رقيع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ر ق ع (r-q-ʕ)

Adjective

رَقِيع • (raqīʕ) (elative أَرْقَع (ʔarqaʕ))

  1. patched, having suffered mending
  2. (figurative, derogatory) grabby, bold-faced, having a deficit in character or intellectual capacity
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic רְקִיַעָא / ܪܩܝܺܥܴܐ (rəqīʿā), from Hebrew רָקִיעַ (rāqī́aʿ).

Noun

رَقِيع • (raqīʕ) m or f (plural أَرْقِعَة (ʔarqiʕa))

  1. the firmament, the first heaven
    Synonym: سَمَاء (samāʔ)
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 47:350:
      [] «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: «ٱللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ»‏.‏ قَالَ: ‏«فَإِنَّهَا ٱلرَّقِيعُ سَقْفٌ مَحْفُوظٌ وَمَوْجٌ مَكْفُوفٌ.»‏ []
      [] “hal tadrūna mā fawqakum?” qālū: “l-lāhu warasūluhu ʔaʕlamu”. qāla: “faʔinnahā r-raqīʕu saqfun maḥfūẓun wamawjun makfūfun.” []
      [] "Wit ye what is above you?" They said, "God and His Apostle know [best]". He said, "[Well] then, it is verily the firmament, a protected covering and [with] the billows withheld." []
Declension

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