رَايءِقٌ

Cleared, or clarified, [or rather ↓ مُرَوَّقٌ has this meaning, and رَايءِقٌ signifies clear,] wine, or beverage. (TA.) And Pure musk. (TA.) [See also the same word in article ريق: and see رَوْقٌ.]

-A2- [Also Exceeding, surpassing, or superlative: see 1, second and next two following sentences.]

See also رَوْقٌ, third sentence. [Hence,] Goodly, or beautiful: (S, K, TA:) from رَاقَنِى signifying as explained in the first paragraph of this article; (S;) or from رَاقَ signifying “ it was, or became, clear: ” (TA:) plural رُوقَةٌ, (S, K,) like as فُرْهَةٌ and صُحْبَةٌ are pls. of فَارِهٌ and صَاحِبٌ, (S,) [or rather quasi-plural,] applied to boys, (S, K,) and to girls; (S;) [and also (as explained above) an epithet used alike as masculine and feminine and singular and plural and dual;] and رُوقٌ is another plural of رَايءِقٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is of بَازِلٌ. (S.) رُوقَةُ المُوءْمِنِينَ, in which روقة is [quasi-] plural of رايءق, means the best, and the manly and noble or generous, of the believers. (TA.)