رهق

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Form 1رَهِقَهُ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarرَهَقٌ رُهُوقٌ

Core sense — he came upon him, he overtook him, he drew near to himgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازand there shall not come upon, or overspread, their faces [blackness, or darkness, nor abjectness, or ignominy]—وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وَجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ

. He, or it, came upon him, properly as a thing that covered him; or came to him — synonym غَشِيَهُ — and reached, or overtook, him. El-Fárábee. Or it means, or also means, he drew near to, or approached, whether he took him or not; or he followed him and was near to overtaking him.

debt, or a debt, came upon him—رَهِقَهُ الدَّيْنُ

Or دَيْنٌ.

the time of prayer came upon us—رَهِقَتْنَا الصَّلَاةُ

or رَهَقٌ.

when any one of you prays towards the thing, let him come near to it—إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ فَلْيَرْهَقْهُ

In the Mgh, إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ فَلْيَرْهَقْهَا, that is, towards a thing that he has set up for that purpose, and the like.

I sought such a one until I drew near to him—طَلَبْتُ فُلَانًا حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ

. It sometimes means that I took him, and sometimes that I did not take him.

[I sought the thing until I came near to it, and I almost took it, or I took it]—طَلَبْتُ الشَّىْءَ حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ وَكِدْتُ آخُذُهُ أَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ

[such a one's going, or going forth or away,] drew near—رَهَقَ شُخُوصُ فُلَانٍ

I drew near to it—أَرْهَقْتُهُ

Synonym دَانَيْتُهُ.

the night has drawn near to you, so hasten—أَرْهَقَكُمُ اللَّيْلُ فَأَسْرِعُوا

Synonym دَنَا.

1.1.1he did to him what he disliked, or hated—رَهِقَهُ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ

1.1.2

And رَهِقْتُ إِثْمًا: see Form 4.

1.2

رَهِقَ as an intransitive verb: see رَهَقٌ, which is its maṣdar, below.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 4 shown of 5

10:26

لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ ۖ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!

68:43

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).

70:44

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!

80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Blackness will cover them:

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَهَقَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. رَهَقٌ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) He, or it, came upon, properly as a thing that covered, him, or it; or came to him, or it; syn. غَشِيَهُ : (S, K:) and (K) reached, or overtook, him, or it: (ElFárábee, Msb, K:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (S,) he drew near to, or approached, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) whether he took, or did not take, (S, K,) him, or it: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he followed him, and was near to reaching, or overtaking, him. (JK.) It is said in the Kur [x. 27], وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وَجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ , meaning And there shall not come upon, or overspread, their faces [blackness, or darkness, nor abjectness, or ignominy]. (S, TA.) And you say, رَهِقَهُ الدَّيْنُ , (Msb, TA,) or دَيْنٌ , (Mgh,) Debt, or a debt, came upon him. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) And رَهِقَتْنَا الصَّلَاةُ , (inf. n. رُهُوقٌ , Msb, or رَهَقٌ , TA,) The time of prayer came upon us. (Mgh, * Msb, TA.) And it is said in a trad., إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ فَلْيَرْهَقْهُ , i. e. [When any one of you prays towards the thing,] let him come near to it. (JK, S. [In the Mgh, إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ فَلْيَرْهَقْهَا , i. e. towards a thing that he has set up for that purpose, &c.]) One says also, طَلَبْتُ فُلَانًا حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ , inf. n. رَهَقٌ , I sought such a one until I drew near to him, and, as it sometimes means, took him, or, as it sometimes means, did not take him. (S.) And طَلَبْتُ الشَّىْءَ حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ وَكِدْتُ آخُذُهُ أَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ [I sought the thing until I came near to it, and I almost took it, or I took it]. (Az, Msb.) And رَهَقَ شُخُوصُ فُلَانٍ , i. e. [Such a one's going, or going forth or away,] drew near. (S.) أَرْهَقْتُهُ also signifies I drew near to it; syn. دَانَيْتُهُ . (Msb.) And one says, أَرْهَقَكُمُ اللَّيْلُ فَأَسْرِعُوا , i. e. The night has drawn near [to you, therefore hasten ye]; syn. دَنَا . (TA.) You say also, رَهِقَهُ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ , inf. n. رَهَقٌ , He did to him that which he disliked, or hated. (JK.) And رَهِقْتُ إِثْمًا : see 4. رَهِقَ as an intrans. v.: see رَهَقٌ , which is its inf. n., below.

Form 2رُهِّقَ1 sense

Core sense — he was suspected of evil conduct; ignorance was attributed to himgenerated

2.1[he prayed over a woman] suspected of evil conduct—صَلَّى عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ تُرَهَّقُ

He was one to whom رَهَقٌ was attributed: ignorance was attributed to him; he was an object of suspicion in respect of his religion (see the ism mafʿūl below); or he was suspected of evil conduct.

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He was one to whom رَهَقٌ [q. v.] was attributed. (Mgh.) [He was one to whom ignorance was attributed; an object of suspicion in respect of his religion: (see the part. n., below:) or he was suspected of evil conduct.] It is said in a trad., صَلَّى عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ تُرَهَّقُ , (S, Mgh,) meaning [He prayed over a woman] suspected of evil conduct. (S.)

Form 3راهق1 sense

maṣdarمُرَاهَقَةٌ

Core sense — he (a boy) came near to attaining pubertygenerated

3.1he (a boy) became near to attaining puberty, or virility—راهق الحُلُمَ

So Az and others, in art. خلف.

he (a boy) became near to attaining puberty—ارهق

Maṣdar إِرْهَاقٌ.

[she nearly attained the age of twenty]—راهقت العِشْرِينَ

In art. عصر.

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, (S, Msb, K,) and راهق الحُلُمَ , (JK, Az, K, all in art. خلف ,) inf. n. مُرَاهَقَةٌ , (Msb,) He (a boy) was, or became, near to attaining puberty, or virility; (S, Msb, K;) as also ارهق , inf. n. إِرْهَاقٌ . (Msb.) And راهقت العِشْرِينَ [She nearly attained the age of twenty]. (K in art. عصر .)

Form 4ارهقهُ طُغْيَانًا7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he made something come upon him; he required of him a difficult thinggenerated

4.1[he made excessive disobedience to come upon him, properly as a thing that covered him]—أَغْشَاهُ إِيَّاهُ

[he made it to reach him, or overtake him, or befall him]—أَلْحَقَهُ بِهِ

[and we disapproved] that he should make excessive disobedience, and ingratitude, come upon them both—فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا

By his undutiful conduct, so bringing evil upon them. Ksh and Bd: or that he should couple with the faith of them both his excessive disobedience and his ingratitude, so that there would be in one house two believers and one who was excessively disobedient and ungrateful; or that he should communicate to them both his excessive disobedience and his ingratitude. See also خَشِىَ.

such a one made me bear the burden of a sin, so that I bore it—حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ أَرْهَقَنِى فُلَانٌ إِثْمًا

I required the man to bear, or endure, a thing, or an event—أَرْهَقْتُ الرَّجُلَ أَمْرًا

he required him to do a difficult thing—راهقهُ عُسْرًا

[As though he made the sin come upon me as a burden.]

Or he made a difficulty come upon him, properly as a thing that covered him; synonym أَغْشَاهُ إِيَّاهُ. Ksh and Bd, on 18:72.

he demanded of him a difficult thing—ارهقهُ

This last is the verb used alone.

do not demand of me a difficult thing; may God not demand a difficult thing of you—لَا تُرْهِقْنِى لَا أَرْهَقَكَ ٱللّٰهُ

the inciting, or urging, a man to do a thing he is not able to do—إِرْهَاقٌ

Qur’ān 18:80 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xviii. 79”

Lane cites “Bd in xviii. 72” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 18:80 Lane quotes this verse

وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا

"As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

4.1.1we made the horsemen overtake them, or come up with them—أَرْهَقْنَاهُمُ الخَّيْلَ

Or made them nearly do so.

4.1.2figurative · مجازhe delayed the prayer until it approached the next one—ارهق الصَّلَاةَ

Or until it almost approached the next, or until the time of the next approached.

4.1.3I hurried him so as to prevent him from praying—أَرْهَقْتُهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ

Same as أَعْجَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا; see similar phrases in art. عجل.

4.1.4

See also Form 1, near the end of that paragraph, in two places.

4.1.5

And see Form 3.

4.2

ارهقت الدَّابَّةُ السَّرْجَ: see Form 4 in art. زهق.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

18:73

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا

Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case."

18:80

وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا

"As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man).

74:17

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

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i. q. أَغْشَاهُ إِيَّاهُ [i. e. He made excessive disobedience to come upon him, properly as a thing that covered him]; (S, K;) and أَلْحَقَهُ بِهِ [i. e. made it to reach him, or overtake him, or befall him]. (K.) It is said in the Kur xviii. 79, فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا , meaning [And we disapproved] that he should make excessive disobedience, and ingratitude, to come upon them twain, by his undutiful conduct, so bringing evil upon them: or that he should couple with the faith of them twain his excessive disobedience and his ingratitude, so that there would be in one house two believers and one who was excessively disobedient and ungrateful: or that he should communicate to them twain his excessive disobedience and his ingratitude. (Ksh, Bd. [See also خَشِىَ .]) And one says, حَتَّى رَهِقْتُهُ أَرْهَقَنِى فُلَانٌ إِثْمًا , meaning Such a one made me to hear the burden of a sin, [as though he made the sin to come upon me as a burden,] so that I bore it. (S.) And أَرْهَقْتُ الرَّجُلَ أَمْرًا I made, required, or constrained, the man to bear, or endure, a thing, or an event. (Msb.) And راهقهُ عُسْرًا He made, required, or constrained, him to do a difficult thing: (AZ, S, Mgh, K:) or he made a difficulty to come upon him, properly as a thing that covered him; syn. أَغْشَاهُ إِيَّاهُ . (Ksh and Bd in xviii. 72.) And ارهقهُ , alone, He demanded of him a difficult thing. (S, Msb, K.) You say, لَا تُرْهِقْنِى لَا أَرْهَقَكَ ٱللّٰهُ Demand not thou of me a difficult thing: may God not demand of thee a difficult thing. (AZ, S, K.) And إِرْهَاقٌ signifies also The inciting, or urging, a man to do a thing that he is not able to do. (Az, K, TA.) You say also, أَرْهَقْنَاهُمُ الخَّيْلَ We made the horsemen to overtake them, or come up with them: (TA:) or to be near doing so. (JK.) And ارهق الصَّلَاةَ He delayed the prayer (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA) until it approached the other [next after it], (JK,) or until it almost approached the other, (Mgh, K, TA,) or until the time of the other approached. (S, Msb.) And أَرْهَقْتُهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ i. q. أَعْجَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا [i. e. I hurried him so as to prevent him from praying: see similar phrases in art. عجل ]. (K.) See also 1, near the end of the paragraph, in two places: and see 3. ارهقت الدَّابَّةُ السَّرْجَ : see 4 in art. زهق .

Derived nouns 14

Nounرَهَقٌ1 sense

Core sense — the doing of forbidden things; wrongful conduct; light-wittednessgenerated

The doing of forbidden things: wrongdoing; wrongful, unjust, injurious, or tyrannical conduct. According to Fr it has this last meaning in 72:13; some say it has the first meaning there.

Also the doing of evil; and a noun from إِرْهَاقٌ, meaning the inciting, or urging, a man to do a thing he is not able to do.

Also light-wittedness, or lightness and hastiness of disposition or conduct; and excessive disobedience — so in 72:6, according to some.

Also foolishness, or stupidity; lightness, or levity; or ignorance and lightness of intellect; and ill-nature, or evil disposition; and haste; and lying.

In all these senses its verb is رَهِقَ [meaning he did forbidden things; he acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, etc.], of which this is the maṣdar.

The following meanings are also assigned to it: suspicion, or evil opinion; and sin, according to Katádeh; lowness, vileness, or meanness, and weakness, according to Zj; error, according to Ibn El-Kelbee; and bad, or corrupt, conduct; and pride — رَهْقَةٌ has these two senses also; and the commission of a sin, crime, or fault, synonym عَنَتٌ; and the act of reaching, or overtaking [apparently of some evil accident]; and perdition.

Lane cites “Kur lxxii. 13” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped

Lane cites “Kur lxxii. 6” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped

Qur’ānic occurrences رَهَق 1 shown of 2

72:6

وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.

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The doing of forbidden things: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) wrongdoing; wrongful, unjust, in jurious, or tyrannical, conduct: (Fr, S, K:) it has this meaning in the Kur lxxii. 13, (S, TA,) accord. to Fr; or, as some say, the former mean ing: (TA:) the doing evil: (AA, K:) and a subst. from إِرْهَاقٌ signifying the inciting, or urging, a man to do a thing that he is not able to do: (Az, K:) lightwittedness; or lightness and hastiness of disposition or deportment; (S, K;) and excessive disobedience: so in the Kur lxxii. 6, (S, TA,) accord. to some: (TA:) foolishness, or stupidity: lightness, or levity: (K:) or ignorance, and lightness of intellect: (JK:) and illnature, or evil disposition: (TA:) and haste: (K:) and lying: (Mgh, K:) in all these senses, [i. e. in all that have been mentioned above as from the K, and app. in others also, above and below,] its verb is رَهِقَ , aor. رَهَقَ , [meaning He did forbidden things: acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically: &c.:] (K, TA:) of which it is the inf. n.: (TA:) and the following meanings also are assigned to it [app. by interpreters of the passages in which it occurs in the Kur]: sus picion, or evil opinion: and sin: accord. to Katádeh: lowness, vileness, or meanness; and weakness; accord. to Zj: error; accord. to Ibn El-Kelbee: and bad, or corrupt, conduct: and pride: and so رَهْقَةٌ , in these two senses: and the commission of a sin or crime or fault; syn. عَنَتٌ : and the act of reaching, or overtaking [app. of some evil accident]: and perdition. (TA.)

Nounرَهِقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man given to forbidden things; hasty, quick to do evilgenerated

1an immoral woman; an adulteress, or a fornicatress—رَهِقَةٌ

A man in whose conduct, or character, is رَهَقٌ [explained above: one who does forbidden things, etc.]: hasty; quick to do evil; and self-conceited, proud, or haughty.

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A man in whose conduct, or character, is رَهَقٌ [expl. above: i. e. one who does forbidden things: &c.]: (O:) hasty: quick to do evil: and self-conceited; proud, or haughty. (TA.) And رَهِقَةٌ A vitious woman; or an adulteress, or a fornicatress. (TA.)

Nounرَهْقَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an immoral woman; an adulteressgenerated

See رَهَقٌ.

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: see رَهَقٌ .

Nounيَعْدُو الرَّهَقَى1 sense

Core sense — he runs quickly, so that a pursuer can hardly keep upgenerated

He runs quickly, so as to require his pursuer to do what is difficult or beyond his power (حَتَّى يُرْهِقَ طَالِبَهُ, or, as in the CK, حتّى يُرْهَقَ طَالِبُهُ, which is virtually the same).

Or he runs quickly, so that he almost reaches, or overtakes, the object of his pursuit.

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He runs quickly, so as to require his pursuer to do what is difficult or what is beyond his power ( حَتَّى يُرْهِقَ طَالِبَهُ , or, as in the CK, حتّى يُرْهَقَ طَالِبُهُ [which is virtually the same]): (M, K, TA:) or he runs quickly, so that he almost reaches, or overtakes, ( حتّى يَكَادَ يَرْهَقُ ,) the object of his pursuit. (JK.)

Nounرُهْقَانُ مِائَةٍ1 sense

Core sense — as many as a hundredgenerated

See what follows.

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: see what next follows.

Nounرُهَاقُ مِائَةٍ1 sense

Core sense — as many as a hundredgenerated

1as many as a hundred—رِهَاقُ مِائِةٍ

Also رُهْقَانُ مائة, as in one of my copies of the S.

Said of a man's camels, or of a company of men.

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and رِهَاقُ مِائِةٍ As many as a hundred; (AZ, ISk, JK, S, K;) as also رُهْقَانُ مائة : (so in one of my copies of the S:) such are said to be a man's camels, (JK,) or such is said to be a company of men. (AZ, ISk, S.)

Nounرَهُوقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wide-stepping, quick she-camel that presses close on her leadergenerated

En Nadr: a wide-stepping, and quick, or excellent, she-camel, that comes upon the one leading her so closely that she almost treads on him with her feet.

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A wide-stepping, and quick, or excellent, she-camel, that comes upon him who leads her so as almost to tread upon him with her feet. (En Nadr, K.)

Nounرَهِيقٌ1 sense

Core sense — winegenerated

Wine: a dialectal variant of رَحِيقٌ, as مَدْهٌ is of مَدْحٌ.

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Wine: (K:) a dial. var. of رَحِيقٌ , like as مَدْهٌ is of مَدْحٌ . (TA.)

Nounرَاهِقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a boy from ten to eleven years oldgenerated

Applied to a boy, and رَاهِقَةٌ applied to a girl: from ten to eleven years old.

[See also مُرَاهِقٌ.]

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applied to a boy, and رَاهِقَةٌ applied to a girl, From ten to eleven years old. (TA.) [See also مُرَاهِقٌ .]

Nounرَيْهُقَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — saffrongenerated

Saffron.

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Saffron. (JK, IDrd, S, K.)

Nounمُرْهَقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — reached, or overtaken, to be slain; straitenedgenerated

Reached, or overtaken, to be slain.

1.1

Straitened.

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Reached, or overtaken, (JK, S, O, K,) to be slain. (S, O.) Straitened. (Ham p. 682.)

Nounأَتَيْنَا فِى العُصَيْرِ المُرْهِقَةِ1 sense

Core sense — we came as the time of the afternoon prayer drew neargenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[Apparently: we came when the time of the afternoon prayer was drawing near; العُصَيْر being the diminutive of العَصْرُ; see the phrase أَرْهَقَكُمُ اللَّيْلُ فَأَسْرِعُوا near the end of the first paragraph.]

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[app. We came when the time of the afternoon-prayer was drawing near; العُصَيْر being the dim. of العَصْرُ : see the phrase أَرْهَقَكُمُ اللَّيْلُ فَأَسْرِعُوا , near the end of the first paragraph]. (TA.)

Nounمُرَهَّقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one to whom men often come; one suspected of evilgenerated

One to whom men come often, and at whose dwelling guests alight.

1.1

Also one to whom رَهَقٌ is attributed: one of whom evil is thought; or who is suspected of evil, or of light-wittedness; one to whom ignorance is attributed; an object of suspicion in respect of his religion; corrupt [in conduct]; one in whom is sharpness [of temper] and light-wittedness.

Said in the TA to have no verb, but this is not so: see Form 2.

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One to whom men come (S, K, TA) often, (TA,) and at whose abode guests alight. (JK, S, K, * TA.) Also One to whom رَهَقٌ [q. v.] is attributed: (JK, K:) [said in the TA to have no verb; but this is not the case: see 2:] one of whom evil is thought: (JK, S, K:) or who is suspected of evil, or of lightwittedness: (TA:) one to whom ignorance is attributed: (Mgh;) an object of suspicion in respect of his religion: (Mgh, TA:) corrupt [in conduct]: one in whom is sharpness [of temper] and lightwittedness. (TA.)

Nounمُرَاهِقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — near to attaining pubertygenerated

Near to attaining puberty; applied to a boy; and with ة, applied to a girl.

[See also رَاهِقٌ.]

1.1figurative · مجازhe entered Mekkeh nearly at the end of the proper time, so that he almost missed the halt at ʿArafát—دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ مُرَاهِقًا

he performed the noon prayer nearly missing its time—صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ مُرَاهِقًا

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Near to attaining puberty; applied to a boy: (JK, Mgh, TA:) and with ة applied to a girl. (TA.) [See also رَاهِقٌ .] [Hence,] دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ مُرَاهِقًا He entered Mekkeh nearly at the end of the [proper] time [to do so as a pilgrim], so that he almost missed the halt at 'Arafát. (Nh, O, K, TA.) And صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ مُرَاهِقًا He performed the noon-prayer nearly missing the time. (TA.)