Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رِقٌّ

Root: رق

Full Definition

رِقٌّ : see رَقٌّ. [It is indicated in the K that it is syn. with the latter word in all of its senses: but I do not find it to be so in any other lexicon.]
2 A thin thing. (S. [There expl. as signifying شَىْءٌ رَقِيقٌ; but perhaps by this may be meant that it is an epithet syn. with رَقِيقٌ, as it is said to be in the K.]) See رَقِيقٌ.
3 The leaves of trees: or the branches that are easy for the cattle [to eat].
4 And A certain thorny plant.
5 See also رَقَاقٌ.

def.2 Also The state, or condition, of a slave; slavery; servitude; and so رِقِّيَّةٌ .


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