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رَقَصَ

Root: رقص

Form: 1

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رَقَصَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَقْصٌ, or رَقَصٌ, of the measure فَعَلٌ, like طَرَدٌ and حَلَبٌ, inf. ns. of طَرَدَ and حَلَبَ, [He danced; this is what is meant by the explanation] he played, or sported; syn. لَعِبَ: said of a رَقَّاص [or dancer], or of a لَعَّاب [or player or sporter], and of a مُخَنَّث [or effeminate man, or one who affects the manners &c. of women], and of a صُوفِىّ [or mystic, in a choral celebration of the praises of God, which is termed a ذِكْر, performed by certain orders of darweeshes, all of whom, more or less, pretend to be mystics].
2 Also رَقَصَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَقْصٌ and رَقَصٌ, or the latter only, and رَقَصَانٌ, He went the pace, or in the manner, termed خَبَبٌ; [i. e. ambled;] or went in a manner which was a kind of خَبَب: or went quickly. One does not say يَرْقُصُ [in speaking of any animate being] except of a player or sporter and of a camel and the like: in relation to others, one uses the terms قَقْزٌ and نَقْزٌ: or sometimes,
3 it is also said of an ass, meaning He played with his she-ass.
4 You say also, رَقَصَ فُؤَادُهُ بَيْنَ جَنَاحَيْهِ مِنَ الفَزَعِ [His heart throbbed, or leapt, between his two sides, by reason of fright].
5 رَقَصَ also signifies It (wine, S, K, and the beverage called نَبِيذ, A) estuated: or began to do so.
6 And It was, or became, in a state of commotion; [it danced;] and so it signifies when said of bubbles (حَبَاب). You say, أَنَيْتُهُ حِينَ رَقَصَ السَّرَابُ or الآلُ [I came to him when the mirage danced; in the heat of the day].
7 And He hasted, or was quick, فِى كَلَامِهِ in his speech. You say also, لَهُ رَقْصٌ فِى القَوْلِ He has a haste in speech.
8 [And He spoke evil against another.] You say, سَمِعْتُ رَقْصَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْنَا I heard the evil speaking of the people against us.
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