1. رَتَقَ
1 rataqa * , aor. ratuqa (S, L, Msb) and ratiqa , (L,) inf. n. ratoqN , (S, M, L, Msb, K,) He closed up, (M, Msb, TA,) and repaired, (M, TA,) a rent: (S, M, Msb, TA:) [ he sewed up, or together: see ritaAqN :] Alr~atoqu is the contr. of Alfatoqu . (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, rataqa fatoqahumo
2. رَتْقٌ
ratoqN * i. q. ↓ marotuwqN [and marotuwqapN , &c., being originally an inf. n.; i. e. Closed up, and repaired; applied to a rent; and so ↓ rataqN ]. (TA.) kaAnataA ratoqFA fafataqonaAhumaA , in the Kur [xxi. 31, lit. They (the heavens and the earth) were closed up, and we rent them ], is from Alr~at
3. رَتَقٌ
rataqN * : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. -A2- It is [also] pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of ↓ rataqapN , syn., accord. to the copies of the K, with rutobapN , but correctly with ratabapN , which signifies The space between [ any two of ] the fingers: mentioned [in the JK, where I