ر ق ش

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root ر ق ش (r-q-sh) primarily relates to markings, spots, and patterns, often on animals like snakes or goats. It extends to decorating or embellishing speech, and also encompasses names of people, places, and even a type of snake.

Derived headwords

الرَّقْشnoun

1.
snakeclassical
A snake, possibly named for the markings on its back.
2.
good handwritingclassical
Beautiful or well-formed handwriting.

رَقَّاشname

1.
female given nameboth
A proper name for women, with specific grammatical treatments noted by grammarians.

قامت رقاش وأصحابي على عجل ... تبدي لك النحر واللبات والجيدا — Ruqash and my companions stood up in haste... revealing to you the neck, the chest, and the throat.

هذه رقاش بالرفع — This is Ruqash (nominative case).

الرَّقْشَاءadjective

1.
spotted (snake)both
A snake that is spotted with black and white markings.
2.
spotted (goat)classical
A goat with spots of black and white.

نهشتني نهش الرقشاء المطرق — It bit me with the bite of the mottled snake.

الرقشاء: الأفعى، سميت بذلك لترقيش في ظهرها، وهي خطوط ونقط — The Ruqsha': the viper, so named for the markings on its back, which are lines and dots.

رَقَّشَverb

1.
to embellish (speech)both
To adorn, embellish, or decorate one's speech.
2.
to spotclassical
To mark with spots or patterns.

رقش كلامه ترقيشا: زوره وزخرفه — He embellished his speech with embellishment: he falsified and decorated it.

تَرْقِيشnoun

1.
embellishment (of speech)both
The act of adorning or embellishing speech, making it more attractive or decorative.
2.
writing/dottingclassical
The act of writing or making dots, especially in texts or on surfaces.
3.
incitement/slanderclassical
Inciting, slandering, or spreading gossip, often by embellishing words.

الترقيش: تحسين الكلام وتزويقه — Tarqish: improving and decorating speech.

الترقيش: الكتابة في الصحف — Tarqish: writing in scrolls.

الترقيش: المعاتبة، والنم، والقت، والتحريش، وتبليغ النميمة — Tarqish: reproaching, slandering, quarreling, inciting, and conveying gossip.

مُرَقَّشname

1.
name of poetsclassical
A name given to two famous poets, Al-Murqash Al-Akbar and Al-Murqash Al-Asghar.

المرقش الأكبر: عمرو بن سعد بن مالك بن ضبيعة بن قيس ابن ثعلبة بن عكابة بن صعب بن علي بن وائل — Al-Murqash the Elder: Amr ibn Sa'd ibn Malik ibn Dhabee'ah ibn Qays ibn Tha'labah ibn 'Uqabah ibn Sa'b ibn 'Ali ibn Wa'il.

المرقش الأصغر من بني سعد بن مالك — Al-Murqash the Younger is from the Banu Sa'd ibn Malik.

تَرَقَّشَverb

1.
to adorn oneselfclassical
To adorn oneself or appear beautiful.

فلا تحسبي جري الجياد ترقشا ... وريطا وإعطاء الحقين مجللا — Do not think that the running of swift horses is adorning itself, nor fine garments, nor granting the rights of the honored.

ارْتَقَشَverb

1.
to mix (in battle/dispute)classical
To become mixed or mingled, especially in fighting or arguing.
2.
to appear attractiveclassical
To appear beautiful or attractive.

ارتقشوا: اختلطوا في القتال والسباب — Irtqashu: they mixed in fighting and quarreling.

وانظر إليه كيف يرتقش: أي يظهر حسنة. وزينته — And look at him how he appears attractive: meaning, he shows his beauty and adornment.

جُنْدَب أَرْقَشadjective

1.
spotted locustclassical
A locust that has spots or markings.

حَيَّة رَقْشَاءadjective

1.
spotted snakeboth
A snake that is spotted with black and white.

الرَّقْشَانname

1.
two mountainsclassical
The names of two mountains located in the upper part of Al-Shareef.

رَقْشnoun

1.
spotting/patterningclassical
The act of making spots or patterns, or the resulting markings.

رُقَيْشname

1.
diminutive of 'raqsh'classical
A diminutive form of 'raqsh', referring to the spotting of lines and writing.

أَرْقَشadjective

1.
spottedboth
Having spots or varied colors.

جدي أرقش الأذنين، أي أذرأ — My goat is 'arqash' in the ears, meaning it has large ears.

الرَّقْشَةnoun

1.
color mixtureclassical
A color that has a mixture of dullness, blackness, and similar shades.

الرَّقْشnoun

1.
beautiful writingclassical
Beautiful or elegant writing.

الرَّقْشnoun

1.
woman's nameclassical
A woman's name, derived from the root.

الرَّقْشnoun

1.
writing/dottingclassical
The act of writing or making dots, especially in texts or on surfaces.

الترقيشnoun

1.
writing in scrollsclassical
Writing in scrolls or documents.

الترقيشnoun

1.
reproaching/slanderingclassical
Reproaching, slandering, quarreling, inciting, and conveying gossip.

Parallel reading

الحية، نقله الصاغاني، وكأنه لما على ظهره من الرقشة.

The snake, as narrated by Al-Saghani, and it is as if it is due to the markings on its back.

أهل الحجاز يبنونه على الكسر في كل حال، وكذلك كل اسم عضلى فعال، بفتح، معدول عن فاعلة، ولا تدخله الألف واللام، ولا يجمع

The people of Hijaz construct it with kasra in all cases, and likewise every adlah name of the pattern 'fa'aal', with fatha, is a diversion from 'faa'ilah', and it does not take the definite article, nor is it pluralized.

قامت رقاش وأصحابي على عجل ... تبدي لك النحر واللبات والجيدا

Ruqash and my companions stood up in haste... revealing to you the neck, the chest, and the throat.

وقد يجري مجرى مالا ينصرف، نحو عمر، وإليه مال أهل نجد، ويقولون: هذه رقاش بالرفع، وهو القياس، لأنه اسم علم، وليس فيه إلا العدل والتأنيث

And it may be treated as indeclinable, like 'Umar'. The people of Najd lean towards this, and they say: 'This is Ruqash' (nominative), which is the standard, because it is a proper noun, and it only has the diversion and feminine gender.

والرقشاء من الحيات: المنقطة بسواد وبياض

And the Ruqsha' from the snakes: the one spotted with black and white.

لو ذكرتك قولا تعرفينه نهشتني نهش الرقشاء المطرق.

If I were to mention a saying you know, it would bite me with the bite of the mottled snake.

سميت بذلك لترقيش في ظهرها، وهي خطوط ونقط

It is named that because of the markings on its back, which are lines and dots.

وربما كانت شقشقة البعير رقشاء، لما فيها من اختلاط الألوان

And perhaps the camel's call might be 'ruqsha'', due to the mixture of colors in it.

والرقشاء: دويبة تكون في العشب، وهي دودة منقوشة مليحة، كالحمطوط، فيها نقط حمر وصفر

And the Ruqsha': a small creature found in the grass, which is a beautiful patterned worm, like the Hamtutooth, with red and yellow spots.

ورقيش: تصغير رقش،) وهو تنقيط الخطوط والكتاب

And Ruqaysh: a diminutive of 'raqsh', which is the dotting of lines and writing.

والرقشة: لون فيه كدرة وسواد ونحوهما جندب أرقش، وحية رقشاء

And Al-Raqshah: a color that has dullness, blackness, and similar shades, like a spotted locust and a spotted snake.

ورقش كلامه ترقيشا: زوره وزخرفه

And he embellished his speech with embellishment: he falsified and decorated it.

عاذل قد أولعت بالترقيش ... إلي سرا فاطرقي وميشي

O blamer, you have become fond of embellishment... Come to me secretly, so be quiet and walk.

وقيل: الترقيش: تحسين الكلام وتزويقه.

And it was said: Tarqish: improving and decorating speech.

وسمي مرقشا لقوله: (الدار قفر والرسوم كما ... رقش في ظهر الأديم قلم)

And he was named Murqash for his saying: (The dwelling is desolate and the traces are as if... a pen has written on the surface of the parchment).

وترقش: تزين

And Taraqqasha: to adorn oneself.

فلا تحسبي جري الجياد ترقشا ... وريطا وإعطاء الحقين مجللا

Do not think that the running of swift horses is adorning itself, nor fine garments, nor granting the rights of the honored.

وارتقشوا: اختلطوا في القتال والسباب، عن أبي عمرو.

And Irtqashu: they mixed in fighting and quarreling, from Abu Amr.

جدي أرقش الأذنين، أي أذرأ

My goat is 'arqash' in the ears, meaning it has large ears.

والرقشاء من المعز: التي فيها نقط من سواد وبياض

And the Ruqsha' from the goats: the one that has spots of black and white.

والرقش: الخط الحسن.

And Al-Raqsh: beautiful handwriting.

والرقش والترقيش: الكتابة والتنقيط، وبه سمي المرقش.

And Al-Raqsh and Al-Tarqish: writing and dotting, and by this Murqash was named.

والترقيش أيضا: الكتابة في الصحف.

And Al-Tarqish also: writing in scrolls.

والترقيش: المعاتبة، والنم، والقت، والتحريش، وتبليغ النميمة.

And Al-Tarqish: reproaching, slandering, quarreling, inciting, and conveying gossip.

والترقيش: التسطير في الصحف، والمعاتبة

And Al-Tarqish: ruling in scrolls, and reproaching.

وانظر إليه كيف يرتقش: أي يظهر حسنة. وزينته.

And look at him how he appears attractive: meaning, he shows his beauty and adornment.