رقا

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root رقا primarily relates to the concept of ascending, climbing, or rising. It extends to meanings of increasing, exceeding, and also encompasses protective or healing charms and incantations.

Derived headwords

رَقِيَverb

1.
to ascend, climbboth
To move upwards, to go up a height or incline.
2.
to rise, advanceboth
To progress or increase in status, level, or intensity.

رُقِيٌّnoun

1.
ascent, climbingboth
The act or process of ascending or climbing.
2.
rising, advancementboth
The process of increasing or advancing in rank, knowledge, or status.

ارْتَقَىverb

1.
to ascend, climbboth
To go up, to climb to a higher place.
2.
to advance, progressboth
To move forward in status, knowledge, or development.

تَرَقَّىverb

1.
to ascend graduallyboth
To climb or rise step by step, often used for gradual progress.
2.
to advance progressivelyboth
To move up in rank or status through a series of steps.

رَقَّىverb

1.
to cause to ascendboth
To help someone or something climb or rise.
2.
to raise (speech)classical
To elevate or enhance speech or words.

رَقِيٌّnoun

1.
incantation, charmboth
A spoken charm or incantation, often used for healing or protection.

رُقْيَاnoun

1.
incantation, charmboth
A spoken charm or incantation, often used for healing or protection.

رَقَّاءadjective

1.
one who performs incantationsclassical
A person who practices or performs incantations or charms.

مِرْقَاةnoun

1.
step (of a ladder)both
A single step in a ladder or staircase.

مِرْقَاةnoun

1.
step (of a ladder)both
A single step in a ladder or staircase.

رَقْوَةnoun

1.
mound of sandclassical
A small mound or heap of sand, often found near valleys.

رَقْوٌnoun

1.
mound of sandclassical
A small mound or heap of sand, often found near valleys.

رَقَاnoun

1.
mounds of sandclassical
Plural of رقوة, referring to mounds of sand.

رَقِيٌّnoun

1.
white fat (shoulder)classical
Pure white fat found at the base of the shoulder blade.

رَقِيَّةname

1.
name of a womanboth
A female given name.

Parallel reading

الرقوة والرقو فويق الدعص من الرمل، وأكثر ما يكون إلى جوانب الأودية

The raqwāh and the raqw are above the heap of sand, and most often they are found on the sides of valleys.

لها أم موقفة وكوب، ... بحيث الرقو، مرتعها البرير

She has a mother who is marked on her forelegs and is a strong mother, ... where the raqw is, her pasture is the desert shrubbery.

الرقوة القمزة من التراب تجتمع على شفير الوادي، وجمعها الرقا

The raqwāh is a lump of earth that gathers on the edge of the valley, and its plural is ar-raqā.

ورقي إلى الشيء رقيا ورقوا وارتقى يرتقي وترقى: صعد

And raqiya to a thing, ruqyan and ruqwan, and irtaqā, yartaqī, and taraqqā: to ascend.

ورقى غيره؛ أنشد سيبويه للأعشى: لئن كنت في جب ثمانين قامة، ... ورقيت أسباب السماء بسلم

And raqā another; Sībawayh recited for al-A'shā: If you were in a well eighty cubits deep, ... and you ascended the means of the sky with a ladder.

ورقى فلان في الجبل يرقى رقيا إذا صعد

And so-and-so ascended the mountain, yaraqā ruqyan, if he climbed.

هذا جبل لا مرقى فيه ولا مرتقى

This is a mountain with no ascent or place to ascend.

ما زال فلان يترقى به الأمر حتى بلغ غايته

So-and-so's situation kept progressing until it reached its limit.

ورقيت في السلم رقيا ورقيا إذا صعدت، وارتقيت مثله

And I ascended the ladder, ruqyan and ruqiyyan, if I climbed, and irtaqaytu similarly.

أنت الذي كلفتني رقي الدرج، ... على الكلال والمشيب والعرج

You are the one who tasked me with climbing the stairs, ... while weary, gray-haired, and limping.

لن نؤمن لرقيك

We will not believe in your ascent.

ولكنهم يرقون فيه أي يتزيدون فيه

But they ascend in it, meaning they add to it.

رقى فلان على الباطل إذا تقول ما لم يكن وزاد فيه

So-and-so spoke falsely, meaning he claimed what did not happen and added to it.

كنت رقاء على الجبال أي صعادا عليها

I was raqqā' upon the mountains, meaning ascending them.

المرقاة والمرقاة: الدرجة، واحدة من مراقي الدرج

The mirqāh and the mirqāh: the step, one of the steps of the stairs.

وترقى في العلم أي رقي فيه درجة درجة

And he progressed in knowledge, meaning he ascended in it step by step.

ورقى عليه كلاما ترقية أي رفع

And raqqā words upon him, tarqiyatan, meaning he elevated.

فما تركا من عوذة يعرفانها، ... ولا رقية إلا بها رقياني

So they did not leave any incantation they knew, ... nor any charm except that they charmed us with it.

استرقيته فرقاني رقية، فهو راق، وقد رقاه رقيا ورقيا

I asked him to charm me, and he charmed me with a ruqyah, so he is a charmer, and he charmed him, ruqyan and ruqiyyan.

تناذرها الراقون من سوء سمها

The charmers warned each other away from the evil of its venom.

كأنه جمع امرأة راقية أو رجلا راقية، بالهاء للمبالغة

As if it were the plural of a female charmer or a male charmer, with the 'hā' for exaggeration.

ما كنا نأبنه برقية

We did not find fault with him for a charm.

استرقوا لها فإن بها النظرة أي اطلبوا لها من يرقيها

Seek a charm for her, for she has the evil eye, meaning ask someone to charm her.

لا يسترقون ولا يكتوون

They do not seek charms nor do they cauterize.

من أخذ برقية باطل فقد أخذت برقية حق

Whoever takes a false charm has taken a true charm.

اعرضوها علي فعرضناها فقال لا بأس بها إنما هي مواثيق

Present them to me, so we presented them, and he said: There is no harm in them; they are merely pacts.

لا رقية إلا من عين أو حمة

There is no charm except from the evil eye or a sting.

الذين يدخلونها بغير حساب وهم الذين لا يسترقون ولا يكتوون وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

Those who enter it without account, and they are those who do not seek charms nor do they cauterize, and upon their Lord they rely.

ارق على ظلعك أي امش واصعد بقدر ما تطيق ولا تحمل على نفسك ما لا تطيقه

Go up according to your limp, meaning walk and ascend as much as you can and do not burden yourself with what you cannot bear.

ارق على ظلعك أي الزمه واربع عليه

Go up according to your limp, meaning stick to it and stay on it.

أصلح أولا أمرك، فيقول قد رقيت، بكسر القاف، رقيا

First, mend your affair, and he says: I have mended, ruqīyan, ruqyan.

مرقيا الأنف: حرفاه؛ عن ثعلب، كأنه منه ظن، والمعروف مرقا الأنف

The marqiyā of the nose: its two edges; from Tha'lab, as if he thought so, but the known is marqā of the nose.

الرقى الشحمة البيضاء النقية تكون في مرجع الكتف، وعليها أخرى مثلها يقال لها المأتاة

Ar-ruqā is the pure white fat that is at the base of the shoulder, and upon it is another like it called al-ma'tāh.

حسبتني الرقى عليها المأتاة

You thought the ruqā upon it was the ma'tāh.

إنما أضيف قيس إليهن لأنه تزوج عدة نسوة وافق أسماؤهن كلهن رقية فنسب إليهن

Qais was attributed to them only because he married several women whose names were all Ruqayyah, so he was attributed to them.