ر ق ص

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root ر ق ص primarily relates to movement, often characterized by a lively, quick, or unsteady gait. This can manifest as dancing, galloping, or even the shimmering of heat haze. It also extends to the boiling of liquids and the agitated state of the heart.

Derived headwords

رَقَصَverb

1.
to danceboth
To move rhythmically to music, often with lively steps. This is the primary and most common meaning.
2.
to gallopboth
To move at a fast pace, specifically referring to the quick gait of a horse or camel.
3.
to shimmerclassical
To appear unsteady or wavering, like heat haze on the horizon.
4.
to boilclassical
To bubble and churn, referring to liquids like wine or water when heated.

رقص الرقاص يرقص رقصا — The dancer danced a dance.

رقص البعير رقصا، إذا أسرع في سيره — The camel galloped, meaning it sped up its pace.

رَقْصnoun

1.
dancingboth
The act or art of dancing.
2.
gallopingboth
A fast, lively gait, especially of a horse or camel.
3.
shimmeringclassical
The wavering appearance of heat haze.
4.
boilingclassical
The state of a liquid when it is boiling.

والرقص والرقصان محركتين: الخبب — And ar-raqs and ar-raqsān, both vocalized, mean galloping.

رَقْصًاnoun

1.
dancingboth
The act of dancing.
2.
gallopingboth
A fast pace.

رقص الرقاص يرقص رقصا — The dancer danced a dance.

رَقْصَانnoun

1.
gallopingboth
A fast, lively gait.

والرقص والرقصان محركتين: الخبب — And ar-raqs and ar-raqsān, both vocalized, mean galloping.

رَقَّاصnoun

1.
dancerboth
One who dances.
2.
shimmering heat hazeclassical
The wavering appearance of heat on the horizon.

رقص الرقاص يرقص رقصا — The dancer danced a dance.

قال لبيد، رضي الله تعالى عنه: (فبتلك إذ رقص اللوامع بالضحى ... واجتاب أردية السراب ركامها) — And Labīd, may God have mercy on him, said: (And by that when the shimmering heat haze danced in the morning... and the dunes donned the cloaks of mirage)

أَرْقَصَverb

1.
to make gallopboth
To cause an animal, like a camel, to move at a fast pace.
2.
to make rise and fallclassical
To cause something to move up and down, like a camel's gait.

أرقص البعير: حمله على الخبب ونزاه — To make the camel gallop: to burden it with speed and swiftness.

أرقصت المرأة صبيها، ورقصته: نزته — The woman made her child dance: she bounced him.

مُرَقِّصnoun

1.
place of dancingmodern
A place where dancing occurs.
2.
village in Egyptclassical
A specific village in Egypt named Marqas.

مرقص، كمقعد: قرية بمصر — Marqas, like maq'ad: a village in Egypt.

مُرَقَّصadjective

1.
fast-pacedclassical
Characterized by rapid movement or gait.
2.
agitatedclassical
In a state of excitement or distress.

رجل مرقص، كمنبر، كثير الخبب — A man marqaṣ, like manbar, of fast gait.

رَقَّاصَةnoun

1.
gameclassical
A type of game or pastime.
2.
barren landclassical
Land that does not produce vegetation, even when it rains.

والرقاصة، مشددة: لعبة لهم — And ar-raqqāṣah, with shaddah: a game of theirs.

وقال أبو عمرو: والرقاصة الأرض لا تنبت شيئا، وإن مطرت — And Abu Amr said: And ar-raqqāṣah is land that does not grow anything, even if it rains.

تَرَقْصَverb

1.
to rise and fallclassical
To move up and down, often referring to the landscape affected by heat haze.

وإذا ترقصت المفازة غادرت ... ربذا يبغل خلفها تبغيلا — And when the desert rose and fell, it left behind ... light, fast-moving sand behind it.

رَقْصnoun

1.
agitationclassical
A state of being disturbed or excited.

ورقص فؤاده بين جناحيه من الفزع — And his heart fluttered between his wings from fear.

رَقَصَverb

1.
to boilclassical
To bubble and rise, referring to food or drink.

ورقص الطعام، وارتفص، إذا غلا وارتفع — And the food boiled, and rose, when it became hot and rose.

رَقَّاصname

1.
Al-Kallabiclassical
A poet named Al-Kallabi.

والرقاص الكلبي: شاعر واسمه خثيم بن عدي بن غطيف بن تويل — And Ar-Raqqāṣ Al-Kallabī: a poet named Khuthaym ibn Adi ibn Ghuṭayf ibn Tuwayl.

رَقَّاصnoun

1.
messengerclassical
A courier or messenger.

والرقاص: البريد — And ar-raqqāṣ: the messenger.

Parallel reading

رقص الرقاص يرقص رقصا: لعب

The dancer danced a dance: he played.

وكذا رقص المخنث والصوفي

And so did the effeminate man and the Sufi dance.

وهو أحد المصادر التي جاءت على فعل فعلا، نحو طرد طردا

And it is one of the sources that came in the pattern fa'ala fa'alan, like ṭarada ṭardan.

أتيته حين رقص الآل، أي اضطرب

I came to him when the heat haze shimmered, meaning it was disturbed.

فبتلك إذ رقص اللوامع بالضحى ... واجتاب أردية السراب ركامها

And by that when the shimmering heat haze danced in the morning... and the dunes donned the cloaks of mirage.

الخمر إذا غلت رقصت

Wine, when it boils, dances.

رقص الشراب، إذا أخذ في الغليان

The drink dances, when it begins to boil.

بزجاجة رقصت بما في قعرها ... رقص القلوص براكب مستعجل

With a flask whose bottom danced... like a young camel dancing with a hasty rider.

والرقص والرقصان محركتين: الخبب

And ar-raqs and ar-raqsān, both vocalized, mean galloping.

يقال: رقص البعير رقصا، إذا أسرع في سيره

It is said: The camel galloped, meaning it sped up its pace.

وأدبروا ولهم من فوقها رقص ... والموت يخطر والأرواح تبتدر

And they turned away, and above them was a gallop... while death loomed and souls rushed forth.

نفسي الفداء لمن أداكم رقصا ... تدمى حراقفكم في مشيكم صكك

My soul is a ransom for whoever made you gallop... your flanks bleeding in your firm steps.

وإذا دعا الداعي علي رقصتم ... رقص الخنافس من شعاب الأخرم

And when the caller called against me, you galloped... like beetles from the ravines of Al-Akhram.

فبايعوك جهارا بعد ما كفروا

And they pledged allegiance to you openly after they had disbelieved.

برب الراقصات إلى قريش ... يثبن البيت من خلل النقاب

By the Lord of the dancing women towards Quraysh... they leap around the Kaaba from the gaps in the veils.

إني حلفت برب الراقصات وما ... أضحى بمكة من حجاب وأستار

Indeed, I have sworn by the Lord of the dancing women and what... is in Mecca of veils and curtains.

ورقص فؤاده بين جناحيه من الفزع

And his heart fluttered between his wings from fear.

ورقص الطعام، وارتفص، إذا غلا وارتفع

And the food boiled, and rose, when it became hot and rose.