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رَقَشَ

Root: رقس

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَقَشَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَقْشٌ, He variegated; coloured with two or more colours; decorated; embellished; syn. نَقَشَ; and زَيَّنَ; as also رقّش ; and . (So in a copy of the A: [but I think that this is a mistranscription, for رَقَّشَ.])
2 He wrote: and he pointed, or dotted, characters, and writing: as also , Verbal.Noun تَرْقِيشٌ; in both senses: and ↓ the latter, he wrote upon, or in, papers or the like, or books.
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