رَائِقٌ
Root: روق
Full Definition
رَائِقٌ
Cleared, or clarified, [or rather
مُرَوَّقٌ has this meaning, and رَائِقٌ signifies clear,] wine, or beverage. And Pure musk. [See also the same word in art. ريق: and see رَوْقٌ.]
def.2 [Also Exceeding, surpassing, or superlative: see 1, second and next two following sentences.]
2 See also رَوْقٌ, third sentence. [Hence,] Goodly, or beautiful: from رَاقَنِى signifying as expl. in the first paragraph of this art.; or from رَاقَ signifying “ it was, or became, clear: ” pl. رُوقَةٌ, like as فُرْهَةٌ and صُحْبَةٌ are pls. of فَارِهٌ and صَاحِبٌ, [or rather quasi-pl.,] applied to boys, and to girls; [and also an epithet used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl. and dual;] and رُوقٌ is another pl. of رَائِقٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is of بَازِلٌ. رُوقَةُ المُؤْمِنِينَ, in which روقة is [quasi-] pl. of رائق, means the best, and the manly and noble or generous, of the believers.
def.2 [Also Exceeding, surpassing, or superlative: see 1, second and next two following sentences.]
2 See also رَوْقٌ, third sentence. [Hence,] Goodly, or beautiful: from رَاقَنِى signifying as expl. in the first paragraph of this art.; or from رَاقَ signifying “ it was, or became, clear: ” pl. رُوقَةٌ, like as فُرْهَةٌ and صُحْبَةٌ are pls. of فَارِهٌ and صَاحِبٌ, [or rather quasi-pl.,] applied to boys, and to girls; [and also an epithet used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl. and dual;] and رُوقٌ is another pl. of رَائِقٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is of بَازِلٌ. رُوقَةُ المُؤْمِنِينَ, in which روقة is [quasi-] pl. of رائق, means the best, and the manly and noble or generous, of the believers.
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