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رقز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to striking or hitting, particularly in the context of a pulse or a blow. It is also associated with a type of dancer or performer.

Derived headwords

رقزverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike or hit something.

رقصverb
  1. 1.
    to dancemodern

    To move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.

  2. 2.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike or hit, similar to 'رقز'.

رقازnoun
  1. 1.
    dancermodern

    A person who dances, especially professionally.

  2. 2.
    strikerclassical

    One who strikes or hits.

رقاصnoun
  1. 1.
    dancermodern

    A person who dances, especially professionally.

  2. 2.
    strikerclassical

    One who strikes or hits.

الراقزnoun
  1. 1.
    the strikerclassical

    The one who strikes or hits.

الرافزnoun
  1. 1.
    the strikerclassical

    The one who strikes or hits.

Parallel reading

رقز، بالقاف: أهمله الجوهري وقال الأزهري: العرب تقول: رقز ورقص، وهو رقاز رقاص.
Raqaẓ, with Qaf: Al-Jawhari ignored it, and Al-Azhari said: The Arabs say: raqaẓ and raqaṣa, and it is raqqāz, raqqāṣ.
والراقز أو الرافز، على الشك منه أيضا: الضارب، يقال: ما يرقز منه عرق، أي ما يضرب منه، أنشد أبو عمرو لنجاد بن مرثد:
And al-rāqiz or al-rāfiz, with doubt about it, also means: the striker. It is said: mā yarquzu minhu 'irq, meaning what is struck from it. Abu Amr recited for Najjād bin Marthad:
(وبلدة للداء فيها غامز ... ميت بها العرق الصحيح الراقز)
(And a land of disease, with a hidden danger in it... dead in it is the sound pulse, the striking one)
أو الرافز، هكذا في التهذيب والتكملة.
Or al-rāfiz, thus in Al-Tahdhib and Al-Takmilah.
ما يرقز منه عرق
what is struck from it (a pulse)
العرق الصحيح الراقز
the sound pulse, the striking one