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.)
