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رَقْصَة
a dance (a single act or performance of dancing) /ˈrɑq.sˤɑ/
nounB1#2538 most common
Also: a dance move, a dance performance
Example sentences
هَذِهِ رَقْصَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful dance.
رَقَصَتْ سَارَة رَقْصَةً فِي الْحَفْلِ.
Sara danced a dance at the party.
شَاهَدْنَا رَقْصَةً تَقْلِيدِيَّةً فِي الْمِهْرَجَانِ.
We watched a traditional dance at the festival.
تَعَلَّمَتْ رَقْصَةً جَدِيدَةً مِنْ مُعَلِّمَتِهَا خِلَالَ أُسْبُوعٍ وَاحِدٍ.
She learned a new dance from her teacher within a single week.
أَبْهَرَتِ الرَّاقِصَةُ الْجُمْهُورَ بِرَقْصَةٍ مُسْتَوْحَاةٍ مِنَ الْفُلْكْلُورِ الشَّعْبِيِّ.
The dancer amazed the audience with a dance inspired by folk heritage.
عَبَّرَتِ الرَّاقِصَةُ عَنْ مَشَاعِرِهَا الْمُتَضَارِبَةِ مِنْ خِلَالِ رَقْصَةٍ مُرْتَجَلَةٍ اسْتَغْرَقَتْ عَشْرَ دَقَائِقَ دُونَ تَوَقُّفٍ.
The dancer expressed her conflicting feelings through an improvised dance that lasted ten minutes without stopping.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَقْصَةٌ | رَقَصَاتٌ |
| Genitive | رَقْصَةٍ | رَقَصَاتٍ |
| Accusative | رَقْصَةً | رَقَصَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا رَقْصَةُ | يَا رَقَصَاتُ |
Word family
رَقَصَto dance
رَاقِصmale dancer
رَاقِصَةfemale dancer
مَرْقَصdance hall, club
رَقَّاصpendulum (also: professional dancer)
Etymology
رَقْصَة comes from the Arabic root ر-ق-ص (r-q-ṣ), which carries the core sense of dancing or leaping rhythmically. The pattern فَعْلَة (faʿlah) added to this root builds a noun of single occurrence, so رَقْصَة names one instance of the act rather than the act in general. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so no PIE root applies here.
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