رَأْرَأَ

Root: رأ

Form: R. Q. 1

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رَأْرَأَ

R. Q. 1 or السَّحَابُ, or both, The mirage, or the clouds, or both, shone, or glistened.
2 [Hence, probably,] رَأْرَأَتْ عَيْنَاهُ [app. meaning His eyes glanced] is said when one turns his eyes: or رَأْرَأْتِ العَيْنُ means the eye was restless, turning [in various directions]: or was in a state of motion, or commotion, by reason of its weakness. And رَأْرَأَ Verbal.Noun رَأْرَأَةٌ, said of a man, He moved about the black of his eye: or he turned it about much: and he looked sharply, or intently. You say also, هُوَ يُرَأْرِئُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ [He moves about the blacks of his eyes: &c.]. (TA. [See also أَرْأَى, in art. رأى.]) And رَأْرَأْتْ, said of a woman, She glistened with her eyes, by reason of looking hard, or intently: or, said of a fornicatress, or an adulteress, she moved about the blacks of her eyes [as a sign] to the man seeking her: or رأرأت بِعَيْنِهَا, said of a woman, she glistened with her eye, by reason of looking hard, or intently: or she opened her eye wide, and looked sharply, or intently. Also, said of a woman, She looked at her face in a mirror.
3 رَأْرَأْتِ الظِّبَآءُ The gazelles wagged their tails: or so رأرأتْ بِأَذْنَابِهَا; like لَأْلَأَتْ.

def.2 رَأْرَأَ, or رَأْرَأَ بِالغَنَمِ, Verbal.Noun رَأْرَأَةٌ, He called the sheep, or goats, to water: or he called the sheep, or goats, by the cry إِرّْإِرّْ or [rather, as in the present day,] إِرَّ [i. e. إِرَّ إِرَّ,] or by the cry أَرْأَرْ: accord. to analogy, the verb [derived from the cry] should be أَرْأَرْ: طَرْطَبَ بِهَا, Verbal.Noun طَرْطَبَةٌ, signifies “ he called them [to be milked by making a sound] with his lips. ”

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