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رِتَاقٌ

Root: رتق

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رِتَاقٌ [A garment composed of] two pieces of cloth sewed together (يُرْتَقَانِ) by their borders. Hence the saying of a rájiz, جَارِيَ بَيْضَآءُ فِى رِتَاقِ تُدِيرُ طَرْفًا أَكْحَلَ المَآقِى [A fair girl in a رتاق, turning about eyes black in the inner angles.]
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