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رقب

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to watching, guarding, and observing. It extends to concepts of expectation, care, and the neck or throat, often in a metaphorical sense of being responsible for or subject to something.

Derived headwords

رَقَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to watch overboth

    To observe, guard, or keep watch over something or someone.

  2. 2.
    to expectboth

    To look forward to or anticipate something.

رَقِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    watcherboth

    One who watches, observes, or guards.

  2. 2.
    guardboth

    A person or entity responsible for watching over something.

  3. 3.
    observerboth

    Someone who observes or monitors.

رَقَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    neckboth

    The part of the body connecting the head to the torso.

  2. 2.
    responsibilityclassical

    A burden or duty, often metaphorically linked to the neck, implying obligation.

  3. 3.
    slaveclassical

    Historically, a person whose neck was subject to the owner's control; a term for a slave.

رَكَائِبnoun
  1. 1.
    mountsclassical

    Riding animals, especially camels, prepared for travel.

مُنَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    kneeling (of camels)classical

    The state of a camel or other animal having knelt down, typically for rest or unloading.

ذَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    possessorsclassical

    Female owners or possessors of something.

أَحْمَالnoun
  1. 1.
    loadsboth

    The burdens or cargo carried by animals or people.

رِقَابnoun
  1. 1.
    necksboth

    Plural of 'neck', also used metaphorically for responsibility or subjugation.

  2. 2.
    slavesclassical

    Plural of 'slave', referring to those whose freedom is controlled.

ظُهُورnoun
  1. 1.
    backsboth

    The upper surface of an animal's body, where burdens are placed.

  2. 2.
    mountsboth

    Referring to the act of riding or the animals used for riding.

ذُو الرَّقِيبَةname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Raqibahclassical

    A title or epithet given to a poet, identified as Malik al-Qushayri, known for being short-statured.

أَوْقَصadjective
  1. 1.
    short-staturedclassical

    Describing someone of a short or stunted build.

الأَشْعَر الرَّقَبَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ash'ar al-Raqabaniclassical

    An epithet for a renowned Arab knight.

ذِي الرَّقِيبَةname
  1. 1.
    Dhi al-Raqibahclassical

    A mountain located in the region of Khaybar.

Parallel reading

والركائب المناخة، لك رقابهن وما عليهن
And the kneeling mounts, their necks and what is upon them belong to you.
أي ذواتهن وأحمالهن
Meaning their owners/possessors and their loads.
ثم لم ينس حق الله في رقابها وظهورها
Then he did not forget God's right concerning their necks and their backs.
أراد بحق رقابها الإحسان إليها
He intended by the right of their necks to be kind to them.
وبحق ظهورها الحمل عليها
And by the right of their backs, to bear the load upon them.
وذو الرقيبة: أحد شعراء العرب
And Dhu al-Raqibah: one of the Arab poets.
وهو لقب مالك القشيري، لأنه كان أوقص
And he is the epithet of Malik al-Qushayri, because he was short-statured.
وهو الذي أسر حاجب بن زرارة يوم جبلة
And he is the one who captured Hajib ibn Zurarah on the day of Jublah.
والأشعر الرقباني: لقب رجل من فرسان العرب
And Al-Ash'ar al-Raqabani: an epithet for a man from the knights of Arabia.
وفي حديث عيينة بن حصن ذكر ذي الرقيبة
And in the hadith of Uyaynah ibn Hisn, Dhi al-Raqibah was mentioned.
وهو، بفتح الراء وكسر القاف، جبل بخيبر
And it is, with a fatha on the ra and a kasra on the qaf, a mountain in Khaybar.