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1a to be or become thin, delicate, fine; b to be tender, soft; 2 to be pure, clear, limpid (water); 3 to soften, relent (li‑ toward s.o.), have pity, feel compassion, have sympathy (li‑ for) – WehrCowan1976

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▪ From protSem *RQQ ‘(to be\come) thin, flat, fine, soft, tender’ – Huehnergard2011.
▪ The notion of *‘thinness, softness’ is the basis from which most other values attached to √RQː (RQQ) have developed, see in particular ↗¹raqq ‘parchment’ (via Gz < *‘thin material’), ↗al-Raqqaẗ (city in NSyr, lit. ‘land regularly flooded by a river’, i.e., covered by “thin”, ‘shallow water’), ↗¹riqq ‘slavery, bondage’ (< *‘contemptible < weak < thin’), ↗EgAr ²riqq ‘tambourine’ (covered with a thin, parchment-like membrane).
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▪ BDB1906, Leslau2006 (CDG), Tropper2008: Akk raqāqu ‘to be thin’, Ug rq /raqqu/ ‘thin, fine’ (Tropper), ‘thin cake’ (Leslau), Hbr raq ‘thin’, Syr raqqᵊq (D) ‘to make thin’, Gz raqqa, raqaqa ‘to be subtle, soft, thin, slight’, raqīq ‘soft, subtle, minute, thin, slender, slight, immaterial’, Te räqqa, Tña räqäqä, Amh räqqäqä ‘to be thin, delicate’, Ar raqqa ‘to be thin; (fig.) to be weak, slender, scanty, etc.’, DaṯAr raqraqa ‘to render thin’.
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►raqqa la-hū qalbu-h, expr., he took pity on him

►raqqaqa, vb. II, 1a to make thin, thin out; b to refine, make fine, soft or tender, render delicate; c to flatten, roll out (esp. metal); 2 to polish, smooth, make elegant (one’s speech): D-stem, caus.
►ʔaraqqa, vb. IV, 1 to make thin, fine or tender, render delicate, refine; 2 to soften (the heart): *Š-stem, caus.
►taraqqaqa, vb. V, to soften, relent (li‑ toward s.o.), have pity, have sympathy (li‑ for), sympathize (li‑ with): tD-stem, intr. self-ref.
►ĭstaraqqa, vb. X, 1 to be thin, fine, delicate; 2 to soften; 3 ↗¹riqq: *Št-stem

►²raqq, var. ³riqq, n., parchment
►EgAr ²riqq, n., tambourine
►riqqaẗ, n.f., 1a thinness; b slenderness, slimness; 2 fineness, delicateness, delicacy; 3a gentleness, mildness; b amiability, graciousness, friendliness: vn. I | riqqaẗ al-ḥāšiyaẗ, n.f., friendliness, courteousness, amiability; riqqaẗ al-šuʕūr, n.f., sensitivity, delicacy of feeling, tact; riqqaẗ al-ṭabʕ, n.f., kindness, gentleness, mild temper, friendliness; riqqaẗ al-mazāǧ, n.f., gentleness, mild temper
►ruqāq, n., 1 flat loaf of bread; 2 waffles
►^BP#2695raqīq, pl. ʔariqqāʔᵘ, I n., 1 ↗¹riqq; 2 flat loaf of bread (neǧd); II adj., 1a thin; b slender, slim; 2 fine, delicate; 3a soft, tender, gentle; b sensitive, tactful, discreet, prudent | raqīq al-ḥāl, adj., poor, needy; raqīq al-ḥāšiyaẗ\al-ḥawāšī, adj., friendly, courteous, civil, amiable; raqīq al-šuʕūr, adj., sensitive; raqīq al-ṭabʕ, adj., kind, gentle, mild-tempered, friendly; raqīq al-mazāǧ, adj., gentlehearted
►raqīqaẗ, n.f., lamina, flake: nominalized quasi-PP I.f.
►ʔaraqqᵘ, adj., 1a thinner; b slimmer; 2 more delicate: el.
►mirqāq, n., rolling pin: n.instr.
►marqūq, n., thin, flaky pastry: nominalized PP I.

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗¹raqq, ↗²raqq, ↗al-Raqqaẗ, ↗¹riqq, ↗²riqq, ↗ruqāq, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗RQː (RQQ).

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