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رَنْقٌ

Root: رنق

Full Definition

رَنْقٌ Turbid, thick, or muddy, water; as also رَنِقٌ and رَنَقٌ .
2 Also Dust in water, consisting of motes, or particles of rubbish, and the like, that fall into it [and render it turbid]; and so رَنَقٌ . Accord. to IB, رَنْقٌ has for pl. رَنَائِقُ; as though this were pl. of رَنِيقَةٌ: or الرَّيَانِقُ is pl. of المَآءِ, or of رَنْقَةٌ, and is formed by transposition, being originally الرَّنَائِقُ. One says, مَا فِى عَيْشِهِ رَنَقٌ [There is not in his life anything that renders it turbid].
3 Also Lying, or falsehood, or a lie; syn. كَذِبٌ.
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