الرقعة

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of patching, mending, and joining things together, often with pieces of material. It extends to meanings of speed, striking with a weapon, and even to descriptions of plants, places, and people, sometimes metaphorically.

Derived headwords

الرُّقْعَةnoun

1.
patch, pieceboth
A piece of cloth or material used for mending or patching something, like a garment.
2.
writing, documentboth
A written document or a piece of paper on which something is written.
3.
early stage of scabiesclassical
The initial phase of a skin condition like scabies.

رُقْعَةnoun

1.
sound of an arrowclassical
The noise an arrow makes when it strikes a target or a patched area.

رُقَاعnoun

1.
patches, writingsboth
Plural of الرقعة, referring to multiple patches or written documents.

شَجَرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌnoun

1.
large treeclassical
A large tree with a trunk like a plane tree, leaves like pumpkin leaves, and fruit like figs.

رَقَعَverb

1.
to mend, to patchboth
To repair a garment or other item by sewing on a patch.
2.
to speed upclassical
To move or proceed quickly.
3.
to insult, to lampoonclassical
To criticize or mock someone, often in verse.
4.
to strike with an arrowclassical
To hit a target, especially a goal or intended object, with an arrow.
5.
to secure a wellclassical
To reinforce the walls of a well by covering it for a certain depth when fearing its collapse.
6.
to strike down (a foe)classical
To catch up to a rider and strike them down.

رَقَّعَverb

1.
to mend, to patchboth
To repair a garment by sewing on patches (Form II of رقع).

اِسْتَرْقَعَverb

1.
to be ready for mendingclassical
A garment has reached the point where it needs to be patched or mended.

اِرْتَقَعَverb

1.
to not care, to be unconcernedclassical
To be indifferent to something, to not pay attention or be bothered by it.

تَرْقيعnoun

1.
mending, patchingboth
The act of mending or patching, especially clothes.
2.
patchworkboth
The technique or result of creating something from multiple pieces.

تَرَقُّعnoun

1.
earning a living, seeking sustenanceclassical
The act of trying to earn money or make a living.

مُرَقَّعadjective

1.
patched, mendedboth
Describing something that has been repaired with patches.
2.
foolish, simpletonclassical
A person who is foolish or lacking in intelligence.

مُرَقَّعَانnoun

1.
fool, simpletonclassical
An adjective used as a noun for a foolish or simple-minded person.

مُرَقَّعَةadjective

1.
foolish (female)classical
A feminine form describing a foolish or simple-minded woman.

مُرَقْعَانَةadjective

1.
foolish (female)classical
A feminine form describing a foolish or simple-minded woman.

ذَاتُ الرِّقَاعname

1.
Battle of Dhat al-Riqaclassical
A historical battle or expedition, possibly named after a place with patches of color or due to soldiers wrapping their feet.
2.
a mountainclassical
A mountain characterized by patches of red, white, and black.

الرَّقِيعname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location between Mecca and Basra, to which the name 'al-Ruqa'i' is attributed.

الرَّقِيعِيّname

1.
نسب to al-Ruqa'classical
An attribution or name derived from the place al-Ruqa'.

الرَّقْعَاءadjective

1.
sheep with white patchesclassical
A ewe that has white markings on its sides.
2.
woman without buttocksclassical
A woman who lacks prominent buttocks.
3.
a mareclassical
The name of a specific mare belonging to 'Amir al-Bahili.

يَرْقُوعadjective

1.
intense hungerclassical
Describing a state of severe or extreme hunger.

السَّمَاءnoun

1.
the skyclassical
The sky, or specifically the first heaven.

الرَّقْعnoun

1.
the seventh heavenclassical
Refers to the seventh layer of the sky.
2.
a husbandclassical
A term for a husband, though its usage is debated and possibly a misreading.

مَا تَرْتَقِعُ يَا فُلَانُ بِرِقَاعٍphrase

1.
you don't care about meclassical
An expression meaning 'you do not care about me' or 'you pay no heed to my advice'.

الحُمْقnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
The state or quality of being foolish or stupid.

أَرْقَعَverb

1.
to bring itclassical
To bring something, often used in a specific context.

عَادِيُ بْنُ الرَّقَّاعِname

1.
a poetclassical
A poet named 'Adi bin al-Ruqqa'.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الرَّقَّاعِname

1.
a hadith narratorclassical
A hadith scholar and narrator named 'Ali bin Sulayman bin Abi al-Ruqqa'.

طَارِقُ بْنُ المُرَقَّعِname

1.
a tabi'iclassical
A companion of the companions (tabi'i) named Tariq bin al-Murqqa'.

مُرَقَّعُ بْنُ صَيْفِيٍّ الحَنْظَلِيُّname

1.
a tabi'iclassical
A tabi'i named Murqqa' bin Saifi al-Hanzali.

رَاقَعَ الخَمْرَphrase

1.
to adulterate wineclassical
To mix wine with other substances to improve its appearance or taste, or to disguise its quality.

Parallel reading

الرُّقْعَةُ: التي تكتب، وما يرقع به الثوب، ج: رقاع بالكسر

The Ruq'ah: that which is written, and that with which a garment is patched, pl. ruqā' (with kasra).

ومن الجرب: أوله

And of scabies: its beginning.

وبالفتح: صوت السهم في الرقعة.

And with the fatḥah: the sound of the arrow in the patch.

وكهمزة: شجرة عظيمة وساقها كالدلب وورقها كورق القرع، وثمرها كالتين، ج: كصرد.

And like 'hamzah': a great tree whose trunk is like a plane tree, its leaves like pumpkin leaves, and its fruit like figs, pl. like 'ṣurad'.

ورقع، كمنع: أسرع

And raqa'a, like mana'a: he hurried.

والثوب: أصلحه بالرقاع كرقعه

And the garment: he repaired it with patches, like raqqa'ahu.

وفلانا: هجاه

And fulanan: he insulted him.

والغرض بسهم: أصابه به

And the target with an arrow: he hit it with it.

والركية: خاف هدمها فطواها قامة أو قامتين

And the well: he feared its collapse, so he covered it for a height of one or two cubits.

وخلة الفارس: أدركه فطعنه، والخلة: الفرجة بين الطاعن والمطعون.

And the horseman's 'khallah': he overtook him and speared him, and the 'khallah': the gap between the spearer and the speared.

وكان معاوية يلقم بيد ويرقع بأخرى، أي: يبسط إحدى يديه لينتثر عليها ما سقط من لقمه.

And Mu'awiyah used to feed with one hand and patch with another, meaning: he would spread one of his hands so that whatever fell from his food would scatter upon it.

وككتاب: عدي بن الرقاع الشاعر، وعلي بن سليمان بن أبي الرقاع المحدث.

And like kitāb: 'Adi bin al-Ruqqa', the poet, and 'Ali bin Sulayman bin Abi al-Ruqqa', the hadith scholar.

وذات الرقاع: جبل فيه بقع حمرة وبياض وسواد، ومنه غزوة ذات الرقاع، أو لأنهم لفوا على أرجلهم الخرق لما نقبت أرجلهم.

And Dhat al-Riqa': a mountain with patches of redness, whiteness, and blackness, and from it is the Battle of Dhat al-Riqa', or because they wrapped rags around their feet when their feet became blistered.

وكزبير: شاعر والبي إسلامي، وربيعة بن الرقيع التميمي: أحد المنادين من وراء الحجرات، أو هو بالفاء، وإليه نسب الرقيعي لماء بين مكة والبصرة.

And like Zubayr: a poet, and al-Bay' al-Islami, and Rabi'ah bin al-Ruqi' al-Tamimi: one of those who called from behind the حجرات (chambers), or it is with a fa', and to him is attributed al-Ruqa'i for a water source between Mecca and Basra.

والرقعاء من الشاء: ما في جنبها بياض، والمرأة لا عجيزة لها، وفرس عامر الباهلي.

And al-Ruq'ā' from sheep: that which has whiteness on its sides, and a woman with no buttocks, and the mare of 'Amir al-Bahili.

وجوع يرقوع: شديد.

And hunger yarqū': intense.

وكأمير: الأحمق كالمرقعان، وهي رقعاء ومرقعانة، والسماء، أو السماء الأولى.

And like 'amīr: the fool, like al-muraqqa'ān, and she is muraqqa'ah and muraqqa'ānah, and the sky, or the first heaven.

والرقع: السماء السابعة، والزوج؛ يقال: لا حظي رقعك، أي: لا رزقك الله زوجا؛ أو تصحيف، وتفسير الرقع بالزوج ظن وتخمين، والصواب رفغك بالفاء والغين.

And al-ruq': the seventh heaven, and the husband; it is said: Lā ḥaẓiya ruq'uka, meaning: may God not grant you a husband; or it is a textual error, and the interpretation of al-ruq' as husband is conjecture and guesswork, and the correct reading is 'raf'uka' with fa' and ghayn.

وما ترتقع يا فلان برقاع، كقطام وسحاب وكتاب، أي: ما تكترث لي، ولا تبالي بي، أو لا تقبل مما أنصحك به شيئا.

And mā tartaqi'u yā fulān bi-riqā', like qiṭām, saḥāb, and kitāb, meaning: you do not care about me, nor do you pay attention to me, or you do not accept anything of what I advise you.

وكسحابة: الحمق.

And like saḥābah: foolishness.

وأرقع: جاء بها

And arqa'a: he brought it.

والثوب: حان له أن يرقع، كاسترقع.

And the garment: its time has come to be patched, like istarqa'a.

والترقيع: الترقيح.

And al-tarqī': al-tarkhīḥ (patching).

والترقع: التكسب.

And al-taraqqu': earning a living.

وما ارتقع: ما اكترث.

And mā irtaqa': what he did not care about.

وطارق بن المرقع، كمعظم، ومرقع بن صيفي الحنظلي: تابعي.

And Ṭāriq bin al-Muraqqa', like mu'aẓẓam, and Muraqqa' bin Ṣayfī al-Ḥanẓalī: a Tābi'ī.

وراقع الخمر: قلب عاقر.

And rāqi' al-khamr: he adulterated the wine.