رشش

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sprinkling or scattering, especially liquids like water, blood, or tears. It extends to describe light rain, the residue of such sprinkling, and also encompasses related concepts like a moist or tender state, and a specific type of camel's kneeling action.

Derived headwords

رَشَّverb

1.
to sprinkleboth
To scatter or throw liquid lightly over a surface or object.
2.
to moistenboth
To wet something by sprinkling it with liquid.
3.
to sprayboth
To cause liquid to fall in fine drops.

رششت البيت بالماء — I sprinkled the house with water

رششت المكان رشا — I sprinkled the place

رَشّnoun

1.
sprinklingboth
The act of sprinkling or scattering liquid.
2.
light rainboth
A small amount of rain, or the beginning of rain.
3.
moistureclassical
The liquid that has been sprinkled.

الرش للماء والدم والدمع — Sprinkling of water, blood, and tears

الرش أول المطر — The sprinkling is the beginning of the rain

تَرَشَّشَverb

1.
to be sprinkledboth
To have liquid sprinkled upon it.
2.
to dripboth
To fall in drops, referring to liquid.

ترشش عليه الماء — Water was sprinkled upon him

ترشرش الماء — Water dripped

أَرْشَشَverb

1.
to rain lightlyclassical
To bring forth light rain.
2.
to shed tearsclassical
For the eye to shed tears.
3.
to shed bloodclassical
For a wound to shed blood.

أرشت العين الدمع — The eye shed tears

أرشت الطعنة، ورشاشها دمها — The stab bled, and its effusion was its blood

رَشَّاشnoun

1.
sprinklingboth
The liquid that is sprinkled or scattered.
2.
effusion of bloodclassical
The blood that spurts or drips from a wound.
3.
light rainclassical
A collection of light rain.

رشاشها دمها — its effusion was its blood

رشاش الدمع — the effusion of tears

مَرْشُوشَةadjective

1.
sprinkledboth
Having been sprinkled with liquid.
2.
moistenedboth
Wetted by sprinkling.

أرض مرشوشة — a sprinkled land

مِرَشَّةnoun

1.
sprinklerclassical
A device or tool used for sprinkling.
2.
place sprinkledclassical
A place that has been sprinkled.

مرشة — a place sprinkled (referring to a wound that sprinkles blood)

رَشْرَاشadjective

1.
moist and tenderclassical
Describing meat that is moist, tender, and dripping with juices or fat.

شواء مرش ورشرش — roasted meat, moist and tender

تَرشرَشَverb

1.
to flowclassical
To flow or trickle, referring to water.

وترشرش الماء — and the water flowed

عِظَام رَشْرَاشnoun phrase

1.
soft bonesclassical
Describing bones that are soft or tender.

عظم رشراش — soft bone

خُبْزَة رَشْرَاشَةnoun phrase

1.
soft, dry breadclassical
Describing bread that is soft yet dry.

خبزة رشراشة ورشرشة — a soft, dry bread

رَشْرَشَ البَعِيرverb

1.
camel knelt and dug inclassical
The action of a camel kneeling down and then digging its chest into the ground to settle.

ورشرش البعير: برك ثم فحص بصدره في الأرض ليتمكن — and the camel knelt and dug its chest into the ground to settle

إِرْشَاشnoun

1.
shedding of tearsclassical
The act of shedding tears, especially profusely.
2.
shedding of bloodclassical
The act of blood flowing from a wound.

إرشاشا — shedding profusely

Parallel reading

الرش للماء والدم والدمع

Sprinkling of water, blood, and tears.

والرش: رشك البيت بالماء

And sprinkling: your sprinkling the house with water.

وقد رششت المكان رشا وترشش عليه الماء

And I sprinkled the place with a sprinkling, and water was sprinkled upon it.

ورشت العين والسماء ترش رشا ورشاشا وأرشت أي جاءت بالرش

And the eye and the sky sprinkled, sprinkling lightly and with effusion, meaning they brought forth light rain.

وأرض مرشوشة: أصابها رش

And a sprinkled land: it was hit by sprinkling.

والرش: المطر القليل، والجمع رشاش

And sprinkling: the little rain, and its plural is rashash.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الرش أول المطر

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: sprinkling is the beginning of the rain.

وأرشت الطعنة، ورشاشها دمها

And the stab bled, and its effusion was its blood.

والرشاش، بالفتح. ما ترشش من الدمع والدم

And the effusion, with the fatha. What drips from tears and blood.

وأرشت العين الدمع، ورشه بالماء يرشه رشا: نضحه

And the eye shed tears, and he sprinkled it with water, sprinkling it: he moistened it.

وفي الحديث: فلم يكونوا يرشون شيئا من ذلك أي ينضحونه بالماء

And in the Hadith: they did not sprinkle any of that, meaning they did not moisten it with water.

ورشاش الدمع؛ قال أبو كبير يصف طعنة ترش الدمع إرشاشا

And the effusion of tears; Abu Kabir said, describing a stab that sheds tears profusely.

وشواء مرش ورشرش: خضل ند يقطر ماؤه، وقيل: يقطر دسمه

And roasted meat, moist and tender: moist and dripping its water, and it was said: dripping its fat.

وترشرش الماء: سال

And the water trickled: it flowed.

وعظم رشراش: رخو

And soft bone: tender.

وخبزة رشراشة ورشرشة: رخوة يابسة

And a soft, dry bread: tender and dry.

ورشرش البعير: برك ثم فحص بصدره في الأرض ليتمكن

And the camel knelt and dug: it knelt then dug its chest into the ground to settle.

وإرشاش عطفيه حتى شسب أراد تعريقه إياه حتى ضمر لما سال من عرقه بالحناذ واشتد لحمه بعد رهله

And the sprinkling of its flanks until it became lean, meaning it sweated until it became lean from the sweat that flowed from its sweat and its flesh became firm after its weakness.