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رصف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 رَصَفَهُ ذ , aor. رَصِفَ , [or رَصُفَ , as appears from what follows,] inf. n. رَصْفٌ, He put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order, its several parts. (M.) [Hence,] رَصَفَ الحِجَارَةَ, (S, O, Msb, in the M الحَجَرَ,) aor. رَصُفَ , inf. n. as above, (S, M, Msb,) He put, or joined, together the stones (S, O, Msb) in building, or in the building or structure: (S, O:) or he built, or constructed, and joined together, the stones. (M.) And رُصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ His teeth were disposed in a regular and an even row in their manner of growth; as also رَصِفَتْ, [aor. رَصَفَ ,] inf. n. رَصَفٌ. (M.) And رَصَفَ قَدَمَيْهِ He (a man praying, O, K) put his feet together: (S, O, K:) or رَصَفَ مَابَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ he put his legs near together. (M.) ― -b2- Also He bound it round with a thing. (Har p. 376.) You say, رَصَفَ السَّهْمَ, inf. n. رَصْفٌ, He bound, (S, O, K,) or wound, (M,) a sinew (عَقَبَة) upon the socket of the head of the arrow, (S, M, O, K,) when it had broken. (M.) -A2- رَصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ: see above. ― -b2- رَصِفَتْ also signifies She [a woman] was small, or narrow, in the فَرْج [or vulva ]. (M.) -A3- رَصُفَ, aor. رَصُفَ , inf. n. رَصَافَةٌ, said of a deed, or an action, (assumed tropical:) It was firm, or sound; or firmly, or soundly, or well, executed, or performed. (O, K.) ― -b2- [See also رَصَافَةٌ below.] ― -b3- One says also, هٰدَا أَمْرٌ لَا يُرْصُفُ بِكَ (assumed tropical:) This is a thing, or an affair, that will not become thee, or be suitable to thee. (S, O, K.)

Derived headwords

رَصَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
رَصَفَ الحِجَارَةَ
رُصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ
رَصَفَ قَدَمَيْهِ
رَصَفَ مَابَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ
رَصَفَ السَّهْمَ
رَصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ
هٰدَا أَمْرٌ لَا يُرْصُفُ بِكَ