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رقي

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of ascending, climbing, or rising to a higher level, whether physically, metaphorically, or in status. It also extends to the idea of healing or protection through incantations and includes names of people and places.

Derived headwords

رَقِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to ascendboth

    To climb or move upwards to a higher place or level.

  2. 2.
    to rise in statusboth

    To advance or improve one's position or rank.

رُقِيًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    ascendingboth

    The act of climbing or moving upwards.

  2. 2.
    risingboth

    The act of advancing in status or rank.

رُقِيًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    incantationclassical

    A charm or spell used for healing or protection, often involving blowing or reciting.

ارْتَقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to ascendboth

    To climb up or move to a higher position.

  2. 2.
    to advanceboth

    To progress or move forward in rank, status, or knowledge.

تَرَقَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to ascend graduallyboth

    To climb or rise step by step, often implying a gradual progression.

  2. 2.
    to advance progressivelyboth

    To move up in rank, status, or knowledge through a series of steps.

مِرْقَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    stairboth

    A step or degree in a series, used for climbing.

  2. 2.
    ladderboth

    A device made of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.

مَرَاقِيnoun
  1. 1.
    stairsboth

    Plural of mirqāh, referring to steps or degrees.

  2. 2.
    laddersboth

    Plural of mirqāh, referring to devices for climbing.

تَرْقِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    raisingboth

    The act of lifting or elevating something, especially speech or words.

  2. 2.
    promotionboth

    Advancement in rank or status.

رُقْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    incantationboth

    A charm or spell, particularly one recited to heal or protect someone from illness or affliction.

رُقًىnoun
  1. 1.
    incantationsboth

    Plural of ruqyah, referring to charms or spells.

رَقَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make ascendboth

    To cause someone or something to climb or rise.

  2. 2.
    to raiseboth

    To lift or elevate something.

رَقَّيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to blow into (incantation)classical

    To perform an incantation by blowing into something, often for healing.

رَقَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    one who blows (incantation)classical

    An active participle describing someone who performs an incantation by blowing.

رَاقٍadjective
  1. 1.
    ascenderboth

    One who climbs or ascends.

  2. 2.
    healer (by incantation)classical

    One who performs healing through incantations.

مَرْقِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    one upon whom incantation is blownclassical

    The passive participle indicating someone who is the subject of an incantation.

مَرْقَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    nostrilclassical

    The opening of the nose.

الرُّقَيَّاتname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ruqayyatclassical

    A nisba (attribution) referring to a poet named 'Ubayd Allah ibn Qays, possibly due to his marriage to multiple women named Ruqayyah, or having multiple grandmothers or beloveds with that name.

رُقَيّname
  1. 1.
    Ruqayyclassical

    A place name.

الرَّقَّاءname
  1. 1.
    Al-Raqqa'classical

    A nisba referring to Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Muradi, a hadith narrator.

رُقَيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Ruqayyahboth

    The name of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, who was married to Uthman ibn Affan.

رُقَيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Ruqayyahclassical

    The name of a female companion (Sahabiyyah) from the Ansar.

تَرَقَّى به الحالphrase
  1. 1.
    the situation progressedboth

    The state of affairs or condition improved or advanced.

ارْقَ على ظَلْعِكphrase
  1. 1.
    walk as much as you canclassical

    An idiom meaning to walk or exert oneself to the extent of one's ability, without overexertion.

مَرْقًىnoun
  1. 1.
    place of ascentboth

    A place where one can climb or ascend.

مُرْتَقًىnoun
  1. 1.
    place of ascentboth

    A place where one can climb or ascend.

اسْتَرْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to ask to be healed by incantationclassical

    To request someone to perform an incantation for healing.

الرَّوَاقِيnoun
  1. 1.
    healer (woman or man)classical

    A term possibly referring to a female or male healer, possibly using incantations.

رَقِيّname
  1. 1.
    Ruqiyyclassical

    The name of a grandfather of a narrator.

رَقَّى على الباطلphrase
  1. 1.
    to exaggerate falsehoodclassical

    To increase or add to falsehood, to speak what is not true.

الرَّقَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    climber (on mountains)classical

    An adjective indicating someone who climbs mountains, used in a superlative sense.

Parallel reading

فليرتقوا في الأسباب
Then let them ascend by the means (or ropes).
ورقى عليه كلاما ترقية: رفع
And 'raqā 'alayhi kalāman' (ترقية) means to raise speech.
والرقية، بالضم: العوذة التي يرقى بها صاحب الآفة
And 'al-ruqyah', with dammah, is the incantation by which one afflicted with an ailment is treated.
قال عروة: فما تركا من عوذة يعرفانها ولا رقية إلا بها رقياني
Urwah said: 'They did not leave any incantation they knew, nor any charm, except they used it to treat him.'
من راق
Is there any healer?
أي لا راقي يرقيه فيحميه
Meaning, is there any healer who can heal him and protect him?
وقال ابن عباس: معناه من يرقى بروحه أملائكة الرحمة أم ملائكة العذاب
And Ibn Abbas said: 'It means, who will ascend with his soul, the angels of mercy or the angels of punishment?'
مرقيا الأنف: حرفاه
The 'marqiyyān' of the nose are its two edges.
وعبيد الله بن قيس الرقيات: شاعر مشهور
And Ubayd Allah ibn Qays Al-Ruqayyat: a famous poet.
لأنه تزوج عدة نسوة وافق أسماؤهن كلهن رقية فنسب إليهن
Because he married several women whose names all happened to be Ruqayyah, so he was attributed to them.
عبد الله بن شفي بن رقي بن زيد بن ذي العابل الرعيني صحابي
Abd Allah ibn Shafi ibn Ruqiyy ibn Zayd ibn Dhi al-'Abil al-Ra'ini: a companion.
محمد بن إبراهيم بن محمد المرادي السبتي المعروف بالرقاء محدث
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Muradi al-Sabti, known as Al-Raqqa': a hadith narrator.
رقية بنت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم ورضي عنها، تزوجها سيدنا عثمان بمكة
Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him and may Allah be pleased with her), whom our master Uthman married in Mecca.
لئن كنت في جب ثمانين قامة ورقيت أسباب السماء بسلم
If I were in a well eighty cubits deep, and I climbed the ropes of the sky with a ladder.
وترقى في العلم: رقي فيه درجة درجة
And 'tarraqā fī al-'ilm': he advanced in knowledge step by step.
ما زال يترقى به الحال حتى بلغ غايته
The situation kept progressing for him until he reached his goal.
ارق على ظلعك أي اصعد وامش بقدر ما تطيق
'Arqi 'alā ẓal'ik' means ascend and walk as much as you can.
استرقوا لها فإن بها النظرة
Seek healing for her with an incantation, for she has the evil eye.
لا يسترقون ولا يكتوون
They do not seek healing by incantation, nor do they cauterize.
لقد علمت والأجل الباقي أن لا ترد القدر الرواقي
You know, and life remains, that fate will not be repelled by the healer.
ورقي، كسمي: جد شرحبيل بن يزيد من مواليه
And Ruqiyy, like Sumayy: the grandfather of Shurahbil ibn Yazid from his clients.
ورقى على الباطل ترقية تزيد فيه، وتقول ما لم يكن
And 'raqā 'alā al-bāṭil' (ترقية) means to exaggerate falsehood and say what is not true.