Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَشَقَهُ

Root: رشق

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَشَقَهُI , or رَشَقَهُمْ, بِالسَّهْمِ, or بِالنَّبْلِ, وَغَيْرِهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَشْقٌ; as also [or ارشقهم]; He shot, or shot at, him, or them, with the arrow, or with the arrows, and other things. It is said in a trad., لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَشْقِ النَّبْلِ [Verily it is harder upon them, or more severe or distressing to them, than the shooting of arrows at them].
2 And رَشَقَهُمْ بِنَظَرِهِ He cast his look at them.
3 See also 4, in two places.

def.2 رَشُقَ, Verbal.Noun رَشَاقَةٌ, He was, or became, goodly, or beautiful, and slender, in stature, or person: or he was, or became, just in proportion, and slender; and in like manner رَشُقَتْ is said of a girl: or he was, or became, light, or active, in his work; and in like manner رَشْقَتْ is said of a girl.


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