رقد1 رَقَدَ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـُ inf.n. رُقَادٌ and رُقُودٌ (JK, S, A, Msb, K) and رَقْدٌ (S, Msb, K) and perhaps also مَرْقَدٌ [q. v.], (TA,) He slept, (JK, S, A, Msb, K,) accord. to some, specially, (Msb, K,) by night; (JK, Msb, K) but it correctly means, whether by night or by day; as is shown by verse 17 of ch. xviii. of the Kur-án: (Msb:) the assertion that it means, specially, by night, is weak: (TA:) accord. to Lth, رُقُودٌ is by night; and رُقَادٌ, by day: but the Arabs used both of these words as meaning the sleeping by night and by day. (T, TA.) You say, مَابِى رُقُودٌ and رُقادٌ [There is not in me any sleep]. (A.) b2:  [Hence,] رَقَدَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ (tropical:)  He abstained, or held back, from the affair. (Msb, TA.) And رَقَدَ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ (tropical:)  [He neglected his guest;] he did not pay attention, or frequent attention, to his guest. (A, TA.) and رَقَدَ الثَّوْبُ, inf. n. رَقْدٌ and رُقَادٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) The garment became old and worn out, and no longer of use; (A, * TA;) like نَامَ. (A.) And رَقَدَتِ السُّوقُ (tropical:)  The market became stagnant, or dull, with respect to traffic; like نَامَت. (Th, TA.) and رَقَدَ الحَرُّ (tropical:)  The heat remitted, or subsided. (TA. [See also رَكَدَ.]) 2 تَرْقِيدٌ A certain manner of going on foot, (JK, K,) with quickness: (JK:) perhaps a mistranscription for تَرْفِيدٌ. (TA.) 4 ارقدهُ He, or it, caused him to sleep; put him to sleep. (S, K.) It is said of a medicine. (S, A, K.) And you say, ارقدت المَرْأَةُ وَلَدَهَا The woman put her child to sleep. (A.) A2:  ارقد المَكَانَ, (K,) or بِالمَكَانِ, (S,) or بِالبَلَدِ, (A,) or بِأَرْضِ كَذَا, (IAar, JK, TA,) (tropical:)  He resided, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place, or town or country, or in such a land. (IAar, JK, S, A, K.) 6 تراقد He feigned himself asleep. (A.) 9 ارقدّ, (JK, S, A,) inf. n. اِرْقِدَادٌ, (JK, S, K,) He hastened; or was quick, or swift; (JK, S, M, A, K;) in his pace, or going: (M, A:) or he ran vehemently; as also ارمدّ; said of a camel: (AA, T in art. رمد:) or he ran with leaps, or bounds, as though leaping, or bounding, from a thing: (As, L in art. رمد:) or he went at random, heedlessly, headlong, or in a headlong course; and quickly; (As, JK, L in art. رمد;) as also ارمدّ. (As, T in that art.) 10 استرقد He became overpowered by sleep [or drowsiness; and therefore desired to sleep]. (A, TA.) أَرْحَآءُ رَقْدٍ Mill-stones of Rakd; (S) which is the name of a mountain whence mill-stones are hewn; (S, A, K;) or, as some say, a valley in the district of Keys. (TA.) You say also رَحًى↓ رَقْدِيَّةٌ A mill-stone of the mountain [or valley] called رَقْد. (A.) رَقْدَةٌ A sleep. (S.) One says, مَا أَطْيَبَ رَقْدَةَ السَّحَرِ [How sweet is the sleep of the time a little before daybreak!]. (A.) b2:  A state of extinction of vitality (هَمْدَةٌ) between the present life and the life to come. (JK, A. *) b3:  أَصَابَتْنَا رَقْدَةٌ مَنَ الحَرِّ (JK, A, K) (tropical:)  A period of heat befell us lasting half a month, or less, (A,) or ten days: (JK, K:) or رَقْدَةٌ signifies a heat that befalls one after days of wind and an abatement of violent heat. (L.) رُقَدَةٌ: see رَقُودٌ.رَقَدَانٌ [an inf. n. of which the verb is not mentioned,] The act of leaping, or leaping up, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, (S, K,) like the lamb and the kid. (S.) رَحًى رَقْدِيَّةٌ: see أَرْحَآءُ رَقْدٍ, above.رَقُودٌ and ↓ رَقَّادٌ (A) and ↓ يَرْقُودٌ (K) [all signify the same; i. e. A man who sleeps much; as the last is expl. in the K and so ↓ رُقَدَةٌ; as Golius says on the authority of a gloss. in the KL: or]رَقُودٌ signifies a man always sleeping; as also ↓ مِرْقِدَّى. (TA.) [Hence,] اِمْرَأَةٌ رَقُودُ الضُّحَى [A woman who sleeps much in the morning after sunrise; meaning] (tropical:)  a woman that leads an easy, and a soft, or delicate, life; and so نَؤُومُ الضُّحَى. (A.) رَقَّادٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.رَاقِدٌ act. part. n. of 1:] رُقَّدٌ [is its pl., and] signifies Persons sleeping; as also رُقُودٌ; (S, K;) the last occurring in the Kur xviii. 17. (Msb.) رَاقُودٌ A large vessel of the kind called دَنّ: (K:) or a vessel of the kind so called, (S, K,) or a vessel in form like the دَنّ, (JK,) resembling an إِرْدَبَّة, (S, A.) long in the lower part, (JK, S, K,) smeared inside with pitch: (S, A, K:) or an oblong earthen jar, smeared with pitch: (TA:) an arabicized word: (S:) pl. رَوَاقِيدُ. (JK, S.) b2:  And A certain fish, (JK, K,) small, (K,) of the size of the finger, and round; (JK;) found  in the sea. (TA.) مَرْقَدٌ A sleeping-place: (S, A, K:) pl. مَرَاقِدُ. (A.) You say, بَعَثَهُ مِنْ مَرْقَدِهِ [He roused him from his sleeping-place]. (A.) And أَخَذُوا مَرَاقِدَهُمْ [They took their sleeping-places]. (A.) b2: It seems, from the manner in which it is used in the Kur xxxvi. 52, [like the former of the two exs. mentioned above,] that it may perhaps also be an inf. n. (TA.) مُرْقِدٌ A medicine that causes him who drinks it to sleep (S, K. [In a copy of the A ↓ مُرَقِّدٌ; and thus pronounced in the present day.]) b2: Also A conspicuous road: (JK, K;) thus on the authority of As; but ISd says, “I know not how it is: ” and others say that it is ↓ مُرَقِّدٌ. (TA.) مُرَقِّدٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.مِرْقِدَّى: see رَقُودٌ. b2:  Also A man quick in his affairs. (S, K.) يَرْقُودٌ: see رَقُودٌ.