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رسب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ارسب ذ It caused [a thing] to sink: hence, in a trad., describing the people of Hell, اـِذَا طَفَتْ بِهِمُ النَّارُ أَرْسَبَتْهُمُ الأَغْلَالُ When the fire shall raise them, and make them. to appear [or rather to swim upon its surface ], the collars, by reason of their weight, shall make them to sink to the bottom thereof. (TA.) -A2- And ارسبوا Their eyes sank in their heads by reason of hunger. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

ارسبverb
  1. 1.
اـِذَا طَفَتْ
بِهِمُ النَّارُ أَرْسَبَتْهُمُ الأَغْلَالُ