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رشق

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of throwing, especially with projectiles like arrows. It extends to the speed and accuracy of such throws, and metaphorically to quickness, keenness of sight, and even the sound of a pen.

Derived headwords

رَشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw arrowsboth

    To shoot or throw arrows or other projectiles at someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to throw in one directionclassical

    To throw all projectiles in a single direction or at a single target.

الرَّشْقnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing of arrowsboth

    The act of throwing arrows or other projectiles.

  2. 2.
    a round of throwingclassical

    A single instance or round of throwing all available arrows, especially in a competition.

  3. 3.
    sound of a penclassical

    The sound made by a pen when writing, particularly on smooth surfaces.

رَشْقnoun
  1. 1.
    a round of throwingclassical

    A single round or instance of throwing, as in an archery contest.

أَرْشَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    rounds of throwingclassical

    Plural of 'rashq', referring to multiple rounds or instances of throwing arrows.

رَشَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    elegance and graceboth

    A state of being well-proportioned, slender, and graceful in stature.

  2. 2.
    quickness of arrowclassical

    The speed and swiftness with which an arrow is shot from a bow.

رَشِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    slender and gracefulboth

    Describing a person, especially a youth or maiden, who has a well-proportioned, slender, and elegant build.

  2. 2.
    swift arrowclassical

    Describing a bow that shoots arrows quickly and accurately.

  3. 3.
    keen-sightedclassical

    Describing someone with sharp, penetrating eyesight.

أَرْشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to aim straightclassical

    To throw or shoot in one direct line or towards a single point.

  2. 2.
    to gaze intentlyclassical

    To look intently or stretch one's neck to see something from a distance.

مُرَشِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    keen-sightedclassical

    Describing an animal, like a gazelle, with sharp and penetrating eyesight.

رَشَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To throw something, often implying speed or force.

مُرَاشَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rivalry in speedclassical

    A contest or rivalry, especially in walking or moving swiftly.

الحسن بن رشيقname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narratorclassical

    A historical figure, a narrator of hadith, whose reliability was discussed by scholars.

رشيقname
  1. 1.
    a Suficlassical

    A name of a pious Egyptian Sufi.

Parallel reading

الرشق: الرمي بالنبل وغيره وقد رشقهم به يرشق رشقا
Al-rashq: throwing with arrows and other things, and he threw them with it, he throws them, rashqan.
لهو أشد عليهم من رشق النبل
It is more severe upon them than the throwing of arrows.
فإذا رمى أهل النضال ما معهم من السهام كلها، ثم عادوا، فكل شوط من ذلك رشق
And when the archers throw all the arrows they have, then they return, each round of that is a rashq.
إذا رموا كلهم وجها بجميع سهامهم في جهة واحدة قالوا: رمينا رشقا واحدا
If they all throw in one direction with all their arrows, they say: 'We threw a single rashq.'
كل يوم ترميه منها برشق ... فمصيب أوصاف غير بعيد
Every day you throw at it with a rashq... hitting or missing not far away.
والجمع، أرشاق، ومنه حديث فضالة: أنه كان يخرج فيرمي الأرشاق
And the plural is arshaq, and from it is the hadith of Fudalah: that he used to go out and throw the arshaq.
الرشق: صوت القلم إذا كتب به
Al-rashq: the sound of the pen when writing with it.
كأني برشق القلم في مسامعي حين جرى على الألواح بكتبه التوراة
It is as if I hear the sound of the pen in my ears as it ran on the tablets with His writing of the Torah.
ورجل رشيق: حسن القد لطيفه
And a rashīq man: of handsome and delicate stature.
يقال للغلام والجارية إذا كانا في اعتدال وزاد ودقة: رشيق ورشيقة
It is said of a boy and a girl if they are of moderate and, according to Al-Zamakhshari, slender and delicate build: rashīq and rashīqah.
والرشق، محركة: القوس السريعة السهم الرشيقة
And al-rashq, with vowel movement: the bow that shoots swift, elegant arrows.
قوس رشيقة: سريعة النبل
A rashīqah bow: swift with arrows.
ما أرشقها أي: ما أخفها وأسرع سهمها
How rashīqah it is! Meaning: how light it is and how fast its arrow is.
أرشق: حدد النظر
Arshaqa: to sharpen one's sight.
وتروعني مقل الصوار المرشق
And the eyes of the keen-sighted herd frighten me.
أرشقت إلى القوم، أي: طمحت ببصري فنظرت
I arshaqtu towards the people, meaning: I stretched my gaze and looked.
أرشق: إذا رمى وجها واحدا، مثل رشق
Arshaqa: if one throws in one direction, like rashq.
أرشقت الظبية: إذا مدت عنقها
The gazelle arshaqat: if it stretched its neck.
أرّشقت الظبية إلى مارابها: أحدت النظر
The gazelle arshaqat towards its watering place: it sharpened its gaze.
ولقد ذعرت بنات عم م المرشقات لها بصابص
And I startled the daughters of the kin of the keen-sighted ones with their gazelles.
راشقه مراشقة: سايره
He engaged in musharaqah with him: he walked alongside him.
راشقني مقصدي: باراني في المسير إليه
My intention raced me: it competed with me in the journey towards it.