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رَقَد
to sleep, to slumber /ˈra.qa.da/
verbB2#4145 most common
Also: to lie down asleep, to be bedridden (in hospital), to lie still, to be dormant (figurative)
Example sentences
الطِّفْلُ رَقَدَ.
The child fell asleep.
رَقَدَتِ القِطَّةُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.
The cat lay down asleep on the bed.
لا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرْقُدَ قَبْلَ مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ.
I cannot fall asleep before midnight.
رَقَدَ المَرِيضُ فِي المُسْتَشْفَى أُسْبُوعًا كَامِلًا.
The patient stayed bedridden in the hospital for a full week.
كَانَ أَهْلُ الكَهْفِ يَرْقُدُونَ فِي كَهْفِهِمْ سِنِينَ طَوِيلَةً.
The People of the Cave lay asleep in their cave for many long years.
رَقَدَتِ المَدِينَةُ تَحْتَ الثُّلُوجِ فِي سُكُونٍ تَامٍّ.
The city lay still and dormant under the snow, in complete silence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْقُدُ | رَقَدْتُ | سَأَرْقُدُ |
| 2sg | تَرْقُدُ | رَقَدْتَ | سَتَرْقُدُ |
| 3sg | يَرْقُدُ | رَقَدَ | سَيَرْقُدُ |
| 1pl | نَرْقُدُ | رَقَدْنَا | سَنَرْقُدُ |
| 2pl | تَرْقُدُونَ | رَقَدْتُمْ | سَتَرْقُدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْقُدُونَ | رَقَدُوا | سَيَرْقُدُونَ |
Word family
رُقَادsleep, slumber
رَقْدَةa nap, a single spell of sleep
رَاقِدsleeping, lying still, dormant
مَرْقَدa bed or sleeping place; also a shrine
أَرْقَدَto put someone to sleep, to lull
Etymology
رَقَد comes from the Semitic triliteral root ر-ق-د (r-q-d), built on the basic Form I pattern فَعَلَ. The root carries the core sense of lying still or being at rest, from which the specific meaning of sleeping developed. The word appears in the Quran to describe the Sleepers of the Cave, which cemented its literary and formal register in Arabic.
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