رَقَقٌ

Root: رق

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رَقَقٌ , an Verbal.Noun, [Thinness, and consequently] weakness of the bones, or in the bones, or of the bone, or as in the bone, and in a camel's foot: [and] lightness in a horse's hoof.
2 Paucity: thus in the saying, فِى مَالِهِ رَقَقٌ [In his property is paucity]: mentioned by Fr, or by A'Obeyd thus, but the saying mentioned by Fr is مَا فِى مَالِهِ رَقّقٌ There is not in his property paucity.
3 And Scantiness (رِقَّة) of food.

def.2 See also the next paragraph.

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