Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَقْدَةٌ

Root: رقد

Full Definition

رَقْدَةٌ A sleep. One says, مَا أَطْيَبَ رَقْدَةَ السَّحَرِ [How sweet is the sleep of the time a little before daybreak!].
2 A state of extinction of vitality (هَمْدَةٌ) between the present life and the life to come.
3 أَصَابَتْنَا رَقْدَةٌ مَنَ الحَرِّ A period of heat befell us lasting half a month, or less, or ten days: or رَقْدَةٌ signifies a heat that befalls one after days of wind and an abatement of violent heat.


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