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رَقْص
dancing /ˈraqsˤ/
nounA2#900 most common
Also: dance, the act of dancing
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الرَّقْصَ.
I love dancing.
الرَّقْصُ مُفيدٌ لِلصِّحَّةِ.
Dancing is good for your health.
تَعَلَّمَتْ أُخْتي الرَّقْصَ الشَّرْقِيَّ.
My sister learned oriental dance.
يُعَدُّ الرَّقْصُ الشَّعْبِيُّ جُزْءاً مِنْ تُراثِ البِلادِ.
Folk dance is considered part of the country's heritage.
الرَّقْصُ يَفْعَلُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ التَّرْفيهِ، فَهُوَ يُعَبِّرُ عَنْ مَشاعِرَ عَميقَةٍ.
Dance does more than entertain; it expresses deep feelings.
شَكَّلَ الرَّقْصُ المُعاصِرُ قَطيعَةً مَعَ صَرامَةِ الباليه الكلاسيكِيِّ، وَأَطْلَقَ العِنانَ لِحُرِّيَّةِ الجَسَدِ.
Contemporary dance broke with the rigor of classical ballet and gave free rein to the body.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَقْصٌ | رَقَصاتٌ |
| Genitive | رَقْصٍ | رَقَصاتٍ |
| Accusative | رَقْصاً | رَقَصاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا رَقْصُ | يا رَقَصاتُ |
Word family
رَقَصَto dance
رَاقِصdancer
رَقْصَةa dance, a single danceمَرْقَصdance hall, nightclub
رَقَّاصpendulum; dancer
Etymology
رَقْص is the verbal noun of the verb رَقَصَ, to dance. It comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root r-q-ṣ, tied to leaping and rhythmic movement. Classical lexicographers also applied the verb to the shimmer of a mirage and the bobbing gait of a galloping animal. The word has kept its core sense of dancing throughout the history of Arabic.
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