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ارقأ

Root: رقأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

ارقأIV , or الدَّمْعَ, said of God, He caused his, or the, tears to stop, or cease, flowing; or caused them to dry up, and to stop, or cease. The saying لَا أَرْقَأَ ٱللّٰهُ دَمْعَتَهُ is expl. by El-Mundhiree as meaning May God not remove, or do away with, (لَا رَفَعَ,) his tear. You say also, أَرْقَأْتُ العِرْقَ [meaning I caused the vein to stop or cease bleeding: see 1].
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