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رشق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of throwing, shooting, or casting, often with precision or intensity. It extends to meanings related to aiming, looking intently, and describing something as graceful or slender.

Derived headwords

رَشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)both

    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)

  2. 2.
    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)both

    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)

رَشْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a throwing, a shootingboth

    The act or instance of throwing or shooting.

رِشْقnoun
  1. 1.
    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)both

    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)

  2. 2.
    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)both

    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)

رَشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)both

    he shot him with arrows (from the verb class naṣara)

  2. 2.
    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)both

    he became graceful (from the verb class ẓarufa)

أَرْشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to aim, to look intentlyclassical

    To fix one's gaze intently upon something, to aim one's sight.

أَرْشَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch out (neck)classical

    Used to describe an animal, like a gazelle, stretching out its neck.

رَشِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning: of good stature and gracefulboth

    meaning: of good stature and graceful

رَشَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gracefulness, slendernessboth

    The quality of being graceful, elegant, and slender in form.

الرَّشَانِيقname
  1. 1.
    Al-Rashaniqclassical

    A name referring to a specific tribe or group among the السودان (Sudanese people).

Parallel reading

الرشق: الرمي
Al-rashq: the throwing.
وقد رشقته بالنبل أرشقه رشقا
And I shot him with arrows, I shoot him a shooting.
والرشق بالكسر الاسم
And al-rushq (with kasra) is the noun.
وهو الوجه من الرمي
And it is the manner of throwing.
فإذا رمى القوم بأجمعهم في جهة واحدة قالوا: رمينا رشقا
And when the people all throw in one direction, they say: 'We threw a volley.'
كل يوم ترميه منها برشق فمصيب أوصاف غير بعيد
Every day you shoot at it with a volley, so it is either hitting or not far off.
ويقال: أرشقت، إذا أحددت النظر
And it is said: 'arshaqa', if one fixed his gaze intently.
وتر وعنى مقل الصوار المرشق
And the eyes of the gazelle, which are keenly observed.
وأرشقت الظبية، أي مدت عنقها
And the gazelle stretched out its neck.
ورجل رشيق، أي حسن القد لطيفه
And a man is 'rasheeq', meaning of fine and delicate stature.
وقد رشق بالضم رشاقة
And he was 'rashaqa' (with damma), meaning he possessed gracefulness.