رَوْنَقٌ

The مَاء [or water] of a sword; (S, K, TA;) i. e. its فِرِنْد [or diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain]; (TA;) and its beauty; (S, K;) or the semblance of water that is seen upon a sword. (JK.)

And (hence, S) of the ضُحَى [or early part of the forenoon], (S, K,) &c.; (S;) meaning (tropical:) The first, or beginning, thereof; (JK, * TA;) and its clearness. (TA.) One says, أَتَيْتُهُ فِى رَوْنَقِ الضُّحَى I came to him in the first, or beginning, of the ضحى; like as one says فِى وَجْهِ الضُّحَى. (TA.) And رَوْنَقُ الشَّبَابِ means (tropical:) The prime of youth; and its freshness, or brightness, and beauty. (TA.)