Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ارشق

Root: رشق

Form: 4

Full Definition

ارشقIV He shot in one direction; as also .
2 See also 1.
3 He looked sharply, or intently, or attentively: [and] أَرْشَقَتْ, Verbal.Noun إِرْشَاقٌ, she looked sharply, &c.; said of a woman, and of a مَهَاة [or wild cow]. You say, أَرْشَقْتُ إِلَى القَوْمِ [I looked sharply, &c., or] I raised, or cast, my eyes, and looked, at, or towards, the party, or company of men; and so القَوْمَ. And أَرْشَقَتِ الظَّبْيَةُ إِلَى مَأْرَبِهَا The she-gazelle looked sharply, or intently, or attentively, at the object of her want. As some say, ارشقت الظَّبْيَةُ signifies The she-gazelle extended, or stretched out, her neck.

def.2 مَا أَرْشَقَهَا, said of a bow, How light, and swift in the flight of its arrow, is it! The exclamation mark is unclear in the text.


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