رُقْعَةٌ
1.
A patch; i. e. a piece of cloth, or rag, with which a garment, or the like, is patched, or pieced, or repaired: (S, Msb, K:) plural رِقَاعٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and رُقَعٌ. (TA.) Hence the saying, الصَّاحِبُ كَالرُّقْعَةِ فِى الثَّوْبِ فَاطْلُبْهُ مُشَاكِلًا [The companion is like the patch in the garment; therefore seek thou the one that is suitable]. (A, TA.)
2.
(tropical:) A [patch, or] trace, or mark, of mange, or scab: (TA:) the commencement of the mange, or scab: (K, TA: [in some copies of the K, الحَرْب is erroneously put for الجَرَب:]) plural رِقَاعٌ. (TA.)
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(assumed tropical:) A piece of land, or ground, adjoining another piece [which is in some manner distinguished therefrom; i. e. a patch of land, or ground: and in like manner, of herbage]: plural رِقَاعٌ. (TA.) You say, رِقَاعُ الأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [The patches of the land, or ground, are various, or diverse]. (TA.) And هٰذِهِ رُقْعَةٌ مِنَ الكَلَأِ (assumed tropical:) [This is a patch of herbage]: and مَا وَجَدْنَا غَيْرَ رِقَاعٍ مِنْ
عُشْبٍ (assumed tropical:) [We found not aught save patches of green herbage]. (TA.)
5.
[A note, billet, or short letter: and particularly a short written petition or memorial, addressed to a prince or governor: a ticket: a label:] a certain thing that is written: plural رِقَاعٌ (S, K) [and according to modern usage رُقَعٌ also]. Hence the saying in a tradition, يَجِىْءُ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ رِقَاعٌ تَخْفِقُ [One of you will come, on the day of resurrection, having, suspended upon his neck, billets fluttering]; meaning, by the رقاع, the claims to be made upon him, or the dues incumbent on him, written on the رقاع. (TA.)
6.
A butt, or target, at which to shoot; also termed رُقْعَةُ غَرَضٍ. (TA.)
7.
A chess-table; also termed رُقْعَةُ الشِّطْرَنْجِ: so called because it is patched [with squares]. (T A.)
8.
(assumed tropical:) The original matter; the substance; (S, TA;) of a garment, or piece of cloth; (S, TA;) or of a thing: (TA:) or (tropical:) the thickness of a garment, or piece of cloth. (Mgh.) You say, رُقْعَةُ هٰذَا الثَّوْبِ جَيِّدَةٌ (tropical:) The [substance or] thickness of this garment, or piece of cloth, is good. (Mgh.)
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[The plural] رِقَاعٌ also signifies (tropical:) The lining, or casing, which is constructed in the upper part of the interior of a well when one fears its becoming demolished. (TA.) [See رَقَعَ الرِّكِيَّةَ.]