See also: ارق and آرق

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ء ر ق (ʔ r q)
2 terms

Verb

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أَرِقَ (ʔariqa) I (non-past يَأْرَقُ (yaʔraqu), verbal noun أَرَق (ʔaraq))

  1. to be sleepless
Conjugation
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Verb

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أَرَّقَ (ʔarraqa) II (non-past يُؤَرِّقُ (yuʔarriqu), verbal noun تَأْرِيق (taʔrīq))

  1. to make sleepless
    • 13th Century CE, Al-Busiri, Qasīdat al-Burda:
      نَعَمْ سَرَى طَيْفُ مَنْ أَهْوَى فَأَرَّقَنِي
      naʕam sarā ṭayfu man ʔahwā faʔarraqanī
      Yes! Thoughts of the beloved came to me at night and kept me from sleeping.
Conjugation
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Noun

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أَرَق (ʔaraqm

  1. verbal noun of أَرِقَ (ʔariqa) (form I)
  2. (medicine, pathology) insomnia
Declension
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Declension of noun أَرَق (ʔaraq)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَرَق
ʔaraq
الْأَرَق
al-ʔaraq
أَرَق
ʔaraq
nominative أَرَقٌ
ʔaraqun
الْأَرَقُ
al-ʔaraqu
أَرَقُ
ʔaraqu
accusative أَرَقًا
ʔaraqan
الْأَرَقَ
al-ʔaraqa
أَرَقَ
ʔaraqa
genitive أَرَقٍ
ʔaraqin
الْأَرَقِ
al-ʔaraqi
أَرَقِ
ʔaraqi

Etymology 2

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Elative of رَقِيق (raqīq, thin, slim; delicate; soft).

Adjective

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أَرَقّ (ʔaraqq)

  1. elative degree of رَقِيق (raqīq):
    1. thinner, slimmer; thinnest, slimmest
    2. more delicate; most delicate
    3. softer; softest
Declension
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Declension of adjective أَرَقّ (ʔaraqq)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular diptote singular unknown
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal أَرَقّ
ʔaraqq
الْأَرَقّ
al-ʔaraqq
? ?
nominative أَرَقُّ
ʔaraqqu
الْأَرَقُّ
al-ʔaraqqu
? ?
accusative أَرَقَّ
ʔaraqqa
الْأَرَقَّ
al-ʔaraqqa
? ?
genitive أَرَقَّ
ʔaraqqa
الْأَرَقِّ
al-ʔaraqqi
? ?
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal أَرَقَّيْن
ʔaraqqayn
الْأَرَقَّيْن
al-ʔaraqqayn
? ?
nominative أَرَقَّانِ
ʔaraqqāni
الْأَرَقَّانِ
al-ʔaraqqāni
? ?
accusative أَرَقَّيْنِ
ʔaraqqayni
الْأَرَقَّيْنِ
al-ʔaraqqayni
? ?
genitive أَرَقَّيْنِ
ʔaraqqayni
الْأَرَقَّيْنِ
al-ʔaraqqayni
? ?
plural masculine feminine
plural unknown plural unknown
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal ? ? ? ?
nominative ? ? ? ?
accusative ? ? ? ?
genitive ? ? ? ?
References
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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أرق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 27
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “أرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 50.
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أرق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 20
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أرق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen