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رقط

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root رقط (raqaṭa) primarily concerns the concept of being spotted, speckled, or mottled, often with a mixture of black and white. This applies to colors, patterns on animals, and even abstract concepts like turmoil or affliction.

Derived headwords

الرَّقْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mottled appearanceboth

    A spotted or mottled appearance, characterized by a mixture of black and white, or white and black.

ارْقَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be mottledboth

    To become spotted or mottled, to have a mixture of colors.

وقد ارقط ارقطاطا وارقاط ارقيطاطا — and he became mottled with mottling and mottling.
يقال: ارقط وارقاط مثل احمر واحمار — It is said: arqaṭa and arqāṭa, like iḥmarra and iḥmirāra.
ارْقِطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    mottlingboth

    The state or act of being spotted or mottled.

وقد ارقط ارقطاطا وارقاط ارقيطاطا — and he became mottled with mottling and mottling.
أَرْقَطadjective
  1. 1.
    mottledboth

    Spotted or mottled, having a mixture of colors.

  2. 2.
    leopard-likeclassical

    Describing a leopard due to its coloration; used as a dominant characteristic that has become a proper name.

وهو أرقط — and he is mottled.
والأرقط: النمر للونه، صفة غالبة غلبة الاسم — And the mottled one: the leopard, due to its color, a dominant attribute that has become a name.
رَقْطَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    mottled (female)both

    A feminine form of 'mottled', used for a female animal or thing.

  2. 2.
    tumultuousclassical

    Referring to a period of turmoil or affliction, likened to a mottled snake.

والأنثى رقطاء — and the female is mottled.
ودجاجة رقطاء إذا كان فيها لمع بيض وسود — And a mottled hen if it has a sheen of white and black.
والرقطاء: من أسماء الفتنة لتلونها — And the mottled one: from the names of tribulation due to its variability.
يعني فتنة شبهها بالحية الرقطاء، وهو لون فيه سواد وبياض — meaning a tribulation likened to a mottled snake, which is a color with black and white.
تَرَقَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to become spottedboth

    To become spotted, as when ink or something similar splashes onto a garment, creating spots.

ويقال: ترقط ثوبه ترقطا إذا ترشش عليه مداد أو غيره فصار فيه نقط — And it is said: his garment became spotted if ink or something else splashed on it, creating spots.
تَرَقُّطnoun
  1. 1.
    spottingboth

    The act or state of becoming spotted, as by splashing.

ويقال: ترقط ثوبه ترقطا إذا ترشش عليه مداد أو غيره فصار فيه نقط — And it is said: his garment became spotted if ink or something else splashed on it, creating spots.
السَّلِسْلَةُ الرَّقْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of lizardclassical

    A specific type of lizard found in sandy areas, known for being venomous and harmful.

والسليسلة «1» الرقطاء: دويبة تكون في الجبابين وهي أخبث العظاء، إذا دبت على طعام سمته — And the mottled al-Silsilah: a small creature found in sandy areas, which is the most malicious of lizards; if it crawls on food, it poisons it.
ارْقَاطverb
  1. 1.
    to sprout with spotsclassical

    Used to describe the growth of the 'urfuj plant, where its leaves emerge and appear spotted on its branches and nodes.

وارقاط عود العرفج ارقيطاطا إذا خرج ورقه ورأيت في متفرق عيدانه وكعوبه مثل الأظافير — And the branch of the 'urfuj plant sprouted with spots if its leaves emerged and you saw on its scattered branches and nodes something like fingernails.
يقال إذا مطر العرفج فلان عوده: قد ثقب عوده، فإذا اسود شيئا قيل: قد قمل، فإذا زاد قيل: قد ارقاط، فإذا زاد قيل: قد أدبى — It is said when the 'urfuj plant is rained upon and its branch is affected: its branch has become perforated; if something darkens, it is said to be infested with lice; if it increases, it is said to have sprouted with spots; if it increases further, it is said to be infested with larvae.
ارْقَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    sprouting with spotsclassical

    The process or state of sprouting with spotted or nail-like growths, specifically referring to the 'urfuj plant.

وقيل: هو بعد التثقيب والقمل وقبل الإدباء والإخواص — And it was said: it is after perforation and infestation with lice, and before infestation with larvae and the final stage.
وارقاط عود العرفج ارقيطاطا إذا خرج ورقه ورأيت في متفرق عيدانه وكعوبه مثل الأظافير — And the branch of the 'urfuj plant sprouted with spots if its leaves emerged and you saw on its scattered branches and nodes something like fingernails.
أَرْقَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    mottled spotsclassical

    Spots of white and black, referring to the coloration of the 'urfuj plant's branches.

أغفر بطحاؤها وارقاط عوسجها ؛ ارقاط من الرقطة البياض والسواد — Its plain is wide, and its acacia branches are mottled; mottling from the root 'raqaṭah' meaning white and black.
المُظْلِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark tribulationclassical

    A general, overwhelming period of tribulation or darkness.

والمظلمة التي تعم — and the dark one which is general.
الأَرْقَطname
  1. 1.
    Al-Arqaṭclassical

    A name given to a leopard due to its mottled coloration.

الرَّقْطَاءname
  1. 1.
    Al-Raqṭāʾclassical

    A name for tribulation or a period of strife, characterized by its variability and mixed nature.

  2. 2.
    Al-Raqṭāʾ al-Hilālīyahclassical

    A specific historical event or person associated with the case of Al-Mughīrah, named for the mottled appearance of the skin involved.

والرَّقْطَاء: من أسماء الفتنة لتلونها — And the mottled one: from the names of tribulation due to its variability.
الرَّقْطَاء الهِلَالِيَّة: التي كانت فيها قصة المغيرة لتلون كان في جلدها — Al-Raqṭāʾ al-Hilālīyah: which was involved in the story of Al-Mughīrah, due to the mottling that was in her skin.
رَقَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spotsclassical

    The spots themselves, referring to the white and black markings.

لو شئت أن أعد رقطا كان على فخذيها أي فخذي المرأة التي رمي بها — If I wished, I could count the spots that were on her thighs, meaning the thighs of the woman who was accused.
أُرَيْقِطname
  1. 1.
    Al-Urayqiṭclassical

    A name for a guide or a navigator, possibly derived from the idea of guiding through spotted or difficult terrain.

والأريقط: دليل النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، والله أعلم — And Al-Urayqiṭ: the guide of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and God knows best.
حَمِيدُ بْنُ ثَوْرٍ الأَرْقَطname
  1. 1.
    Ḥamīd ibn Thawr al-Arqaṭclassical

    A poet and reciter of poetry, named al-Arqaṭ due to marks on his face.

وحميد بن ثور الأرقط: أحد رجازهم وشعرائهم، سمي بذلك لآثار كانت في وجهه — And Ḥamīd ibn Thawr al-Arqaṭ: one of their poets and reciters, named thus due to marks that were on his face.

Parallel reading

الرَّقْطَة: سواد يشوبه نقط بياض أو بياض يشوبه نقط سواد
Al-Raqṭah: blackness mixed with spots of white, or whiteness mixed with spots of black.
وقد ارقط ارقطاطا وارقاط ارقيطاطا، وهو أرقط، والأنثى رقطاء.
And he became mottled with mottling and mottling, and he is mottled, and the female is mottled.
والأرقط من الغنم: مثل الأبغث.
And the mottled one among sheep: like the mottled one (al-abghath).
ويقال: ترقط ثوبه ترقطا إذا ترشش عليه مداد أو غيره فصار فيه نقط.
And it is said: his garment became spotted if ink or something else splashed on it, creating spots.
ودجاجة رقطاء إذا كان فيها لمع بيض وسود.
And a mottled hen if it has a sheen of white and black.
والسليسلة «1» الرقطاء: دويبة تكون في الجبابين وهي أخبث العظاء، إذا دبت على طعام سمته.
And the mottled al-Silsilah: a small creature found in sandy areas, which is the most malicious of lizards; if it crawls on food, it poisons it.
وارقاط عود العرفج ارقيطاطا إذا خرج ورقه ورأيت في متفرق عيدانه وكعوبه مثل الأظافير
And the branch of the 'urfuj plant sprouted with spots if its leaves emerged and you saw on its scattered branches and nodes something like fingernails.
وقيل: هو بعد التثقيب والقمل وقبل الإدباء والإخواص.
And it was said: it is after perforation and infestation with lice, and before infestation with larvae and the final stage.
والأرقط: النمر للونه، صفة غالبة غلبة الاسم.
And the mottled one: the leopard, due to its color, a dominant attribute that has become a name.
والرقطاء: من أسماء الفتنة لتلونها.
And the mottled one: from the names of tribulation due to its variability.
وفي حديث حذيفة: ليكونن فيكم أيتها الأمة أربع فتن: الرقطاء والمظلمة وفلانة وفلانة ، يعني فتنة شبهها بالحية الرقطاء، وهو لون فيه سواد وبياض، والمظلمة التي تعم والرقطاء التي لا تعم.
And in Ḥudhayfah's narration: there will certainly be among you, O nation, four tribulations: the mottled one, the dark one, and so-and-so, and so-and-so; meaning a tribulation likened to a mottled snake, which is a color with black and white, and the dark one which is general, and the mottled one which is not general.
وفي حديث أبي بكرة وشهادته على المغيرة: لو شئت أن أعد رقطا كان على فخذيها أي فخذي المرأة التي رمي بها.
And in Abū Bakrah's narration and his testimony against Al-Mughīrah: If I wished, I could count the spots that were on her thighs, meaning the thighs of the woman who was accused.
وفي حديث صفة الحزورة: أغفر بطحاؤها وارقاط عوسجها ؛ ارقاط من الرقطة البياض والسواد.
And in the narration describing Al-Ḥazūrah: Its plain is wide, and its acacia branches are mottled; mottling from the root 'raqaṭah' meaning white and black.
يقال إذا مطر العرفج فلان عوده: قد ثقب عوده، فإذا اسود شيئا قيل: قد قمل، فإذا زاد قيل: قد ارقاط، فإذا زاد قيل: قد أدبى.
It is said when the 'urfuj plant is rained upon and its branch is affected: its branch has become perforated; if something darkens, it is said to be infested with lice; if it increases, it is said to have sprouted with spots; if it increases further, it is said to be infested with larvae.
والرقطاء الهلالية: التي كانت فيها قصة المغيرة لتلون كان في جلدها.
And Al-Raqṭāʾ al-Hilālīyah: which was involved in the story of Al-Mughīrah, due to the mottling that was in her skin.
وحميد بن ثور الأرقط: أحد رجازهم وشعرائهم، سمي بذلك لآثار كانت في وجهه.
And Ḥamīd ibn Thawr al-Arqaṭ: one of their poets and reciters, named thus due to marks that were on his face.
والأريقط: دليل النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، والله أعلم.
And Al-Urayqiṭ: the guide of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and God knows best.