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رَوْنَقٌ

Root: رنق

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رَوْنَقٌ The مَآء [or water] of a sword; i. e. its فِرِنْد [or diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain]; and its beauty; or the semblance of water that is seen upon a sword.
2 And of the ضُحَى [or early part of the forenoon], &c.; meaning The first, or beginning, thereof; and its clearness. One says, أَتَيْتُهُ فِى رَوْنَقِ الضُّحَى I came to him in the first, or beginning, of the ضحى; like as one says فِى وَجْهِ الضُّحَى. And رَوْنَقُ الشَّبَابِ means The prime of youth; and its freshness, or brightness, and beauty.
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