Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

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.]

رَشِيشٌ ذ : see مَرْشُوشٌ.

رَشْرَاشٌ ذ Roasted meat (Aboo-Sa'eed, A, K) dripping with its gravy; (Aboo-Sa'eed, A, TA;) or succulent, and dripping with its juice; (TA;) or fat: (K:) and ↓ مُرِشٌّ signifies the same. (TA.)

مُرِشٌّ ذ : see what next precedes.

مِرَشَّةٌ ذ A thing with which one sprinkles: (Ibn- 'Abbád:) a thing with which the weaver sprinkles the web: (A, TA:) [in the present day, applied to a long-necked bottle, with a stopper pierced with a hole or holes, for sprinkling scented water. ]

مَرْشُوشٌ ذ [ Sprinkled, or scattered in drops; as also ↓ رَشِيشٌ, occurring in this sense in a verse in the TA in art. خفت]. ― -b2- مَحَلٌّ مَرْشُوشٌ [ A place of alighting sprinkled, or wetted by sprinkling ]. (A.) ― -b3- أَرْضٌ مَرْشُوشَةٌ Land upon which [ rain such as is called ] الرَّشّ has fallen. (TA.)

1 رَشَأَ ذ i. q. جَامَعَ [ Inivit feminam]. (K.) -A2- رَشَأَتْ She (a gazelle) brought forth. (K.)

رَشَأٌ ذ A young gazelle, (S, Msb, K,) that has become active, or in motion, (S, Msb,) or that has become strong, (K,) and has walked (S, Msb, K) with its mother: (K:) pl. أَرْشَاآءٌ. (Msb, K.) [In the following saying, I find it written as though with medd; app. for the sake of assimilation to النِّسَاآء:] عِنْدِى جَارِيَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاآءِ أَشْبَهُ شَىْءٍ بِالرَّشَاآءِ, meaning [ I have with me a young woman most like to ] the [ young ] gazelle: so in the A. (TA.)

1 رَشَحَ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. رَشَحَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَشْحٌ, (S, Msb,) He, or it, (the forehead, or the side thereof above the temple, A, TA, or the body, Msb,) sweated; exuded sweat; (S, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ ارشح, (K,) or ارشح عَرَقْا, and عَرَقًا ↓ ترشّح. (Fr, TA.) And رَشِحَ, aor. رَشَحَ , inf. n. رَشَحٌ and رَشَحَانٌ, He, or it, was, or became, moist with sweat. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَشَحَتِ القِرْبَةُ بِالمَاآءِ (tropical:) [ The water-skin sweated with the water ]: and رَشَحَ بِمَا فِيهِ (tropical:) [ It sweated with what was in it ] is said of a [porous] mug, and of any [porous] vessel. (A.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] لَمْ يَرْشَحْ لَهُ بِشَىْءٍ (assumed tropical:) He gave him not anything. (S, K.) And رَشَحَ جَلْمَدُهُ, said of one known to be a niggard, (assumed tropical:) He gave something. (Har p. 95.) ― -b4- رَشَحَ is also said of a young gazelle, meaning (tropical:) He walked, being trained, or accustomed, to do so by his mother: [because the training him to walk causes him to sweat: see 2: and see also 5.] (A.) Also, said of a gazelle, (assumed tropical:) He leaped, or bounded, and exulted [or was brisk or lively or sprightly ]. (K.) Also, inf. n. رُشَوحٌ, said of a young weaned camel, (assumed tropical:) He became strong: [see, again, 5:] and the inf. n. is metaphorically used in relation to small clouds [app. when they collect together to give rain]. (L.) -A2- See also 2, as said of a she-camel.

2 رَشَّحَ [رشّح app. He, or it, caused to sweat: this seems to be the primary signification, whence the other significations here following.] ― -b2- رَشَّحَتْ وَلَدَهَا, inf. n. تَرْشِيحٌ, (tropical:) She (a gazelle) trained, or accustomed, her young one to walk, so that he was caused to sweat (فَيُرَشَّحُ [perhaps a mistranscription for فَيَرْشَحُ so that he sweated ]): (A, TA:) or she (a wild animal), when her young one became able to walk, walked with him, until, or so that, he was caused to sweat (حَتَّى يُرَشَّحَ عَرَقًا), and became strong. (Mtr, on the authority of Kh, in De Sacy's “ Chrest, Ar., ” sec. ed., iii. 231.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) She (a camel) rubbed the root of her young one's tail, and pushed him on with her head; and went before him, and waited for him until he overtook her; and sometimes gently urged him on, and followed him; as also ↓ رَشَحَتْهُ and ↓ ارشحتهُ. (L.) ― -b4- رَشَّحَتْ وَلَدَهَا بِاللَّبَنِ القَلِيل, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) She (a mother) fed her child with a little milk, putting it into his mouth by little and little, until he became strong enough to such. (S, TA.) ― -b5- تَرْشيحٌ also signifies (tropical:) A doegazelle's licking her young one so as to remove the moisture that was upon it at the time of its birth; (K, TA;) and so ↓ تَرَشُّحٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- رشّح النّبَاتَ, (A, TA,) or النَّبْتَ, inf. n. as above, (Msb,) (tropical:) It (the moisture, or dew, A, Msb, TA, or the rain, TA) fostered the herbage. (Msb, TA.) ― -b7- رشّح وَلَدَهُ (assumed tropical:) He fed his child well. (Mtr, on the authority of Kh, in De Sacy's “ Chrest. Ar ” ubi suprà.) ― -b8- And رُشِّحَ, (S, A, K,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:) He was reared, brought up, or educated, and rendered fit, (S, A, K, TA,) and prepared, (TA,) لِلشَّىْءِ [ for the thing ], and لِأَمْرِ [ for the affair ], (TA,) or لِلْوِزارَةِ [ for the office of wezeer ], (S,) or لِلْمُلْكِ [ for the office of king ], (K,) or لِلْخِلَافَةِ [ for the office of khaleefeh ]; from رَشَّحَتْ وَلَدَهَا in the sense expl. in the second sentence of this paragraph; (A;) or رُشِّحَ لِلْخِلَافَةِ means (tropical:) he was made the appointed successor of the khaleefeh: (TA:) and فُلَانُ لِكَذَا ↓ أُرْشِحَ and ↓ تَرَشَّحَ (tropical:) [ Such a one was reared, &c., for such a thing ]. (A, TA.) ― -b9- And رَشَّحَ مَالَهُ, (A,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (tropical:) He managed, or tended, or took care of, his property, or cattle, well. (A, K.) It is said in a trad., يُرَشِّحُونَ حَصِيدَهَا, meaning (tropical:) They tend [ the place of seed-produce thereof ], and put it into a good, or right, state, or make it to thrive, in order to its becoming productive; like as is done to grape-vines and palm-trees. (TA.)

4 ارشح ذ , intrans.: see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- أَرْشَحَتْ (assumed tropical:) She (a camel, and a woman,) had a young one that associated, or kept company, with her, walking with her and behind her, and not fatiguing her: or had a young one that had become strong. (L.) -A2- ارشحت وَلَدَهَا, said of a camel: ― -b2- and أُرْشِحَ فُلَانٌ لِكَذَا: see 2.

5 ترشّح ذ : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) He (a young weaned camel) was, or became, strong enough to walk, or able to walk with strength: (S, K:) or became strong, and walked with his mother. (As, S.) [See 1.] ― -b3- See also 2, in the middle of the paragraph. ― -b4- ترشّح النَّبْتُ [or النَّبَاتُ] (assumed tropical:) The herbage became fostered by moisture or dew. (Msb.) ― -b5- ترشّح فُلَانٌ لِكَذَا: see 2, near the end of the paragraph.

10 استرشح البُهْمَى ذ (assumed tropical:) The [ barley-grass termed ] بُهْمَى grew tall. (K.) -A2- يَسْتَرْشِحُونَ البُهْمَى, so in most of the copies of the K, (TA,) [and so in the L,] (assumed tropical:) They foster the بهمى, in order that it may grow large: (L, K:) in some of the copies of the K البَهْمَ [i. e. the lambs, or kids, &c.]: (TA:) the place thereof is termed ↓ مُسْتَرْشَحٌ: (K:) or البُهُمَى ↓ مُسْتَرْشَحُ signifies the place, or tract of ground, that fosters the بهمى. (L.) And يسترشحون البَقْلَ, so in all the copies of the K but some in which is found النَّفَلَ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) They wait for the herbs, or leguminous plants, (or the plants called نفل,) to grow tall, in order that-they may pasture thereon. (K.)

رَشَحٌ ذ The moisture of sweat upon the body. (A, * TA.) [And (assumed tropical:) Fluid, or matter, exuded: see زَبَادٌ.]

رَشِحٌ ذ That sweats much. (TA.)

رَشْحَةٌ ذ [as an inf. n. of un., A sweat, or a sweating: a meaning indicated, though not expressed, in the A. ― -b2- Hence, app., (assumed tropical:) A dew, or fall of dew from the sky. ― -b3- And hence, as being likened thereto, (tropical:) A gift ]. You say, أَصَابَنِى بِرَشْحَةٍ مِنْ سَمَائِهِ (tropical:) [ He gave me a gift from his store of bounty ]. (A.)

بِئْرٌ رَشُوحٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) A well containing little water: (TA:) [pl. رُشُحٌ.]

رَشِيحٌ ذ Sweat. (AA, S, K.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A certain plant: (K:) or (assumed tropical:) plants, or herbage, upon the surface of the ground. (L.)

نِحْىٌ رَشَّاحٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) A butter-skin that sweats much. (A in art. نتح.)

رَاشِحٌ ذ Sweating; exuding sweat. (A, * Msb.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A mountain moist in the lower part, (K, TA,) and at the base of which there sometimes collects a little water: when this is much [in comparison with what thus collects, though still little abstractedly], it is termed وَشَلٌ: (TA:) pl. رَوَاشحُ. (K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) What one sees, like sweat, running in the interstices between stones. (K, * TA.) You say, كَمْ بَيْنَ الفُرَاتِ الطَّافِحِ وَالوَشَلِ الرَّاشِحِ (tropical:) [ How great a difference is there between the overflowing Euphrates and a little water that distils scantily in interrupted drops from a rock or mountain, appearing, like sweat, running in the interstices between stones! ]. (A, TA.) ― -b4- The pl. رَوَاشِحُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The ثُعْل [which means a small teat in excess ], (K,) or the أَطْبَاآء [or teats ], (TA,) of a ewe or she-goat, particularly. (K, TA.) ― -b5- And the sing., (tropical:) A young gazelle that walks, being trained, or accustomed, to do so by his mother, so that he is caused to sweat. (A.) And (assumed tropical:) A young weaned camel that has become strong enough to walk, or able to walk with strength: (S, K:) or that has become strong, (As, S, L,) and walks with his mother: (As, S:) pl. رُشَّحٌ. (L.) ― -b6- And (tropical:) What creeps upon the earth, of such as are termed its خِشَاش and its أَحْنَاش. (K, TA.) ― -b7- See also مُرْشِحٌ.

أَرْشَحُ ذ [ More, and most, sweating ]. ― -b2- [Hence,] هُوَ أَرْشَحُ فُؤَادًا (tropical:) He is most largely endowed with sharpness, or acuteness, of mind, or with quickness of intelligence, understanding, sagacity, skill, or knowledge: (K, TA:) as though sweating therewith. (TA.)

مُرْشِحٌ ذ , (S, L, K,) or ↓ مُرَشِّحٌ, (so in one of my copies of the K,) (assumed tropical:) A she-camel having a young one that has become strong enough to walk, or able to walk with strength: (S, K:) or having a young one that has become strong, and that walks with her: (As, S:) or having a young one that associates, or keeps company, with her, walking with her and behind her, and not fatiguing her: or having a young one that has become strong: and in like manner a woman: or each signifies, as also ↓ رَاشِحٌ, applied to a she-camel, as a possessive epithet, having a young one of which she rubs the root of his tail, pushing him on with her head; and before which she goes, and waits for him to overtake her; and which she sometimes gently urges on, and follows. (L.)

مِرْشَحٌ ذ and ↓ مِرْشَحَةٌ The inner covering that is beneath the felt cloth of a horse's saddle; so called because it imbibes the sweat: (L:) or the thing that is beneath the مِيثَرَة [q. v. in art. وثر]. (S, L, K.)

مِرْشَحَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

مُرَشِّحٌ ذ : see مُرْشِحٌ.

مُسْتَرْشَحٌ ذ : see 10, in two places.

1 رَشَدَ ذ , aor. رَشُدَ ; and رَشِدَ, aor. رَشَدَ ; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) the former of which is the better known and the more chaste; (TA;) inf. n. رُشْدٌ, (S, L, Msb, K,) which is of the former, (S, L,) and رَشَدٌ, (S, L, Msb, K,) which is of the latter, (S, L, Msb,) and رَشَادٌ, (L, K,) which is also of the latter verb, (TA,) or this last is a simple subst.; (Msb;) He took, or followed, a right way or course or direction; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) as to a road, and also as to an affair: (L:) [and often relating to religion; meaning he held a right belief; was orthodox: ] and ↓ استرشد signifies the same: (L, K:) you say, استرشد لِأَمْرِهِ, meaning He took, or followed, a right way to conduct his affair: and رَشَدَ أَمْرَهُ, meaning He took, or followed, a right course in his affair; this latter being a phrase similar to أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ and سَفِهَ رَأْيَهُ &c. (L.) Some say that رَشْدٌ relates to the things of the present life and to those of the life to come; and رَشَدٌ, only to those of the life to come: but this distinction does not accord with what has been heard from the Arabs, nor with readings of the Kur-án, in which some read رُشْد and others رَشَد in several verses. (MF.) The former also signifies The continuing in the way of truth, or the right way, with self-constraining firmness in so doing. (K.) One says to the traveller, رَشِدْتَ [ Mayest thou take, or follow, the right way ]. (A.) ― -b2- [See also رُشْدٌ below.]

2 رشّدهُ ذ , inf. n. تَرْشِيدٌ, said of a kádee, or judge, i. q. جَعَلَهُ رَشِيدًا [meaning He pronounced him to be one who took, or followed, a right way or course or direction: or to be one who held a right belief; to be orthodox ]. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also what next follows.

4 ارشدهُ ذ (S, A, L, Msb, K) and ↓ رشّدهُ, (L,) said of God, (S, L, K,) and of a governor, or commander, (L,) [or of any man,] He made him, or caused him, to take, or follow, a right way or course or direction; or he directed him aright, or to the right way or course or direction; (S, * A, * L, Msb, * K; *) اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ and عَلَيْهِ and لَهُ [ to the thing ]: so says AZ: (Msb:) [often relating to religion; meaning he made him, or caused him, to hold a right belief; to become orthodox. ] See also the next paragraph.

10 استرشد ذ : see 1. ― -b2- Also He sought, or desired, the taking, or following, a right way or course or direction. (So accord. to some copies of the K.) ― -b3- And استرشدهُ He desired of him the taking, or following, a right way or course or direction: (L, and so accord. to some copies of the K, and the TA:) or he asked, demanded, or desired, of him, direction to the right way. (MA.) You say, ↓ اِسْتَرْشَدْتُهُ فَأَرْشَدَنِى [ I asked, demanded, or desired, of him, direction to the right way, and he directed me to the right way ] (A, Msb) اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ and عَلَيْهِ and لَهُ [ to the thing ]: so says AZ. (Msb.)

رُشْدٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1. (S, L, Msb, K.) ― -b2- [As a simple subst., Rectitude. ] Also Maturity of in- tellect, and rectitude of actions, and good management of affairs. (TA in art. انس: see 4 in that art.) [Hence, بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ He attained to years of discretion, when he was able of himself to take, or follow, a right way or course: a phrase of frequent occurrence.]

رَشْدَةٌ ذ : see the next paragraph, in four places.

رِشْدَةٌ ذ A mode, or manner, [and ↓ رَشْدَةٌ an act, ] of رَشَاد [or right procedure; &c.]. (Ham p. 463.) [Hence,] هُوَ لِرِشْدَةٍ, (S, A, L, Msb,) and وُلِدَ لِرِشْدَةٍ, (L, K,) and ↓ لِرَشْدَةٍ, (L, Msb, K,) the latter accord. to AZ and Fr, and said to be the more chaste, but the former allowable accord. to Ks, and preferred by Th in the Fs, (L, TA,) [and seems to be the more common,] (tropical:) He is, or was, trueborn; (A, Msb;) contr. of لِزِنْيَةٍ, (S, L, K,) or لِزَنْيَةٍ, (Fr, TA,) and لِغَيَّةٍ. (AZ, Fr, TA.) And ↓ وُلِدَ لِغَيْرِ رَشْدَةٍ [or رِشْدَةٍ i. e. (tropical:) He was not trueborn ]. (Fr, TA.) And هٰذَا وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ (tropical:) This is an offspring of valid marriage. (TA.) And اِدَّعَى ↓ وَلَدًا لِغَيْرِ رَشْدةٍ (tropical:) [ He claimed, as his, a child not lawfully begotten, or not trueborn ]. (TA, from a trad.)

رَشَدَى ذ : see رَشَادٌ.

رِشْدِينٌ ذ : see رَاشِدٌ.

رَشَادٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1, (L, K,) or a simple subst., (Msb,) [signifying Right procedure; or the adoption, or pursuit, of a right way or course or direction; as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning right belief, or orthodoxy: in both these senses] contr. of غَىٌّ, (S, A, Msb,) and of ضَلَالٌ: (Msb:) and ↓ رَشَدَى is a subst. syn. with رَشَادٌ. (L, K. *) -A2- حَبُّ الرَّشَادِ i. q. الحُرْفُ, (K,) in the dial. of El-'Irák; (TA;) they gave it this name as one of good omen, because حُرْفٌ is syn. with حِرْمَانٌ: (K:) [رَشَادٌ and حُرْفٌ are names given to several species of Gress; and حَبُّ الرَّشَادِ seems to mean the seed of رشاد: accord. to Golius, on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, رشاد is the name of the nasturtium: accord. to Delile, (Flor. AEgypt., nos. 576, 580, 571, 584, and 610,) it is the Arabic name of the lepidium sativum of Linn.; the lepidium hortense of Forsk.: and the cochlearia nilotica: رَشَادُ البَحْرِ, i. e., nasturtium maritimum, that of the cakile maritima of Tournef.; Desf., a pinnatifida; the bunias cakile of Linn.; the isatis pinnata of Forsk.: الرَّشَادُ الجَبَلِىُّ, that of the lunaria parviflora: and رَشَادُ البّرِّ, i. e., nasturtium deserti, that of the raphanus recurvatus of Persoon; the raphanus lyratus of Forsk.]

رَشِيدٌ ذ : see رَاشِدٌ. ― -b2- الرَّشِيدُ, of the measure فَعِيل in the sense of the measure مُفْعِل, (L,) as an epithet applied to God, means The Director to the right way: (L, K:) and He who appoints, or ordains, well that which He appoints, or ordains: (K:) or He whose regulations are conducted to the attainment of their ultimate objects in the right way, without any one's aiding in directing their course aright. (L.)

رَاشدٌ ذ and ↓ رَشِيدٌ Taking, or following, a right way or course or direction [as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning holding a right belief; or orthodox ]. (A, Msb.) One says to a traveller, رَاشِدًا مَهْدِيًّا [May God make thee to be a taker, or follower, of a right way; one directed aright ]. (A.) And one says, ↓ يَا رِشْدِينُ, as meaning يَا رَاشِدُ [ O thou who takest, or followest, a right way &c.]. (L) الخُلَفَاآءُ الرَّاشِدُونَ [ The Khaleefehs who took, or followed, a right course, or the orthodox Khaleefehs, ] is an appellation specially applied to Aboo-Bekr, 'Omar, 'Othmán, and 'Alee; but applicable also to any others of the Imáms who pursued the same course as those four. (L.) ― -b2- أُمُّ رَاشِدٍ a surname (S) applied to The female rat or mouse (الفَأُرَةُ). (S, K.)

الطَّرِيقُ الأَرْشَدُ ذ is like الأَقْصَدُ [i. e. The more, or most, direct road ]. (S.)

المَرَاشِدُ ذ , a pl. without a sing., like مَحَاسِنُ and مَلَامِحُ, (L,) The right places to which roads tend; syn. مَقَاصِدُ الطُّرُقِ. (S, L, K.) You say, هُوَ يَهْدِى اـِلَى المَرَاشِدِ [ He directs to the right places to which roads tend ]. (A.)

1 رَشَفَهُ ذ , aor. رَشُفَ and رَشَفَ , inf. n. رَشْفٌ, (S, MA, O, Msb, K,) [and app. رَشِيفٌ also (which see below), and تَرْشَافٌ, which has an intensive signification, mentioned by Freytag as occurring in the “ Mak- soorah ” of Ibn-Dureyd;] and رَشِفَهُ, aor. رَشَفَ , (AA, O, K,) inf. n. رَشْفٌ; (K;) He sucked it in, (S, MA, O, K,) namely, water, (MA, K,) and the saliva of a girl, (IAar, O,) with the two lips; (MA;) as also ↓ ارتشفهُ (S, MA, O, * K) and ↓ ترشّفهُ (S, * MA, O, * K) and ↓ ارشفهُ and ↓ رشّفهُ: (IAar, O, K:) or he took it, namely, water, with the two lips in a manner exceeding that which is termed مَصٌّ: (Msb:) and رَشَفَ, (Msb,) or رَشَفَ الاـِنَاآءَ and رَشِفَهُ, (K,) inf. n. رَشْفٌ, (IF, O,) he drank to the uttermost what was in the vessel, not leaving in it anything: (IF, * O, * Msb, K:) or, accord. to some, رَشْفٌ signifies the sucking in the water of the mouth in kissing: (Har p. 271:) you say, رَشَفَهَا, meaning he sucked her (a girl's) saliva from her mouth: (IAar, L in art. مصد:) and ↓ ارتشفها he kissed her and sucked in her saliva; from رشف [i. e. رَشَفٌ] meaning “ saliva: ” and ↓ ترشّف signifies he sucked in much: (Har p. 231:) or i. q. تَمَصَّصَ. (O.) It is said in a prov., الرَّشْفُ أَنْقَعُ, i. e. The sucking in (↓ ترشّف) of water by little and little is most effectual to quench thirst. (S, O, K.)

2 رَشَّفَ see above.

4 أَرْشَفَ see above.

5 تَرَشَّفَ see 1, in three places.

8 اـِرْتَشَفَ see 1, in two places.

رَشَفٌ ذ A small quantity of water remaining in a watering-trough, or tank: the surface of the water, which the camels suck in with their mouths. (Lth, O, K.) ― -b2- Saliva. (Har p. 231: but there without the vowel-signs.)

رَشُوفٌ ذ Sweet in the mouth; sweet-mouthed; [as though her saliva were sucked in by her lover because of its sweetness;] applied to a woman. (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b2- Also Dry in the فَرْج; so applied. (IAar, O, K.) ― -b3- And A she-camel that eats with her lip. (As, O, K.)

رَشِيفٌ ذ an inf. n., [like رَشْفٌ,] (Lth, O,) The taking of water with the two lips; (Lth, O, K;) exceeding what is termed مَصٌّ. (Lth, O.)

[ مِرْشَفٌ ذ An instrument with which one sucks in water &c. Its pl. مَرَاشِفُ is used in the present day as meaning The lips: thus in the phrase اِمْرَأَةٌ عَذْبَةُ المَرَاشِفِ A woman sweet in the lips; a sweet-lipped woman. ] [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]

1 رَشَقَهُ ذ , (S, Msb,) or رَشَقَهُمْ, (M,) بِالسَّهْمِ, (M, Msb,) or بِالنَّبْلِ, (S, K,) وَغَيْرِهِ, (K,) aor. رَشُقَ , (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. رَشْقٌ; (S, M, Msb, K;) as also ↓ ارشقهُ (Msb) [or ارشقهم]; He shot, or shot at, him, or them, with the arrow, or with the arrows, and other things. (S, M, Msb, K.) It is said in a trad., لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَشْقِ النَّبْلِ [ Verily it is harder upon them, or more severe or distressing to them, than the shooting of arrows at them]. (TA.) ― -b2- And رَشَقَهُمْ بِنَظَرِهِ (assumed tropical:) He cast his look at them. (M.) ― -b3- See also 4, in two places. -A2- رَشُقَ, (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. رَشَاقَةٌ, (S, M, Msb,) He (a man) was, or became, goodly, or beautiful, and slender, in stature, or person: (S, K:) or he (a boy) was, or became, just in proportion, (T, A,) and slender; (A;) and in like manner رَشُقَتْ is said of a girl: (T:) or he (a boy, M, or a person, Msb) was, or became, light, or active, (M, Msb,) in his work; (Msb;) and in like manner رَشْقَتْ is said of a girl. (M. [See also 5.])