رقق

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of thinness, delicacy, and weakness. It extends to meanings of gentleness, softness, and subtle movement, often in contrast to hardness or coarseness. It also encompasses notions of fragility, scarcity, and the gradual fading or diminishing of things.

Derived headwords

تَرَقْرَقَverb

1.
to shimmer, to rippleboth
Describes the appearance of something fluid or light that seems to move or undulate, like the sun near the horizon or water.
2.
to move back and forthclassical
Refers to a perceived oscillating movement, particularly of the sun at sunrise.
3.
to flow gentlyboth
Describes the easy and smooth flow of liquid or something similar.
4.
to be on the verge ofclassical
Indicates being close to or about to experience something, like an illness or hardship.

ترقرق فيهن المنايا اللوامع — The shimmering, blameworthy deaths appeared within them.

ترقرقت الشمس — The sun shimmered/appeared to move.

مُتَرَقْرِقadjective

1.
shimmering, ripplingboth
Describing something that exhibits a shimmering or undulating appearance, often due to light or fluid motion.
2.
on the verge ofclassical
Indicating a state of being close to a particular condition, such as illness or hardship.

مال مترقرق للسمن — An animal that appears to be gaining weight, perhaps with a shimmering coat.

مترقرق لأن يرمد — On the verge of becoming afflicted with eye disease.

الرَّقُّnoun

1.
turtle (male)classical
The male of the turtle species.
2.
thin parchmentclassical
A thin sheet of parchment, possibly used for writing.

الرق: ذكر السلاحف — The turtle: the male of the turtles.

رَقِيقَةadjective

1.
weak, frailclassical
Describing a female animal, like a she-camel, whose strength has diminished and whose marrow cavity has widened.
2.
thin, delicateboth
Referring to something that is thin or delicate.

ناقة رقيقة: ضعفت أنقاؤها ورقت — A weak she-camel: her strength diminished and her bones became thin.

رِقَاقnoun

1.
thin thingsboth
Plural of 'raqiq', referring to thin or delicate items.
2.
thin she-camelsclassical
Plural of 'raqiqah', referring to female camels that have become weak.

جمعه: رقاق ورِقَاقَات — Its plural: ruqaq and ruqaqaat.

الرِّقُّnoun

1.
thinness, delicacyboth
The quality of being thin, delicate, or fine.

الرق، بالكسر: الشيء الرقيق — Ar-ruqq, with kasra: the thin thing.

مُسْتَرَقُّ الأَنْفِnoun

1.
side of the noseclassical
The soft part on the side of the nose.

مسترق الأنف، ومرقه: حيث لان في جانبه — Mustaraq al-anf, and maraquhu: where it is soft on its side.

مَرَاقُّ الإِبِلِnoun

1.
flanks of camelsclassical
The soft, yielding parts on the sides of camels.

مراق الإبل: أرفاغها — Maraqq al-ibil: their flanks.

رَقِيقُ الحَوَاشِيadjective

1.
gentle, refinedboth
Describes a way of life or character that is soft, pleasant, and not coarse.

عيش رقيق الحواشي: ناعم — A life of raqiq al-hawashi: soft and pleasant.

رَقِيقُ الدِّينِadjective

1.
weak in faithboth
Figuratively describes someone whose faith is not strong or steadfast.

فلان رقيق الدين، والحال — So-and-so is weak in faith or circumstances.

الرَّقَقُnoun

1.
thinness of foodboth
Refers to food that is thin or not substantial.

الرقق محركة: رقة الطعام — Ar-ruqaq, vocalized: the thinness of food.

رَقِيقadjective

1.
weak, feebleboth
Describes a person who is weak, easily influenced, or lacking resilience.
2.
thin, delicateboth
Referring to something that is not thick or substantial.

رجل رقيق: أي ضعيف هين — A raqiq man: meaning weak and easily managed.

استوصوا بالمعزى، فإنه مال رقيق — Be kind to goats, for they are a delicate possession.

أَرَقُّadjective

1.
tender-hearted, compassionateboth
Describes people whose hearts are soft, receptive to advice, and compassionate.

وهم أرق قلوبا، أي: ألين وأقبل للموعظة — And they are arq qulooban: meaning softer-hearted and more receptive to admonition.

تَرَقَّقَverb

1.
to be softened, to yieldboth
To become weak in resolve or patience, often due to persuasion or temptation.
2.
to walk gentlyclassical
To walk with a light, easy gait.

فتنته حتى رق، أي ضعف صبره — She tempted him until he yielded, meaning his patience weakened.

وترقق: مشى مشيا سهلا — And taraqqaqa: he walked with an easy gait.

رَقَّverb

1.
to become thin, delicateboth
To decrease in thickness or substance.
2.
to become weak, feebleboth
To lose strength or resilience.
3.
to become soft, tenderboth
To lose hardness or rigidity.
4.
to become compassionateboth
To develop a softer, more sympathetic disposition.

رق عدده، أي سنوه التي يعدها: ذهب أكثرها — His count became thin, meaning most of the years he counted had passed.

رَقَّتْ عِظَامُهُverb

1.
to grow oldclassical
Literally 'his bones became thin', used idiomatically to mean becoming old and frail.

ورقت عظامه: إذا كبر وأسن — And his bones became thin: meaning he grew old and aged.

مُرَقَّقnoun

1.
a wide, thin flatbreadclassical
A type of bread that is wide and thin.

والمرقق، كمعظم: الرغيف الواسع الرقيق — And al-muraqqaq, like mu'azzam: the wide, thin loaf.

وَرَقَverb

1.
to possess, to ownclassical
To come into possession of something.

ورقه فهو مرقوق: إذا ملكه — He possessed it, and it was possessed: meaning he owned it.

وَرَقْرَقَverb

1.
to infuse, to imbueboth
To spread a scent or quality thoroughly within something, like perfume in a garment.
2.
to mix (wine)classical
To blend or mix wine.

ورقرق الثوب بالطيب: أجراه فيه — Warqaraqa the garment with perfume: he made it flow within it.

ورقرق الخمر: مزجها — Warqaraqa the wine: he mixed it.

رَقْرَاقadjective

1.
shimmering, sparklingboth
Describing something that has a gleam, sparkle, or shimmering quality, like a mirage or clouds.

ورقراق السحاب: ما ذهب منه وجاء — Warqaraq as-sahab: what went from it and came.

سراب رقرقان: ذو بصيص — A shimmering mirage: possessing a gleam.

تَرَقْرَقَverb

1.
to flow easily, to trickleboth
To move in a smooth, easy, or trickling manner.

وترقرق: جرى جربا سهلا — And taraqraqa: it flowed with an easy, smooth current.

رَقَارِقadjective

1.
thin, fine (fabric)classical
Describing a garment that is thin and fine.

وثوب رقارق، بالضم: رقيق — And a raqaariq garment, with damma: thin.

تَرَقْرَقَتْ عَيْنُهُverb

1.
to well up with tearsboth
Describes the eyes becoming tearful, with tears gathering.

وترقرقَت عينه: دمعت — And his eye welled up: it became tearful.

رَقْرَاقُ الدَّمْعِnoun

1.
welling tearsboth
The gathering or welling of tears in the eyes.

ورقراق الدمع: ما ترقرق منه — And the warqaraq of tears: what welled up from it.

تَرْقِيقُ الكَلَامِnoun

1.
embellishing speechboth
Making speech sound attractive, persuasive, or appealing.

وترقيق الكلام: تحسينه وتزيينه — And tarqiq al-kalam: improving and adorning it.

فَيُرَقِّقُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًاverb

1.
to allure, to enticeclassical
Describes how one tribulation or temptation makes another seem more appealing or less severe.

فتجىء فتنة فيرقق بعضها بعضا — So a tribulation comes, and some of it makes the others seem appealing.

أَرَقَّتْ بِهِمْ أَخْلَاقُهُمْverb

1.
to be stingy, miserlyclassical
Figuratively, their character made them hold back or be stingy.

وأرقت بهم أخلاقهم: شحت — And their character made them stingy: they were miserly.

اسْتَرَقَّ اللَّيْلُverb

1.
most of the night passedclassical
Indicates that the greater part of the night has elapsed.

واسترق الليل: مضى أكثره — And istaraqqa the night: most of it passed.

تَرَقَّقَverb

1.
to walk gentlyclassical
To walk with a light, easy gait.

وترقق: مشى مشيا سهلا — And taraqqaqa: he walked with an easy gait.

رَقَّقَ بَيْنَ القَوْمِverb

1.
to sow discordclassical
To cause strife or division among people.

ورقق بين القوم: أفسد — And raqqqa between the people: he caused corruption/discord.

يَتَرَاقُّverb

1.
to reach its limitclassical
To attain its end or final point.

علام يتراقه هرمك — To what limit does your old age reach?

الرِّقَّةُname

1.
a place name in Egyptclassical
Two villages in Upper Egypt.

والرقة: قريتان بمصر في الصعيد الأدنى — And Ar-Riqqah: two villages in Egypt in the Lower Thebaid.

الرَّقِيَّاتُname

1.
legal questionsclassical
A collection of legal questions compiled by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani.

والرقيات: مسائل كان جمعها محمد ابن الحسن الشيباني — And Ar-Raqiyyat: questions that Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani collected.

الرَّقَقُname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location in the territory of Banu 'Amr ibn Kilab.

والرقق: موضع من ديار بني عمرو ابن كلاب — And Ar-Ruqaq: a place from the lands of Banu 'Amr ibn Kilab.

يَوْمُ رَقْرَاقٍname

1.
a hot dayclassical
Refers to a day characterized by intense heat.

ويوم رقراق: حار — And Yawm Raqraaq: hot.

رَقَّةُ بَاسِقٍname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location in the region of Al-Mahawil, part of the works of Nahr 'Isa.

ورقة باسق: بالمحول، من أعمال نهر عيسى — And Raqqat Baasiq: in Al-Mahawil, from the works of Nahr 'Isa.

رَقَّةٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location described as a lion's den.

ورقة: مأسدة — And Raqqah: a lion's den.

Parallel reading

ترقرق فيهن المنايا اللوامع

The shimmering, blameworthy deaths appeared within them.

إذا رأيتها صارت كأنها تدور

when you see it, it appears as if it is rotating.

إن الشمس تطلع ترقرق

Indeed, the sun rises shimmering/appearing to move.

يعني تدور وتجىء وتذهب

meaning it rotates and comes and goes.

مال مترقرق للسمن، أو مترقرق للهزال

An animal that appears to be gaining weight, or appearing to be losing weight.

مترقرق لأن يرمد، أي: متهيىء له تراه قد دنا من ذلك الرمد، أي: الهلاك

On the verge of becoming afflicted with eye disease, meaning it appears close to that affliction, i.e., destruction.

والتركيب يدل على صفة تكون مخالفة للجفاء، وعلى اضطراب شيء مائع

And the root indicates a quality that is contrary to harshness, and the agitation of something fluid.

ناقة رقيقة: ضعفت أنقاؤها ورقت

A weak she-camel: her strength diminished and her bones became thin.

والرق، بالكسر: الشيء الرقيق

And ar-ruqq, with kasra: the thin thing.

مسترق الأنف، ومرقه: حيث لان في جانبه

Mustaraq al-anf, and maraquhu: where it is soft on its side.

مراق الإبل: أرفاغها

Maraqq al-ibil: their flanks.

وعيش رقيق الحواشي: ناعم

And a life of raqiq al-hawashi: soft and pleasant.

وفلان رقيق الدين، والحال، وهو مجاز

And so-and-so is weak in faith or circumstances, and this is metaphorical.

الرقق محركة: رقة الطعام

Ar-ruqaq, vocalized: the thinness of food.

استوصوا بالمعزى، فإنه مال رقيق

Be kind to goats, for they are a delicate possession.

ورجل رقيق: أي ضعيف هين

And a raqiq man: meaning weak and easily managed.

وهم أرق قلوبا، أي: ألين وأقبل للموعظة

And they are arq qulooban: meaning softer-hearted and more receptive to admonition.

فتنته حتى رق، أي ضعف صبره

She tempted him until he yielded, meaning his patience weakened.

وفلان رق عدده، أي سنوه التي يعدها: ذهب أكثرها وبقي أقلها

And so-and-so's count became thin, meaning most of the years he counted had passed, and fewer remained.

ورقت عظامه: إذا كبر وأسن

And his bones became thin: meaning he grew old and aged.

والمرقق، كمعظم: الرغيف الواسع الرقيق

And al-muraqqaq, like mu'azzam: the wide, thin loaf.

ورقه فهو مرقوق: إذا ملكه

He possessed it, and it was possessed: meaning he owned it.

ورقرق الثوب بالطيب: أجراه فيه

Warqaraqa the garment with perfume: he made it flow within it.

وتبرد برد رداء العروس بالصيف رقرقت فيه العبيرا

And she wore a garment like a bride's on a summer day, in which she had infused perfume.

وكل شيء له بصيص وتلألؤ فهو رقراق

And everything that has a gleam and sparkle is warqaraq.

وترقرق: جرى جربا سهلا

And taraqraqa: it flowed with an easy, smooth current.

وثوب رقارق، بالضم: رقيق

And a raqaariq garment, with damma: thin.

وترقرقت عينه: دمعت

And his eye welled up: it became tearful.

ورقراق الدمع: ما ترقرق منه

And the warqaraq of tears: what welled up from it.

فإن لم تصاحبها رمينا بأعين سريع برقراق الدموع انهلالها

If you do not accompany us, we will throw eyes quick with the welling of tears.

ورقرق الخمر: مزجها

Warqaraqa the wine: he mixed it.

وترقيق الكلام: تحسينه وتزيينه

And tarqiq al-kalam: improving and adorning it.

فتجىء فتنة فيرقق بعضها بعضا

So a tribulation comes, and some of it makes the others seem appealing.

وأرقت بهم أخلاقهم: شحت، وهو مجاز

And their character made them stingy, and this is metaphorical.

واسترق الليل: مضى أكثره

And istaraqqa the night: most of it passed.

وترقق: مشى مشيا سهلا

And taraqqaqa: he walked with an easy gait.

ورقق بين القوم: أفسد

And raqqqa between the people: he caused corruption/discord.

ولا تدري علام يتراقه هرمك

And you do not know to what limit your old age reaches.

والرقة: قريتان بمصر في الصعيد الأدنى

And Ar-Riqqah: two villages in Egypt in the Lower Thebaid.

والرقيات: مسائل كان جمعها محمد ابن الحسن الشيباني رحمه الله تعالى حين كان قاضيا بالرقة

And Ar-Raqiyyat: questions that Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani collected when he was a judge in Ar-Raqqah.

والرقق: موضع من ديار بني عمرو ابن كلاب

And Ar-Ruqaq: a place from the lands of Banu 'Amr ibn Kilab.

ويوم رقراق: حار

And Yawm Raqraaq: hot.

ورقة باسق: بالمحول، من أعمال نهر عيسى

And Raqqat Baasiq: in Al-Mahawil, from the works of Nahr 'Isa.

ورقة: مأسدة

And Raqqah: a lion's den.