رقي

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See also: رقى

Arabic

Root
ر ق ي (r q y)
8 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

رَقِيَ (raqiya) I (non-past يَرْقَى (yarqā), verbal noun رَقْي (raqy) or رُقِيّ (ruqiyy))

  1. to rise, to ascend
  2. to be promoted
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

رَقْي (raqym

  1. verbal noun of رَقِيَ (raqiya) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of رَقَى (raqā) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Noun

رُقِيّ (ruqiyym

  1. verbal noun of رَقِيَ (raqiya) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of رَقَى (raqā) (form I)
Declension

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally from رقة (ragga, Raqqa, a province in Syria) + the relative adjective suffix ـي (i, of, belonging to, -y).[1] Now reanalysed as single monomorphemic word.

Pronunciation

Noun

رقي (raggim (collective, singulative رقية f (raggīya), dual رقيتين (raggītēn), plural رقيات (raggiyāt))

  1. (Eastern Province, Kuwait) watermelon fruit
    Synonym: (Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE) جح (jiḥ)
    شنو تحب اكثر، الرقي ولا البطيخ؟
    šinu tḥib akṯar, ir-raggi wila-lbaṭṭīḵ?
    What do you like more, watermelon or muskmelon?
    • 2015, عاطف رمضان, “«التجارة» تحيل بائعي الرقي الإيراني إلى النيابة”, in Al-Anba (Kuwait):
      علمت «الأنباء» أن قطاع الرقابة التجارية وحماية المستهلك تمكن من ضبط نصف طن رقي إيراني المنشأ توجد به ثقوب
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See also

References

  1. ^ أحمد شمس الدين (2009) التداوي بالأعشاب والنباتات قديما وحديثا, دار الكتب العلمية, →ISBN, section 6, page 58