رشء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of young, growing, or newly developed entities, particularly in animals and plants. It also extends to the act of sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

رَشَأَverb

1.
to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

الرَّشَأnoun

1.
young gazelleclassical
A young gazelle that has become strong, can move, and walks with its mother.

أَرْشَاءnoun

1.
young gazellesclassical
The plural of رشأ (rash'a), referring to young gazelles.

الرَّشَأnoun

1.
tall shrubclassical
A shrub that grows tall, with leaves like castor leaves and no fruit, and is not eaten by anything.

الرَّشَأnoun

1.
herbclassical
A herb that resembles the قرنوة (qarnawa).

رَشْأَةnoun

1.
herb (singular)classical
The singular form of the herb described, often cooked and considered a good wild vegetable from Najd.

رَشْأَةnoun

1.
green herbclassical
A green, greyish herb that spreads low on the ground, with a white flower.

Parallel reading

رشأ المرأة: نكحها.

Rash'a the woman: he had intercourse with her.

والرشأ. على فعل بالتحريك: الظبي إذا قوي وتحرك ومشى مع أمه

And the rash'a (on fa'al with harakah): the gazelle when it becomes strong, moves, and walks with its mother.

والرشأ أيضا: شجرة تسمو فوق القامة ورقها كورق الخروع ولا ثمرة لها، ولا يأكلها شيء.

And the rash'a is also: a tree that grows above stature, its leaves are like castor leaves, it has no fruit, and nothing eats it.

والرشأ: عشبة تشبه القرنوة.

And the rash'a: a herb resembling the qarnawa.

قال أبو حنيفة: أخبرني أعرابي من ربيعة قال: الرشأ مثل الجمة، ولها قضبان كثيرة العقد، وهي مرة جدا شديدة الخضرة لزجة، تنبت بالقيعان، متسطحة على الأرض، وورقتها لطيفة محددة، والناس يطبخونها، وهي من خير بقلة تنبت بنجد، واحدتها رشأة.

Abu Hanifa said: An Arab from Rabi'ah informed me, saying: The rash'a is like the jammah, it has many knotted branches, it is very bitter, intensely green, and viscous, it grows in lowlands, spreading flat on the ground, its leaf is delicate and pointed, and people cook it, and it is among the best wild vegetables that grow in Najd. Its singular is rash'ah.

وقيل: الرشأة خضراء غبراء تسلنطح.

And it was said: The rash'ah is green, greyish, and spreads low.

ولها زهرة بيضاء

And it has a white flower.

وإنما استدللت على أن لام الرشإ همزة بالرشإ الذي هو شجر أيضا وإلا فقد يجوز أن يكون ياء أو واوا، والله أعلم.

I only inferred that the final letter of al-rash'a is a hamza by the al-rash'a which is also a tree; otherwise, it might be a ya or a waw. And God knows best.