رقيع
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ر ق ع (r-q-ʿ).
Adjective
رَقِيع • (raqīʿ) (elative أَرْقَع (ʾarqaʿ))
- patched, having suffered mending
- (figuratively, derogatory) grabby, bold-faced, having a deficit in character or intellectual capacity
Declension
Declension of adjective رَقِيع (raqīʿ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَقِيع raqīʿ | الرَّقِيع ar-raqīʿ | رَقِيعَة raqīʿa | الرَّقِيعَة ar-raqīʿa |
| Nominative | رَقِيعٌ raqīʿun | الرَّقِيعُ ar-raqīʿu | رَقِيعَةٌ raqīʿatun | الرَّقِيعَةُ ar-raqīʿatu |
| Accusative | رَقِيعًا raqīʿan | الرَّقِيعَ ar-raqīʿa | رَقِيعَةً raqīʿatan | الرَّقِيعَةَ ar-raqīʿata |
| Genitive | رَقِيعٍ raqīʿin | الرَّقِيعِ ar-raqīʿi | رَقِيعَةٍ raqīʿatin | الرَّقِيعَةِ ar-raqīʿati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَقِيعَيْن raqīʿayn | الرَّقِيعَيْن ar-raqīʿayn | رَقِيعَتَيْن raqīʿatayn | الرَّقِيعَتَيْن ar-raqīʿatayn |
| Nominative | رَقِيعَانِ raqīʿāni | الرَّقِيعَانِ ar-raqīʿāni | رَقِيعَتَانِ raqīʿatāni | الرَّقِيعَتَانِ ar-raqīʿatāni |
| Accusative | رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʿayni | الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʿayni | رَقِيعَتَيْنِ raqīʿatayni | الرَّقِيعَتَيْنِ ar-raqīʿatayni |
| Genitive | رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʿayni | الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʿayni | رَقِيعَتَيْنِ raqīʿatayni | الرَّقِيعَتَيْنِ ar-raqīʿatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رِقَاع riqāʿ | الرِّقَاع ar-riqāʿ | رِقَاع riqāʿ | الرِّقَاع ar-riqāʿ |
| Nominative | رِقَاعٌ riqāʿun | الرِّقَاعُ ar-riqāʿu | رِقَاعٌ riqāʿun | الرِّقَاعُ ar-riqāʿu |
| Accusative | رِقَاعًا riqāʿan | الرِّقَاعَ ar-riqāʿa | رِقَاعًا riqāʿan | الرِّقَاعَ ar-riqāʿa |
| Genitive | رِقَاعٍ riqāʿin | الرِّقَاعِ ar-riqāʿi | رِقَاعٍ riqāʿin | الرِّقَاعِ ar-riqāʿi |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Aramaic רְקִיַעָא / ܪܩܝܺܥܴܐ (rəqīʿā), from Hebrew רָקִיעַ (rāqī́aʿ).
Noun
رَقِيع • (raqīʿ) m or f (plural أَرْقِعَة (ʾarqiʿa))
- firmament, first heaven, canopy
- 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 47:
- «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: «اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ». قَالَ «فَإِنَّهَا الرَّقِيعُ سَقْفٌ مَحْفُوظٌ وَمَوْجٌ مَكْفُوفٌ.»
- “Wit ye what is over you?” They said: “God and his messenger wit best”, and he said: “Forsooth it is a wared ceiling canopy the billow of which is held back.”
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Declension
Declension of noun رَقِيع (raqīʿ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَقِيع raqīʿ | الرَّقِيع ar-raqīʿ | رَقِيع raqīʿ |
| Nominative | رَقِيعٌ raqīʿun | الرَّقِيعُ ar-raqīʿu | رَقِيعُ raqīʿu |
| Accusative | رَقِيعًا raqīʿan | الرَّقِيعَ ar-raqīʿa | رَقِيعَ raqīʿa |
| Genitive | رَقِيعٍ raqīʿin | الرَّقِيعِ ar-raqīʿi | رَقِيعِ raqīʿi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | رَقِيعَيْن raqīʿayn | الرَّقِيعَيْن ar-raqīʿayn | رَقِيعَيْ raqīʿay |
| Nominative | رَقِيعَانِ raqīʿāni | الرَّقِيعَانِ ar-raqīʿāni | رَقِيعَا raqīʿā |
| Accusative | رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʿayni | الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʿayni | رَقِيعَيْ raqīʿay |
| Genitive | رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʿayni | الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʿayni | رَقِيعَيْ raqīʿay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَرْقِعَة ʾarqiʿa | الْأَرْقِعَة al-ʾarqiʿa | أَرْقِعَة ʾarqiʿat |
| Nominative | أَرْقِعَةٌ ʾarqiʿatun | الْأَرْقِعَةُ al-ʾarqiʿatu | أَرْقِعَةُ ʾarqiʿatu |
| Accusative | أَرْقِعَةً ʾarqiʿatan | الْأَرْقِعَةَ al-ʾarqiʿata | أَرْقِعَةَ ʾarqiʿata |
| Genitive | أَرْقِعَةٍ ʾarqiʿatin | الْأَرْقِعَةِ al-ʾarqiʿati | أَرْقِعَةِ ʾarqiʿati |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 284
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “رقيع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1137