رقّقهُ

Root: رق

Form: 2

Full Definition

رقّقهُII , Verbal.Noun تَرْقِيقٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِرْقَاقٌ; contr. of غَلَّظَهُ; or He made it, or rendered it, رَقِيق [i. e. thin, as meaning of little thickness in comparison with its breadth and length together; &c.: see 1, first sentence; and رَقِيقٌ, below].
2 [Hence,] تَرْقِيقُ الكَلَامِ The making speech to be [soft or tender, or easy and sweet, or] elegant, graceful, or ornate; the beautifying, or embellishing, and adorning, of speech. And hence, it is said in a prov., أَعَنْ صَبُوحٍ تُرَقِّقُ Dost thou allude gracefully, courteously, politely, or delicately, to a morning-draught? [the origin of which prov. was this:] a certain man named Jábán alighted by night at the abode of a people, and they entertained him, and gave him an evening-draught; and when he had finished it, he said, “ When ye shall have given me a morning draught, how shall I enter upon my way and prosecute the object of my want? ” whereupon the saying above was addressed to him: it is applied to him who makes an allusion to a thing, like this guest, who desired to oblige the people to give him the morning draught: and was said by Esh-Shaabee to one who spoke of kissing a woman when meaning thereby جِمَاع.
3 [Hence also,] رقّق صَوْتَهُ (K in art. حزن) or [He made his voice slender, or soft, or gentle].
4 تَرْقِيقٌ also signifies [The pronouncing a word with the slender sound of the lengthened fet-h , and with the ordinary sound of the letter ل; both as in بِاللّٰهِ and للّٰهِ;] the contr. of تَفْخِيمٌ.
5 رقّق المَشْىَ, said of a camel, He went an easy pace: and , alone, signifies the same. [See also R. Q. 2.]
6 رقّق بَيْنَ القَوْمِ He created, or excited, disorder, disturbance, disagreement, or dissension, or he made, or did, mischief, between, or among, the people.

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