Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

رَصُوفٌ ذ A woman narrow in the فَرْج [or vulva ]: (S, M, O:) or small therein: (M:) or small in the vulva, and narrow therein, and, consequently, impervia viro; as also ↓ رَصْفَاآءُ (IAar, * O, * K) and ↓ مَرْصُوفَةٌ: (O, * K:) or this last, [ syn with مَرْفُوغَةٌ,] a woman whose place of circumcision has cohered [ after the operation, when she was young ], and, consequently, impervia [ viro ]. (M.)

رَصِيفٌ ذ [ Put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order, in its several parts; like ↓ مَرْصُوفٌ]. You say, أَسْنَانُهُ رَصِيفَةٌ and ↓ مُرْتَصِفَةٌ His teeth are disposed in a regular and an even row in their manner of growth. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) An imitator, or emulator, of another in actions; and an inseparable associate. (O. K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) A deed, or an action, that is firm, or sound; or firmly, or soundly, or well, executed or performed: (S, O, Msb, K:) and in like manner, an answer, or a reply: (S, O:) or an answer, or a reply, that is strong, or valid; not to be rebutted. (Msb.) ― -b4- Also An arrow having a sinew (عَقَبَة) wound upon the socket of its head, when it has broken; and so ↓ مَرْصُوفٌ. (M.) ― -b5- See also رَصَفٌ. -A2- Also sing. of رِصَافٌ, which signifies The sinews, or ligaments, (عَصَب,) of the horse: or this signifies the bones of the side: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) and has for its pl. رُصُفٌ, like كُتُبٌ [as pl. of كِتَابٌ]. (K.)

رَصَافَةٌ ذ inf. n. of رَصُفَ. [q. v]. (K.) ― -b2- الرَّصَافَةُ بالِشَّىْءِ signifies The being gentle (الرِّفْقُ) with the thing: and [hence] it is said in a trad., وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِنَا مِنْهَا ↓ لَنَا عِمَادٌ أَرْصَفَ [ And no stay, or support, to us was more gentle, or convenient, (أَرْفَقَ,) to us than she, or it ]: no verb thereof [in this sense] has been transmitted. (M.)

رُصَافَةٌ ذ : see رَصَفَةٌ.

رِصَافَةٌ ذ : see رَصَفَةٌ.

رُصُوفَةٌ ذ : see رَصَفَةٌ.

أَرْصَفُ ذ [i. q. أَرْفَقُ]: see رَصَافَةٌ.

مَرْصُوفٌ ذ : see رَصِيفٌ, in two places. ― -b2- مَرْصُوفَةٌ, applied to a woman: see رَصُوفٌ.

مِرْصَافَةٌ ذ i. q. مِطْرَقَةٌ [q. v.]: (O, K:) because the thing hammered, or beaten, is joined, and made to cohere, therewith. (O.)

مُرْتَصِفُ الأَسْنَانِ ذ A man having the teeth near together. (O, K.) See also رَصِيفٌ. ― -b2- المُرْتَصِفُ The lion. (IKh, O, K.) [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]

1 رَصُنَ ذ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. رَصَانَةٌ, (S, M,) It (a thing, M, or a building, TA) was, or became, firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound. (S, M, * K. *) ― -b2- Also, said of a man, i. q. رَزُنَ (assumed tropical:) [ He was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; and forbearing: still, or motionless: or firm, or sound, of judgment: wise, or sensible ]. (M.) -A2- رَصَنَهُ, (As, S, M, K,) aor. رَصُنَ , inf. n. رَصَنٌ, (As, S,) He made it complete, entire, or perfect; (As, S, M, K;) namely, a thing. (As, S.) ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- And see 2, in two places. ― -b4- رَصَنَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (S, K,) inf. n. رَصْنٌ, (S,) He reviled him, or vilified him. (S, K.)

2 رصّن الشَّىْءَ مَعْرِفَةً ذ , (K,) thus accord. to some copies of the S, (TA,) inf. n. تَرْصِينٌ; (K;) accord. to other copies of the S, ↓ رَصَنَ; (TA; [and accord. to the KL, the inf. n. of the verb in this sense, expl. by غالب شدن, is رَصْنٌ;]) (assumed tropical:) He overcame the thing by knowledge: (S, K:) so says AZ: (S:) [accord. to the JM, ↓ رَصَنَهُ signifies He knew it: but] the reading in the K, with teshdeed, is confirmed by the saying of Z, in the A, that رَصِّنْ لِى هٰذَا الخَبَرَ means (tropical:) Verify thou for me, or to me, this information; syn. حَقِّقْهُ; a tropical phrase. (TA.)

4 ارصنهُ ذ He made it, or rendered it, firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ رَصَنَهُ; namely, a thing. (TA.) You say, أُرْصِنَ البِنَاآءُ The building was made, or rendered, firm, stable, &c. (TA.) And اـِذَا عَمِلْتَ عَمَلًا فَأَرْصِنْهُ (tropical:) When thou doest a deed, do it soundly, thoroughly, skilfully, judiciously, or well. (TA.)

رَصِينٌ ذ Firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound; (S, M, K;) applied to a thing: (M:) and ↓ مُرْصَنٌ and ↓ مَرْصُونٌ, made, or rendered, firm, stable, strong, &c. (TA.) You say دِرْعٌ رَصِينٌ A coat of mail firmly, strongly, or compactly, made. (TA.) And ↓ بِنَاآءٌ مُرْصَنٌ A building made, or rendered, firm, stable, strong, &c. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ لَهُ رَأْىٌ رَصِينٌ (assumed tropical:) [ A man having firm, or sound, judgment ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, applied to a man, i. q. رَزِينٌ (assumed tropical:) [ Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; and forbearing: still, or motionless: or firm, or sound, of judgment: wise, or sensible ]. (M.) ― -b3- فُلانٌ رَصِينٌ بِحَاجَتِكَ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is gracious, or knowing and gracious, with respect to thy want; or mindful, regardful, or considerate, thereof; syn. حَفِىٌّ بِهَا. (S, K. *) ― -b4- رَصِينٌ also signifies Pained, or suffering pain: (S, K:) so in the saying of a poet, يَقُولُ اـِنِّى رَصِينُ الجُوْفِ فَا@سْقُونِى [ He says, or he saying, Verily I am suffering pain of the belly, or chest, therefore give ye me to drink ]. (S.) -A2- What are termed الرَّصِينَانِ, (S,) or رَصِينَا الفَرَسِ, (K,) are The [ two ] extremities of the قَصَب [or round and hollow bones, meaning here of the arms, (in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, of the عَصَب, or sinews, )] that are set in, or upon, the رَضْفَة [n. un. of رَضْفٌ, which is evidently the correct reading, meaning the bones that are between the arm and the shank ], in the knee. (S, K.)

مُرْصَنٌ ذ : see the paragraph next preceding, in two places.

مِرْصَنٌ ذ An iron instrument with which beasts (دَوَابّ) are cauterized. (K.)

مَرْصُونُ ذ : see رَصِينٌ. ― -b2- سَاعِدٌ مَرْصُونٌ [ A fore arm, or an upper arm, of a man, or a fore shank, or an arm, of a beast, (for ساعد has all these meanings,)] marked with a hot iron; syn. مَوْسُومٌ. (K.)

1 رَضَّهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb,) aor. رَضُ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. رَضٌّ, (S, A, Msb, K,) He bruised, brayed, pounded, or crushed, it: (IF, A, Msb, K:) or it signifies, (S,) or signifies also, (K,) he bruised, brayed, pounded, or crushed, it coarsely, not finely; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَضْرَضَهُ: (TA:) or he broke it; (Msb, TA;) and so ↓ the latter verb. (S, K, TA.) You say, ضَرَبَهُ فَرَضَّ عِظَامَهُ He beat him, and crushed his bones. (A.) And سَمِعْتُ بِمَا نَزَلَ بِكَ فَفَتَّ كَبِدِى وَرَضَّ عِظَامِى (tropical:) [ I heard of what befell thee, and it crumbled my liver and crushed my bones ]. (A, TA.)

4 ارضّ ذ , (S, K,) inf. n. اـِرْضَاضٌ, (TA,) He (a man, S) was, or became, heavy and slow. (S, K.) And He ran vehemently. (ISk, K.) Thus it has two contr. significations. (K.) And ارضّ فِى الأَرْضِ He went away into the country, or in the land; syn. ذَهَبَ [q. v.]. (ISk, TA.) ― -b2- ارضّت الرَّثِيْئَةُ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) The [ milk termed ] رثيئة became thick. (S, K.) -A2- ارضّ العَرَقَ It (fatigue, TA, or food or drink, AZ, K) made the sweat to flow. (AZ, * K, * TA.)

5 تَرَضَّ3َ see the next paragraph.

8 ارتضّ ذ It (a thing) broke, or became broken, in pieces; (TA;) and ↓ ترضّض signifies [the same; or] it became broken, bruised, or brayed; (KL;) [and so, accord. to some, ↓ تَرَضْرَضَ: for you say,] حِجَارَةٌ تَتَرَضْرَضُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, meaning Stones that break in pieces upon the surface of the earth; (S, K; *) as some say: but others say that this means stones that move about, without stopping, upon the surface of the earth. (TA.)

R. Q. 1 see 1, above, in two places.

R. Q. 2 see 8.

رَضٌّ ذ Dates bruised, or brayed, (S,) or freed from the stones, (K,) or bruised, or brayed, and freed from the stones, (TA,) and steeped in unmixed milk; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ مُرِضَّةٌ and ↓ مِرَضَّةٌ: (K:) or dry dates bruised, or brayed, and thrown into fresh milk; as also ↓ رَضِيضٌ (A.)

رُضَاضٌ ذ Fragments, or broken particles, (S, IF, Msb,) of a thing: (S:) what is bruised, brayed, pounded, or crushed; or bruised, &c., coarsely; of a thing. (IDrd, K.)

رَضِيضٌ ذ Bruised, brayed, pounded, or crushed: (K:) bruised, &c., coarsely: as also ↓ مُرْضُوضٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also رَضٌّ.

رَضْرَضٌ ذ : see what next follows.

رَضْرَاضٌ ذ Pebbles: (IDrd, A, K:) or small pebbles: (A, K:) as also ↓ رَضْرَضٌ, (K,) which is a contraction of the former: (TA:) or bruised, or crushed, pebbles. (S.) Hence the saying نَهْرٌ ذُو سِهْلَةٍ وَذُو رَضْرَاضٍ A river, or channel, having a bed of sand upon which the water runs, and having bruised, or crushed, pebbles. (S.) Or رَضْرَاضٌ signifies Hard, smooth stones. (Kr, L.) And with ة, Stones that break in pieces, or that move about without stopping, upon the surface of the earth. (TA.) ― -b2- Land broken up (↓ مَرْضُوضَةٌ) with stones. (IAar, S, K.) -A2- Small drops of rain. (AA, K.) -A3- Fleshy; having much flesh; applied to a man; (S, K;) and to a camel: (S:) fem. with ة; applied to a woman. (S, K.) ― -b2- كَفَلٌ رَضْرَاضٌ Buttocks that quiver (K, TA) in walking. (TA.)

رَضَارِضُ ذ Pasturing beasts that crush the herbage in eating: (TA:) or camels pasturing at pleasure; as though they crushed the herbage. (S, TA.)

أَرَضُّ ذ Always sitting still, not quitting his place. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

مُرِضَّةٌ ذ : see رَضٌّ. ― -b2- Also Thick [ milk such as is termed ] رَثِيْئَة; i. e. fresh milk upon which sour milk is poured, and which is then left awhile, whereupon there comes forth from it a thin yellow fluid, which is poured from it, and the thick is drunk: (S:) or fresh milk drawn from the udder upon sour milk; or before it has become mature: (TA:) or fresh milk poured upon milk that has been collected in a skin: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) or, as described to ISk by one of the Benoo-'Ámir, very sour milk, that causes the man who has drunk it to arise in the morning languid, or loose in the joints. (TA.) ― -b3- And A food, or a drink, that causes the sweat of him who has eaten it, or drunk it, to flow. (AZ, K, TA.) In this explanation, رَضَّتْ is put in [some copies of] the K instead of أَرَضَّتْ in the explanation given by AZ. (TA.) -A2- Also A mare that runs vehemently. (AO, TA.)

مِرَضَّةٌ ذ A thing with which one bruises, brays, pounds, or crushes; or with which one bruises, &c., coarsely. (TA.) [And particularly what is termed in Latin Tribulum; (Golius, on the authority of Meyd;) i. e. a kind of drag used for the purpose of separating the grain of wheat and barley &c. and of cutting the straw; more commonly called نَورَجٌ (q. v.) and مِدْرَسٌ and جَرْجَرٌ.] -A2- See also رَضٌّ.

مَرْضُوضٌ ذ : see رَضِيضٌ; and رَضْرَاضٌ.

1 رَضَبَ رِيقَهَا ذ , (A, K,) aor. رَضُبَ , (A, TA,) inf. n. رَضْبٌ, (TA,) He sucked in, or gently sucked or drew in with his lips, her (a girl's, or young woman's, TA) saliva; (A, K, TA;) as also ↓ ترضّبِها, (A,) or رِيقَهَا ↓ ترضّب. (K.) ― -b2- And رَضَبَ المَطَرُ The rain poured vehemently, or abundantly and extensively; (K, TA;) as also ↓ ارضب, inf. n. اـِرْضَابٌ. (TA.) And رَضَبَتِ السَّمَاآءُ The sky poured incessantly with rain in large drops. (AA, TA.) ― -b3- رَضُبٌ is also used as a verb, [meaning an inf n. of رَضَبَ signifying It (dew) fell, or formed, in distinct particles upon the trees, ] from رُضَابٌ applied to dew. (TA.) -A2- رَضَبَتِ الشَّاةُ i. q. رَبَضَت, [q. v., app. formed from the latter by transposition,] (K,) but seldom used. (TA.)

4 أَرْضَبَ see the preceding paragraph.

5 تَرَضَّبَ see 1, in two places.

رَضَبَةٌ ذ : see رَاضَبٌ.

رُضَابٌ ذ Saliva; syn. رِيقٌ: (S:) or saliva (ريق) that is sucked in, or gently sucked or drawn in with the lips; (L, K;) as when a man kisses a girl: (L:) or what one so sucks or draws in, of his own saliva: (L:) or what forms into little bubbles, of saliva, and spreads, or becomes scattered, or sprinkled; what flows being termed بُزَاق: (TA:) or particles of saliva in the mouth: (K:) or, as some say, the separation of saliva into distinct particles, and abundance of the water of the teeth: but of each of the last two explanations, AM [or, I believe, ISd] says, "I know not how this is." (TA.) ― -b2- Sweet water. (TA.) ― -b3- Froth of honey. (K, TA.) ― -b4- Particles of dew upon trees. (K) ― -b5- Particles of snow, of hail, and of sugar. (K.) ― -b6- Particles of musk: (K:) or so رُضَابُ مِسْكٍ. (TA.)

رَاضِبٌ ذ Vehement, or abundant and extensive, rain: (S, K:) or rain pouring incessantly, in large drops. (AA, TA.) -A2- Also A species of the [ lote-tree called ] سِدْر: (S, K:) one of which is called رَاضِبَةٌ, [with respect to which it is a coll. gen. n.,] and ↓ رَضَبَةٌ, (K,) with respect to which latter, if this be correct, it is a quasi-pl. n. (TA.)

مَرَاضِبُ ذ [in the TK مَرَاضِيبُ] Sweet salivæ. (K, TA.)

1 رَضَحَ ذ , aor. رَضَحَ , (L, Msb, K,) inf. n. رَضْحٌ, (S, L, Msb,) He broke, (S, L, Msb, K,) and bruised, brayed, or crushed, (Msb, TA,) pebbles, (S, K,) or date-stones, (S, L, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb,) with a stone [&c.]; (L;) like رَضَخَ, (S, Msb,) which is a dial. var. (Msb.) And He broke, (Msb, TA,) or bruised, (TA,) a person's head (Msb, TA) with a stone; (TA;) as also رَضَخَ. (Msb, TA.)

5 ترضّح ذ (S, K) and ↓ ارتضح (L) It (a pebble, S, K, and a date-stone, L, K) became broken, (S, L, K,) [or bruised, brayed, or crushed, ] with a stone [&c.]. (L.) Jirán-el-' Owd says, يَكَادُ الحَصَى مِنْ وَطْئِهَا يَتَرَضَّحُ [ The pebbles almost became broken by her tread ]. (S.)

8 اـِرْتَضَحَ see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- ارتضح مِنْ كَذَا He excused himself, or he urged, or showed, or manifested, an excuse, for such a thing; or he asserted himself to be clear thereof. (K.)

رَضْحٌ ذ inf. n. of 1. (S, L, Msb.) [Hence,] نَوَى الرَّضْحِ Date-stones that fall out from others [ in the operation of breaking or bruising ]. (S, K.) And ↓ رَضْحَةٌ A date-stone that flies from beneath the stone [called مِرْضَاح]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, [or perhaps more properly with خ,] A small gift. (TA.) ― -b3- And A little of news or tidings. (TA.)

رُضْحٌ ذ is a subst. from رَضَحَ; and [as such, as is implied, or rather indicated, in the S,] signifies Broken [or bruised, brayed, or crushed, ] datestones; i. q. ↓ نَوًى مَرْضُوحٌ; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَضِيحٌ [i. e. نَوًى رَضِيحٌ]. (K.) [See also رَضِيخٌ, with خ.]

رَضْحَةٌ ذ : see رَضْحٌ.

رَضِيحٌ ذ : see رُضْحٌ.

رَضَّاحٌ ذ [ That breaks, or bruises, pebbles &c. much or vehemently ]. Abu-n-Nejm says, بِكُلِّ وَأْبٍ لِلْحَصَى رَضَّاحِ لَيْسَ بِمُصْطَرٍّ وَلَا فِرْشَاحِ [ With every strong hoof, that breaks the pebbles much or vehemently, that is not contracted, or immoderately narrow, nor spreading ]. (S.)

مِرْضَحَةٌ ذ The thing with which date-stones are broken, or bruised, brayed, or crushed, to serve as provender [ for camels ]. (R, TA.) [See also what next follows.]

مِرْضَاحٌ ذ The stone with which date-stones are broken [or bruised or brayed or crushed, to serve as food for camels ]: (S, K:) مِرْضَاخٌ [q. v.] is a dial. var. of weak authority. (TA.) [See also what next precedes.]