رقبة
Root: رقب
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
رقبة riqba observation; control; attention; caution, wariness; vigilance, watchfulness
Entry 2
رقبة raqaba pl. -āt, رقاب riqāb neck; -- (pl. رقاب) slave; (īsl. Law) person │O رقبة جسر r. jisr bridgehead; صلب الرقبة ṣulb ar-r. stubborn, obstinate, obstreperous; غليظ الرقبة do.; هذا في رقابهم responsibility for it rests on their shoulders; أخذ بعضهم برقاب بعض akada ba‘ḍuhum bi-r. ba‘ḍin to follow in close succession
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