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راقِص
dancer /ˈraː.qisˤ/
nounB1#1919 most common
Also: dancing (one who dances), performer
Example sentences
هٰذا راقِصٌ.
This is a dancer.
الراقِصُ يلبَسُ ثوباً أبيَض.
The dancer wears a white outfit.
أصبحَ أخي راقِصاً محترفاً.
My brother became a professional dancer.
حصلَ الراقِصُ على جائزةٍ لأدائه الرائع.
The dancer won a prize for his fine performance.
يتمتّعُ الراقِصُ الماهرُ بمرونةٍ تجعلُ حركاتِه تبدو بلا جهد.
The skilled dancer has a flexibility that makes his movements look effortless.
لم يكن الراقِصُ مجرّدَ مؤدٍّ، فقد حوّلَ مشاعرَه إلى لغةٍ جسديّةٍ يفهمُها الجمهور.
The dancer was more than a performer; he turned his feelings into a body language the audience could read.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | راقِصٌ | راقِصونَ |
| Genitive | راقِصٍ | راقِصينَ |
| Accusative | راقِصاً | راقِصينَ |
| Vocative | يا راقِصُ | يا راقِصونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is the active participle of the verb رَقَصَ (raqaṣa), meaning to dance. It is built on the Semitic triliteral root ر-ق-ص. The participle pattern فاعِل turns the verb into the agent, the one who does the action.
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