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رسل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُرَاسِلٌ ذ : see رَسْلٌ. -A2- See also رَسِيلٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also A woman who interchanges messages, or letters, with the men who demand women in marriage: or whose husband has become separated from her (M, K, TA) in any manner, (M, TA,) by his having died or his having divorced her: (TA:) or who has become advanced in age, (M, K, TA,) but has in her some remains of youth: (M, TA:) or whose husband has died, or who has perceived that he desires to divorce her, and who therefore adorns herself for another man, and interchanges messages, or letters, with him (S, K, * TA) by means of the men who demand women in marriage, (TA,) and who has in her some remains (K, TA) of youth; but this addition is more properly mentioned in a former explanation. (TA.) The subst. [app. meaning The state, or condition, of a woman such as is thus termed ] is ↓ رِسَالٌ. (M, TA.)

Derived headwords

مُرَاسِلٌ
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