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

Declension of adjective رَقِيع (raqīʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَقِيع raqīʕ	الرَّقِيع ar-raqīʕ	رَقِيعَة raqīʕa	الرَّقِيعَة ar-raqīʕa
Nominative	رَقِيعٌ raqīʕun	الرَّقِيعُ ar-raqīʕu	رَقِيعَةٌ raqīʕatun	الرَّقِيعَةُ ar-raqīʕatu
Accusative	رَقِيعًا raqīʕan	الرَّقِيعَ ar-raqīʕa	رَقِيعَةً raqīʕatan	الرَّقِيعَةَ ar-raqīʕata
Genitive	رَقِيعٍ raqīʕin	الرَّقِيعِ ar-raqīʕi	رَقِيعَةٍ raqīʕatin	الرَّقِيعَةِ ar-raqīʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَقِيعَيْن raqīʕayn	الرَّقِيعَيْن ar-raqīʕayn	رَقِيعَتَيْن raqīʕatayn	الرَّقِيعَتَيْن ar-raqīʕatayn
Nominative	رَقِيعَانِ raqīʕāni	الرَّقِيعَانِ ar-raqīʕāni	رَقِيعَتَانِ raqīʕatāni	الرَّقِيعَتَانِ ar-raqīʕatāni
Accusative	رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʕayni	الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʕayni	رَقِيعَتَيْنِ raqīʕatayni	الرَّقِيعَتَيْنِ ar-raqīʕatayni
Genitive	رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʕayni	الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʕayni	رَقِيعَتَيْنِ raqīʕatayni	الرَّقِيعَتَيْنِ ar-raqīʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رِقَاع riqāʕ	الرِّقَاع ar-riqāʕ	رِقَاع riqāʕ	الرِّقَاع ar-riqāʕ
Nominative	رِقَاعٌ riqāʕun	الرِّقَاعُ ar-riqāʕu	رِقَاعٌ riqāʕun	الرِّقَاعُ ar-riqāʕu
Accusative	رِقَاعًا riqāʕan	الرِّقَاعَ ar-riqāʕa	رِقَاعًا riqāʕan	الرِّقَاعَ ar-riqāʕa
Genitive	رِقَاعٍ riqāʕin	الرِّقَاعِ ar-riqāʕi	رِقَاعٍ riqāʕin	الرِّقَاعِ ar-riqāʕi

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

Declension of noun رَقِيع (raqīʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَقِيع raqīʕ	الرَّقِيع ar-raqīʕ	رَقِيع raqīʕ
Nominative	رَقِيعٌ raqīʕun	الرَّقِيعُ ar-raqīʕu	رَقِيعُ raqīʕu
Accusative	رَقِيعًا raqīʕan	الرَّقِيعَ ar-raqīʕa	رَقِيعَ raqīʕa
Genitive	رَقِيعٍ raqīʕin	الرَّقِيعِ ar-raqīʕi	رَقِيعِ raqīʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَقِيعَيْن raqīʕayn	الرَّقِيعَيْن ar-raqīʕayn	رَقِيعَيْ raqīʕay
Nominative	رَقِيعَانِ raqīʕāni	الرَّقِيعَانِ ar-raqīʕāni	رَقِيعَا raqīʕā
Accusative	رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʕayni	الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʕayni	رَقِيعَيْ raqīʕay
Genitive	رَقِيعَيْنِ raqīʕayni	الرَّقِيعَيْنِ ar-raqīʕayni	رَقِيعَيْ raqīʕay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْقِعَة ʔarqiʕa	الْأَرْقِعَة al-ʔarqiʕa	أَرْقِعَة ʔarqiʕat
Nominative	أَرْقِعَةٌ ʔarqiʕatun	الْأَرْقِعَةُ al-ʔarqiʕatu	أَرْقِعَةُ ʔarqiʕatu
Accusative	أَرْقِعَةً ʔarqiʕatan	الْأَرْقِعَةَ al-ʔarqiʕata	أَرْقِعَةَ ʔarqiʕata
Genitive	أَرْقِعَةٍ ʔarqiʕatin	الْأَرْقِعَةِ al-ʔarqiʕati	أَرْقِعَةِ ʔarqiʕati

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^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1137