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رَقِيق

thin

AdjectiveRoot ر-ق-ق

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Feminine
رَقِيقَة
Masculine plural
أَرِقَّاء
Feminine plural
رَقِيقَات
Plural
رِقَاق
Elative
أَرَقّ
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
أَرَقّ
elative degree of رَقِيق

رَقِيق in English

Adjective

  1. thin, fine, subtle
  2. soft, sensitive, sentimental
  3. slim
  4. in narrow circumstances

Word origin

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَقَّ (raqqa, “to become thin”). Compare Hebrew רַךְ (rakh, “soft”).

Words from the root ر-ق-ق

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رَقَّ · present يَرِقُّ

to be thin, fine; to be soft, tender; to pity, to sympathize, to have compassion (for)

رِقَّة
Verbal noun
رَاقّ
Active participle
مَرْقُوق
Passive participle
Derived noun · Adjective
thin
مِرْقَاق
Derived noun
rolling pin
رَقَّ · present يَرُقُّ

to crush, to grind, to pulverize, to beat into a powder; to batter, to ram; to soften, to weaken, to relent

رَقّ
Verbal noun
رَاقّ
Active participle
مَرْقُوق
Passive participle
رَقَّ · present يَرِقُّ

to be or become a slave

رِقّ
Verbal noun
رَاقّ
Active participle
رَقَّقَ · present يُرَقِّقُ

to thin (out), to flatten

تَرْقِيق
Verbal noun
مُرَقِّق
Active participle
مُرَقَّق
Passive participle
اِسْتَرَقَّ · present يَسْتَرِقُّ

to enslave; to soften; to be thin, to be delicate

اِسْتِرْقَاق
Verbal noun
مُسْتَرِقّ
Active participle
مُسْتَرَقّ
Passive participle
تَرَقْرَقَ · present يَتَرَقْرَقُ
Form IIq

to flow, to run; to shine, to glisten

تَرَقْرُق
Verbal noun
مُتَرَقْرِق
Active participle
أَرَقّ
Adjective
elative degree of رَقِيق

رَقِيق: plural and other forms

Singularرَقِيق
Feminineرَقِيقَة
Masculine pluralأَرِقَّاء
Feminine pluralرَقِيقَات
Pluralرِقَاق
Elative (more / most)أَرَقّ

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