رَقَمَ
Root: رقم
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَقَمَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun رَقْمٌ, He wrote a writing, book, or letter. And He sealed, stamped, imprinted, or impressed. And رَقَمَ الِكتَابَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He marked the writing with the dots, or points, and made its letters distinct, or plain. One says, هُوَ يَرْقُمُ المَآءَ, or هُوَ يَرْقُمُ فِى المَآءِ, [He writes, &c., upon the water,] a prov., applied to the skilful and intelligent, meaning he is so skilful that he writes, &c., (يَرْقُمُ) where the writing, &c., (الرَّقْمُ,) will not remain fixed. And one says of a skilful workwoman, clever in sewing skins and the like, هِىَ تَرْقُمُ المَآءَ and تَرْقُمُ فِى المَآءِ.
2 And رَقَمَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun; and رقّمهُ , Verbal.Noun تَرْقِيمٌ; He figured, variegated, or decorated, the garment, or piece of cloth; and made it striped, or marked it with stripes: or, accord. to IF, he figured it, variegated it, or decorated it, with a certain, or known, figuring or variegation or decoration, such as became a mark [thereof]. Also the former phrase, and ↓ the latter likewise, said of a trader, or dealer, He marked, or put a mark on, the garment, or piece of cloth, specifying its price; he put a price-mark upon it: whence, لَا يَجُوزُ بَيْعُ الشَّىْءِ بِرَقْمِهِ [The sale of the thing by the putting a price-mark upon it shall not be allowable, because the express consent of the seller as well as that of the purchaser is necessary to the ratification of the sale]: [or] رَقَمْتُ الشَّىْءَ signifies I marked the thing so as to distinguish it from other things, as, for instance, by writing and the like: and hence, لَا يُبَاعُ الثَّوْبُ بِرَقْمِهِ وَلَا بِلَمْسِهِ [The garment, or piece of cloth, shall not be sold by the putting a price-mark upon it, for the reason explained above, nor by the feeling it, or touching it: see 3 in art. لمس].
3 [Hence,] هُوَ يَزِيدُ فِى الرَّقْمِ is a phrase used by the relaters of traditions as meaning
4 You say also, رَقَمَ البَعِيرَ
2 And رَقَمَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun; and رقّمهُ , Verbal.Noun تَرْقِيمٌ; He figured, variegated, or decorated, the garment, or piece of cloth; and made it striped, or marked it with stripes: or, accord. to IF, he figured it, variegated it, or decorated it, with a certain, or known, figuring or variegation or decoration, such as became a mark [thereof]. Also the former phrase, and ↓ the latter likewise, said of a trader, or dealer, He marked, or put a mark on, the garment, or piece of cloth, specifying its price; he put a price-mark upon it: whence, لَا يَجُوزُ بَيْعُ الشَّىْءِ بِرَقْمِهِ [The sale of the thing by the putting a price-mark upon it shall not be allowable, because the express consent of the seller as well as that of the purchaser is necessary to the ratification of the sale]: [or] رَقَمْتُ الشَّىْءَ signifies I marked the thing so as to distinguish it from other things, as, for instance, by writing and the like: and hence, لَا يُبَاعُ الثَّوْبُ بِرَقْمِهِ وَلَا بِلَمْسِهِ [The garment, or piece of cloth, shall not be sold by the putting a price-mark upon it, for the reason explained above, nor by the feeling it, or touching it: see 3 in art. لمس].
3 [Hence,] هُوَ يَزِيدُ فِى الرَّقْمِ is a phrase used by the relaters of traditions as meaning
4 You say also, رَقَمَ البَعِيرَ
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