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رش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَشَاشٌ ذ What is sprinkled, (S, A, * K,) or scattered, (Msb,) of water, (A, Msb,) and the like, (Msb,) or of blood, (S, A, K,) and of tears, (S, K,) and the like, (K,) and of rain; (TA in art. طش;) what is scattered, or flies about, of blood. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِى الشَّرِّ وَأَصَابَهُ مِنْ رَشَاشِهِ (tropical:) [ He did not enter into evil, or mischief, and yet somewhat thereof, or of its effects, befell him ]. (A, TA.) And أَلَحَّ بِنَا العُطَاشُ وَمَا نَالَنَا مِنْكَ اـِلَّا الرَّشَاشُ [app. meaning Insatiable thirst, or desire, to hear from thee, or the like, remained in us, and there did not reach us from thee aught save a mere sprinkling; or perhaps, what was scattered abroad, of rumours, or the like]. (A, TA. *) [See also an ex. voce رَذَاذٌ.]

Derived headwords

رَشَاشٌ
  1. 1.
لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِى الشَّرِّ
وَأَصَابَهُ مِنْ رَشَاشِهِ
أَلَحَّ بِنَا العُطَاشُ
وَمَا نَالَنَا مِنْكَ اـِلَّا الرَّشَاشُ