رقح

2 رقّح, (S, A,) inf. n. تَرْقِيحٌ, (S, K,) He ordered, or put into a good or right or proper state, managed well, tended, or took care of, property, or cattle: (S, A, K:) and in like manner, he ordered, put into a good or right or proper state, or managed well, the means of subsistence; (S, * A, TA;) as also ↓ ترقّح [app. with the objective complement (العَيْشَ or المَعِيشَةَ) understood]. (TA.) b2: And He gained, acquired, or earned, property. (TA in art. رقع.) b3: It occurs in a trad., in the phrase رَقَّحَ إِنْسَانًا, as meaning رَفَّأَ [q. v.]. (TA.) 5 تَرَقَّحَ see above. b2: ترقّح لِعِيَالِهِ He gained, acquired, or earned, or he sought, or laboured, to gain or acquire or earn, sustenance for his family, or household; syn. اِكْتَسَبَ, (S, [see also 1,]) or تَكَسَّبَ; (A, K;) on the authority of Lh. (TA.) رَقْحَآءُ A woman who gains her subsistence by prostitution. (MF.) رَقَاحَةٌ Good management of property. (TA.) b2: Gain, acquisition, or earning: and merchandise, commerce, or traffic. (S, K.) Hence, (TA,) the Pagan Arabs, (S, A,) or some of them, (TA,) used to say in the تَلْبِيَة, [i. e. in uttering the ejaculation لَبَّيْكَ, during the performance of the rites of the pilgrimage,] جِئْنَاكَ لِلنَّصَاحَةِ لَمْ نَأْتِ لِلرَّقَاحَةِ [meaning We have come to Thee for the purpose of sincere worship: we have not come for gain, or traffic]. (S, A, TA.) رَقَاحِىٌّ A merchant, trafficker, or trader, (A, TA,) who manages well his property. (TA.) You say, هُوَ رَقَاحِىٌّ مَالٍ He is one who orders, or puts into a good or right or proper state, manages well, tends, or takes care of, property, or cattle: (S, K: *) or who gains, acquires, or earns, property, and orders it, puts it into a good or right or proper state, or manages it well. (A, TA.) هُوَ رَاقِحَةُ أَهْلِهِ He is the gainer, or earner, of sustenance for his family. (A, L.)