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رَقُودٌ

Root: رقد

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رَقُودٌ and رَقَّادٌ and يَرْقُودٌ [all signify the same; i. e. A man who sleeps much; as the last is expl. in the K and so رُقَدَةٌ ; as Golius says on the authority of a gloss. in the KL: or] رَقُودٌ signifies a man always sleeping; as also مِرْقِدَّى . [Hence,] اِمْرَأَةٌ رَقُودُ الضُّحَى [A woman who sleeps much in the morning after sunrise; meaning] a woman that leads an easy, and a soft, or delicate, life; and so نَؤُومُ الضُّحَى.
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