رسح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root describes a lack of flesh or substance, particularly in the buttocks and hips. It is applied to people, animals, and even abstract concepts to denote thinness, leanness, or a lack of development.

Derived headwords

رَسَحَverb

1.
to be leanboth
To have little flesh, especially in the buttocks and thighs.

الرَّسَحُnoun

1.
leannessboth
The state of having lean buttocks and hips, lacking flesh.
2.
thinnessclassical
A lack of substance or flesh in the posterior and thigh regions.

أَرْسَحُadjective

1.
leanboth
Describing a person, especially a man, who has little flesh in the buttocks and thighs.
2.
without buttocksclassical
Lacking a developed posterior or buttocks.
3.
lean-hippedclassical
Characterized by light or lean hips.

رَسْحَاءُadjective

1.
leanboth
Describing a woman who is lean in the buttocks and hips.
2.
uglyclassical
An ugly woman, likely due to her lack of feminine form.

رُسْحٌnoun

1.
leannessclassical
The quality of being lean in the buttocks and hips.

رَسْحًاnoun

1.
leannessboth
The state of having lean buttocks and hips.

الذِّئْبُnoun

1.
wolfclassical
The wolf is called 'arsah' because of its lean hips.

الزَّلَاءُnoun

1.
lean womanclassical
A woman who lacks a developed posterior, similar to being 'arsah'.

المِزْلَاجُnoun

1.
lean womanclassical
Another term for a woman lacking a developed posterior.

السَّمْعُ الأَزَلُother

1.
deafclassical
The deaf person is called 'arsah', possibly implying a lack of responsiveness or development.

Parallel reading

خفة الأليتين ولصوقهما.

The lightness and closeness of the buttocks.

رجل أرسح بين الرسح: قليل لحم العجز والفخذين، وامرأة رسحاء؛ وقد رسح رسحا.

A lean man, characterized by leanness: having little flesh in the buttocks and thighs, and a lean woman; and she was lean.

إن جاءت به أرسح، فهو لفلان ؛ الأرسح: الذي لا عجز له

If she gives birth to a lean child, then he belongs to so-and-so; the lean one: he who has no buttocks.

لا تسترضعوا أولادكم الرسح ولا العمش، فإن اللبن يورث الرسح

Do not let your children nurse from the lean or the cross-eyed, for milk can transmit leanness.

الرسح أن لا يكون للمرأة عجيزة، وقد رسحت رسحا، وهي الزلاء والمزلاج.

Leanness is when a woman does not have a developed posterior, and she has become lean, and she is called 'al-zalaa' and 'al-mizlaaj'.

والأرسح: الذئب، لذلك، وكل ذئب أرسح لأنه خفيف الوركين

And the lean one: the wolf, for that reason, and every wolf is lean because it is light in the hips.

فقالت: أرسحتنا نار الزحفتين.

So she said: The fire of the two marches made us lean.

وقيل للسمع الأزل: أرسح.

And the deaf person was called lean.

والرسحاء: القبيحة من النساء، والجمع رسح.

And the lean woman: the ugly one among women, and the plural is 'rusuh'.