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أَرْقَعُ

Root: رقع

Full Definition

أَرْقَعُ : fem. رَقْعَآءُ: see رَقِيعٌ, in three places.
2 Also, the fem., applied to a ewe, or she-goat, Having a whiteness in her side.
3 And, applied to a woman, Having no buttocks: or slender in the shanks.

def.2 [Also More, and most, stupid, foolish, or deficient in sense.] You say, مَا تَحْتَ الرَّقِيعِ أَرْقَعُ مِنْهُ [There is not beneath the sky a person more stupid, &c., than he].
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