, A, K) (tropical:) A period of heat befell us lasting half a month, or less, (A,) or ten days: (JK, K:) or رَقْدَةٌ signifies a heat that befalls one after days of wind and an abatement of violent heat. (L.)

رُقَدَةٌ ذ : see رَقُودٌ.

رَقَدَانٌ ذ [an inf. n. of which the verb is not mentioned,] The act of leaping, or leaping up, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, (S, K,) like the lamb and the kid. (S.)