رعش

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns trembling, shaking, and rapid, unsteady movement. It extends to concepts of haste, weakness, and even specific animals and places associated with these characteristics.

Derived headwords

الرَّعْشnoun

1.
trembling, shiveringboth
A state of trembling or shivering, often associated with fear, cold, or illness.

الرَّعَاشnoun

1.
tremor, palsyclassical
A persistent tremor or shaking that affects a person due to an illness, from which they do not recover.
2.
tremblingboth
A general term for trembling or shaking.

رَعَشَverb

1.
to tremble, to shakeboth
To tremble or shake, often involuntarily.

ارْتَعَشَverb

1.
to tremble, to shakeboth
To tremble or shake, often used for limbs or the head.

أَرْعَشَهُ اللهverb

1.
God made him trembleclassical
A passive construction indicating that God caused someone to tremble.

ارْتَعَشَتْ يَدُهُverb

1.
his hand trembledboth
His hand began to shake or tremble.

ارْتَعَشَ رَأْسُ الشَّيْخِverb

1.
the old man's head shookboth
The old man's head shook or trembled, typically due to old age.

رَعْشَةnoun

1.
tremor, shiverboth
A sudden, brief episode of trembling or shivering, often caused by illness or fear.
2.
haste, eagernessclassical
A state of eagerness or haste.

رَعْشٌnoun

1.
shaking of the headclassical
The act of shaking one's head, particularly while walking or sleeping.

رَعْشٌ عَلَى النَّسَبِother

1.
derived by relationclassical
A grammatical term indicating a word is derived by relation, often when a direct verb form is not found.

رَعْشٌadjective

1.
trembling, shakyclassical
Describing someone or something that trembles or shakes.

رَعْشٌadjective

1.
cowardlyclassical
Describing someone who is cowardly or fearful, especially in battle.

رَعْشٌ إِلَى الْقِتَالِadjective

1.
eager for battleclassical
Describing someone who is quick or eager to engage in fighting.

رَعْشٌ إِلَى الْمَعْرُوفِadjective

1.
eager for good deedsclassical
Describing someone who is quick or eager to do good deeds.

رَعْشِيشadjective

1.
trembling with fearclassical
Describing someone who trembles in battle due to cowardice.

رَعْشَةٌ عِنْدَ الْحَرْبِnoun

1.
trembling from weakness/fearclassical
A state of trembling experienced during warfare, stemming from weakness or fear.

مُرْعِشadjective

1.
tremblingclassical
One who is trembling or shaking.

مُرْعِشnoun

1.
a type of pigeonclassical
A species of pigeon known for its aerial acrobatics (circling).

رَعْشَنadjective

1.
shaking, tremblingclassical
Describing an animal, like a camel, that shakes or moves with a lively, unsteady gait.

رَعْشَنَةadjective

1.
shaking, tremblingclassical
Used for a female camel that shakes or moves with a lively, unsteady gait.

رَعْشَاءadjective

1.
long-neckedclassical
Describing a female camel with a long neck.
2.
swiftclassical
Describing a female ostrich that is fast.
3.
shaking, tremblingclassical
Describing a female animal that shakes or moves with a lively gait, or a female ostrich.

ظَلِيمٌ رَعْشٌadjective

1.
swift ostrichclassical
A male ostrich that is fast-moving.

أَرْعَشadjective

1.
shaking, tremblingclassical
Describing a male camel that shakes or moves with a lively, unsteady gait.

رَعْشَنٌnoun

1.
a four-part noun formclassical
A noun form considered to be quadriliteral (four-root letters) in its own right.

الدَّابَّةُ رَعْشَاءadjective

1.
animal shakes from vigorclassical
An animal described as 'ra'sha'' because it shakes or trembles from its own vigor and liveliness.

رَعُوشadjective

1.
shaking head from ageclassical
Describing a female camel whose head shakes due to old age.

الْمُرْعِشname

1.
a king of Ḥimyarclassical
A king from the tribe of Ḥimyar who was known for his trembling, and thus named.

رَعْشname

1.
a horse's nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Salama ibn Yazīd al-Ju'fī.

مَرْعَشname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location in the frontier regions of the Jazīra province, or a specific place whose exact location is not specified.

Parallel reading

الرعش، بالتحريك، والرعاش: الرعدة.

Ar-ra'shu, with vowelization, and ar-ra'āshu: the tremor.

رعش، بالكسر، يرعش رعشا وارتعش أي ارتعد، وأرعشه الله.

Ra'asha, with kasra, yar'ushu ra'shan and irta'asha, meaning 'he trembled', and 'Allāh ar'ashahu' (God made him tremble).

وارتعشت يده إذا ارتعدت.

And his hand trembled if it shook.

وارتعش رأس الشيخ إذا رجف من الكبر.

And the old man's head trembled if it shook from old age.

والرعاش: رعشة تعتري الإنسان من داء يصيبه لا يسكن عنه.

And ar-ra'āshu: a tremor that befalls a person from an illness that strikes them and does not cease.

ورجل رعش: مرتعش؛

And a man is ra'shu: trembling;

ثم انصرفت، ولا أبثك حيبتي، ... رعش البنان أطيش مشي الأصور

Then I turned away, and I will not reveal my affection to you, ... his fingers trembling, his gait unsteady like that of a weakling.

ورجل رعيش: مرتعش.

And a man is ra'īshu: trembling.

ورجل رعشيش: يرعش في الحرب جبنا.

And a man is ra'shīshu: he trembles in war out of cowardice.

ورجل رعش أي جبان.

And a man is ra'shu, meaning cowardly.

ويقال: أخذت فلانا رعشة عند الحرب ضعفا وجبنا.

And it is said: So-and-so was overcome by a tremor during the war due to weakness and cowardice.

ويقال: إنه لرعش إلى القتال وإلى المعروف أي سريع إليه.

And it is said: He is ra'shu towards fighting and towards good deeds, meaning quick to them.

والرعشة: العجلة؛ وأنشد:

And ar-ra'shatu: haste; and he recited:

والمرعشين بالقنا المقوم كأنما أرعشوهم أي أعجلوهم.

And those who are urged forward with straight spears, as if they were hastened, meaning they were made to hurry.

والرعشن: المرتعش.

And ar-ra'shanu: the one who is trembling.

وجمل رعشن: سريع لاهتزازه في السير، نونهما زائدة؛ وناقة رعشنة ورعشاء كذلك، وقيل: الرعشاء الطويلة العنق.

And a camel is ra'shanu: fast due to its shaking in its gait; its nun is extra; and a female camel is ra'shanah and ra'shā' likewise, and it is said: ar-ra'shā' is long-necked.

والرعشاء من النعام: الطويلة، وقيل: السريعة، وظليم رعش كذلك، وهو على تقدير فعل بدل من أفعل، خالفوا بصيغة المذكر عن صيغة المؤنث ومثله كثير، وكذلك الناقة الرعشاء، والجمل أرعش وهو الرعشن والرعشنة «1»؛ وأنشد:

And ar-ra'shā' from ostriches: the tall one, and it is said: the swift one, and a male ostrich is ra'shu likewise, and it is on the pattern of fa'al instead of af'al, they differed in the masculine form from the feminine form, and many are like this, and likewise the female camel ar-ra'shā', and the camel ar'ash, which is ar-ra'shanu and ar-ra'shanah; and he recited:

من كل رعشاء وناج رعشن

From every swift female ostrich and a swift male camel.

وتسمى الدابة رعشاء لانتفاضها من شهامتها ونشاطها.

And the animal is called ra'shā' because of its shaking from its vigor and liveliness.

ويقال: الرعشن بناء رباعي على حدة.

And it is said: Ar-ra'shanu is a quadriliteral form on its own.

وفلاناً رعش إلى القتال أي سريع إليه.

And so-and-so is ra'shu towards fighting, meaning quick to it.

ويرعش: ملك من ملوك حمير كان به ارتعاش فسمي بذلك.

And Yar'ashu: a king of Ḥimyar who had a tremor, so he was named that.

ورعش: فرس لسلمة بن يزيد الجعفي.

And Ra'shu: a horse of Salama ibn Yazīd al-Ju'fī.

ومرعش: بلد في الثغور من كور الجزيرة، وقيل: هو موضع ولم يعين؛ قال:

And Mar'ashu: a city in the frontiers of the Jazīra province, and it is said: it is a place whose location is not specified; he said:

فلو أبصرت أم القديد طعاننا، ... بمرعش رهط الأرمني، أرنت

If you had seen the mother of al-Qadīd our spearing, ... at Mar'ashu, the clan of the Armenian, you would have heard.