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رَقَص
to dance /ˈra.qa.sˤa/
verbA2#1330 most common
Also: to leap or quiver (figurative, of the heart or leaves), to sway to music
Example sentences
هِيَ تَرْقُصُ.
She is dancing.
الأَطْفالُ يَرْقُصونَ في الحَفْلةِ.
The children are dancing at the party.
رَقَصَتْ مَعَ صَديقَتِها طَوالَ اللَّيْلِ.
She danced with her friend all night long.
تَعَلَّمْتُ أَنْ أَرْقُصَ التانغو عِنْدَما كُنْتُ في إِسْبانيا.
I learned to dance the tango when I was in Spain.
كانَتْ أَوْراقُ الشَّجَرِ تَرْقُصُ مَعَ الرّيحِ فَوْقَ الرَّصيفِ.
The leaves were dancing with the wind above the sidewalk.
لَمْ يَكُنْ يَرْقُصُ طَرَباً بِقَدْرِ ما كانَ يَرْقُصُ هَرَباً مِنْ أَحْزانِهِ.
He was not dancing out of joy so much as dancing to flee his sorrows.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْقُصُ | رَقَصْتُ | سَأَرْقُصُ |
| 2sg | تَرْقُصُ | رَقَصْتَ | سَتَرْقُصُ |
| 3sg | يَرْقُصُ | رَقَصَ | سَيَرْقُصُ |
| 1pl | نَرْقُصُ | رَقَصْنا | سَنَرْقُصُ |
| 2pl | تَرْقُصونَ | رَقَصْتُمْ | سَتَرْقُصونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْقُصونَ | رَقَصوا | سَيَرْقُصونَ |
Word family
رَقْصdance, dancing
رَاقِصةfemale dancer
رَقّاصdancer; pendulum
مَرْقَصdance hall, nightclub
رَاقِصdancing
Etymology
رَقَصَ comes from the Semitic triliteral root ر-ق-ص, which carries the sense of leaping, skipping, and dancing. It is a native Arabic Form I verb, and its verbal noun رَقْص names the act of dancing. The root has no Indo-European source. Comparisons with the Hebrew and Aramaic skip-and-dance roots exist, but the final consonant differs, so the link is not clean and is left out here.
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