رصع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root رصع primarily relates to concepts of tightness, closeness, and being joined or inlaid. It extends to meanings of precision, intensity, and even sexual intercourse, as well as physical attributes like narrowness between knees or a sturdy build.

Derived headwords

الرَّصْعnoun

1.
precision of the rumpclassical
Refers to the tightness or precision of the posterior, possibly indicating a well-formed or sturdy build.
2.
narrowness of kneesclassical
Describes the close proximity of the knees to each other.
3.
overwatering of cropsclassical
Occurs when a young crop is excessively watered, causing it to turn yellow, become stunted, and not spread out, resulting in small grains.
4.
intense thrustingclassical
Refers to the act of thrusting intensely, particularly with a spear, to the point of the entire head disappearing.
5.
striking with the handclassical
The act of hitting or striking with the hand.

أَرْصَعadjective

1.
sturdy, well-builtclassical
A man described as أرصع is a variant of أرسح, implying a sturdy or well-built physique.

أُرَيْصِعadjective

1.
diminutive of sturdyclassical
The diminutive form of أرصع, used in the context of a child's appearance, implying a small but sturdy build.

الرَّصْعَاءadjective

1.
wide-hipped womanclassical
A woman described as الرصعاء is one who is wide-hipped and not narrow in the posterior, similar to رسحاء.
2.
woman without a backboneclassical
Another description for a woman, implying she lacks a prominent backbone or is perhaps soft.

رَصَعَverb

1.
to be precise/tightclassical
To be precise, tight, or closely joined.
2.
to be damaged/corruptedclassical
To be damaged, corrupted, or spoiled, as in an eye.
3.
to thrust intenselyclassical
To thrust intensely with a weapon, like a spear, to the full depth.
4.
to knot intricatelyclassical
To tie something with intricate, interlocking, triangular knots, like an amulet.
5.
to inlay/embellishboth
To set jewels or ornaments into something, or to adorn it.
6.
to crush grainclassical
To crush grain between two stones.
7.
to adhere toclassical
To stick closely to something.
8.
to copulateclassical
To have sexual intercourse, used for birds and animals, and metaphorically for humans.

رَصْعًاnoun

1.
precisionclassical
The state of being precise or tightly joined.
2.
intense thrustclassical
A severe thrust or stab, especially with a spear.
3.
copulationclassical
Sexual intercourse, particularly in animals.

أَرْصَعَهُverb

1.
to thrust intenselyclassical
To thrust intensely with a weapon, causing the entire head to disappear into the target.

التَّرْصِيعnoun

1.
intricate knottingclassical
The act of tying intricate, interlocking, triangular knots, such as those found in amulets.
2.
inlayingboth
The act of setting jewels or ornaments into something, or adorning it with such.
3.
livelinessclassical
Vivacity or sprightliness.

مُرَصَّعadjective

1.
inlaidboth
Adorned with jewels or ornaments, such as a crown or sword.
2.
intertwined teethclassical
Describing a horse whose teeth are intertwined or set closely together.

رَصِيعnoun

1.
button of a loopclassical
The button or fastening for a loop, specifically on a Quranic manuscript's binding.
2.
braided strapclassical
A braided strap, particularly one found in the suspension of a sword's scabbard.
3.
part of ribsclassical
The upper parts of the ribs where they join the spine, described as being 'pierced' or 'interlocked'.

الرَّصِيعَةnoun

1.
knot in a bridleclassical
A knot in a bridle near the bit, resembling a scale.
2.
round ringclassical
A circular ring.
3.
braided strapclassical
A braided strap, especially one used in sword suspension; plural: رصائع.
4.
food dishclassical
A type of food made from crushed wheat, mixed with water and cooked with fat.

المَرَاصِعnoun

1.
sealsclassical
Refers to seals or ornaments worn around the neck, possibly as a form of adornment or identification.

رَاصِعadjective

1.
adherentclassical
Sticking closely to something.

الرَّصَاعadjective

1.
promiscuousclassical
One who has much sexual intercourse, originally applied to birds.

المِرْصَعَانnoun

1.
grinding stonesclassical
Two large, round stones used for grinding, one of which fits in the palm of the hand.

التَّرَصُّعnoun

1.
livelinessclassical
Vivacity and sprightliness.

Parallel reading

ورجل أرصع: لغة في الأرسح.

And a man, arsa' is a dialectal variant for al-arsah.

إن جاءت به أريصع ؛ هو تصغير الأرصع وهو الأرسح.

If she brings forth a small, sturdy child; it is the diminutive of al-arsah, which is al-arsah.

والرصعاء من النساء: الزلاء وهي مثل رسحاء بينة الرصع إذا لم تكن عجزاء

And al-ras'a' from women is the wide-hipped one, meaning like rasḥā' who is clearly wide-hipped if she is not narrow-hipped.

وربما سموا فراخ النحل رصعا، الواحدة رصعة؛ قال الأزهري: هذا خطأ والرضع فراخ النحل، بالضاد، وهو بالصاد خطأ.

And sometimes they call the young of bees raṣ'an, singular raṣ'ah; Al-Azharī said: This is an error, and the young of bees are al-raḍa', with a ḍād, and with a ṣād it is an error.

وقد رصع رصعا، وربما وصف الذئب به.

And it may be described as raṣa'a, and the wolf is sometimes described by it.

وقيل: الرصعاء من النساء التي لا إسكتين لها.

And it was said: Al-ras'a' from women is she who has no iskitayn (a bone or support).

والرصع: تقارب ما بين الركبتين.

And al-raṣ' is the closeness between the knees.

والرصع: أن يكثر على الزرع الماء وهو صغير فيصفر ويحدد ولا يفترش منه شيء ويصغر حبه.

And al-raṣ' is when water is abundant on a young crop, causing it to yellow, become stunted, not spread, and its grains to be small.

أنه بكى حتى رصعت عينه ، فقال ابن الأثير: أي فسدت؛ قال: وهي بالسين أشهر.

That he cried until his eye became damaged, and Ibn al-Athīr said: meaning it became corrupted; he said: and it is more famous with a sīn.

والرصع، بسكون الصاد: شدة الطعن.

And al-raṣ' (with a sukun on the ṣād): is the intensity of thrusting.

ورصعه بالرمح يرصعه رصعا وأرصعه: طعنه طعنا شديدا غيب السنان كله فيه؛

And he thrust him with a spear, yaraṣa'uhu raṣ'an wa arṣa'ahu: he stabbed him intensely, causing the entire head of the spear to disappear into him.

وطعنا أرصعا أي التي تنبع بالدم

And an arṣa' thrust, meaning one that gushes with blood.

ورصع الشيء: عقده عقدا مثلثا متداخلا كعقد التميمة ونحوها.

And raṣa'a a thing: to tie it with interlocking, triangular knots, like the knot of an amulet or similar.

وإذا أخذت سيرا فعقدت فيه عقدا مثلثة، فذلك الترصيع، وهو عقد التميمة وما أشبه ذلك؛

And if you take a strap and tie triangular knots in it, that is al-tarṣī', which is the knotting of an amulet and what resembles it.

وجئن بأولاد النصارى إليكم ... حبالى، وفي أعناقهن المراصع أي الختوم في أعناقهن.

And they brought the children of the Christians to you... pregnant, and around their necks were al-marāṣi', meaning the seals around their necks.

والرصيع: زر عروة المصحف.

And al-raṣī': is the button of the loop of the Mushaf.

والرصيعة: عقدة في اللجام عند المعذر كأنها فلس، وقد رصعه.

And al-raṣī'ah: is a knot in the bridle near the bit, resembling a scale, and he has tied it.

والرصيعة: سير يضفر بين حمالة السيف وجفنه، وقيل: سيور مضفورة في أسافل حمائل السيف، الواحدة رصاعة، والجمع رصائع ورصيع كشعيرة وشعير، أجروا المصنوع مجرى المخلوق وهو في المخلوق أكثر؛

And al-raṣī'ah: is a strap braided between the sword's suspension and its scabbard, or it was said: braided straps at the lower parts of the sword's suspension, singular raṣā'ah, and the plural is raṣā'i' and raṣī' like sha'īrah and sha'īr; they treated the manufactured as the natural, and it is more common in the natural.

وصار الرصيع نهية للحمائل أي انقلبت سيوفهم فصارت أعاليها أسافلها وكانت الحمائل على أعناقهم فنكست فصار الرصيع في موضع الحمائل، وقد تقدم ذلك في رسع؛ والنهية: الغاية.

And al-raṣī' became a limit for the suspension, meaning their swords were overturned so their tops became their bottoms, and the suspensions were on their necks, so they were inverted, and al-raṣī' was in the place of the suspensions, and this was previously mentioned under ras'a; and al-nihyah is the limit.

والرصائع: مشك أعالي الضلوع في الصلب، واحدها رصع، وهو نادر؛

And al-raṣā'i': is the interlocking of the upper ribs in the spine, singular raṣ', and it is rare.

وقال أبو عبيدة في كتاب الخيل: الرصائع واحدتها رصيعة وهي مشك محاني أطراف الضلوع من ظهر الفرس.

And Abu Ubaidah said in the Book of Horses: Al-raṣā'i', its singular is raṣī'ah, and it is the interlocking of the curves of the edges of the ribs from the horse's back.

وفرس مرصع الثنن إذا كانت ثننه بعضها في بعض.

And a horse with intertwined teeth (marṣa' al-thanan) if its teeth are set into each other.

والترصيع: التركيب، يقال: تاج مرصع بالجوهر وسيف مرصع أي محلى بالرصائع، وهي حلق يحلى بها، الواحدة رصيعة.

And al-tarṣī': is the setting. It is said: a crown inlaid with jewels and a sword inlaid, meaning adorned with al-raṣā'i', which are rings used for adornment, singular raṣī'ah.

ورصع العقد بالجوهر: نظمه فيه وضم بعضه إلى بعض.

And he inlaid the necklace with jewels: he strung them into it and joined some to others.

رصيع أيهقان ، يعني أن هذا المكان قد صار بحسن هذا النبت كالشيء المحسن المزين بالترصيع، والأيهقان: نبت، ويروى: رضيع أيهقان، بالضاد المعجمة.

Raṣī' ayhaqān, meaning this place has become, with the beauty of this plant, like something enhanced and decorated with inlaying; and al-ayhaqān is a plant, and it is narrated: raḍī' ayhaqān, with a dād.

ورصع الحب: دقه بين حجرين.

And raṣa'a the grain: to crush it between two stones.

والرصيعة: طعام يتخذ منه؛ قال ابن الأعرابي: الرصيعة البر يدق بالفهر ويبل ويطبخ بشيء من سمن.

And al-raṣī'ah: is a food made from it; Ibn al-A'rābī said: Al-raṣī'ah is wheat that is crushed with a stone, moistened, and cooked with some ghee.

ورصع به الشيء، بالكسر، يرصع رصعا ورصوعا: لزق به، فهو راصع.

And raṣa'a a thing with it, with a kasrah, yaraṣa'u raṣ'an wa ruṣū'an: it stuck to it, so it is rāṣi'.

أبو زيد في باب لزوق الشيء: رصع، فهو راصع، مثل عسق وعبق وعتك.

Abu Zayd in the chapter on sticking: raṣa'a, so it is rāṣi', like 'asaqa, 'abaqa, and 'ataka.

ورصع الطائر الأنثى يرصعها رصعا: سفدها، وكذلك الكبش؛

And raṣa'a the male bird the female, yaraṣa'uha raṣ'an: he copulated with her, and likewise the ram.

واستعارته الخنساء في الإنسان فقالت حين أراد أخوها معاوية أن يزوجها من دريد ابن الصمة: معاذ الله يرصعني حبركى، ... قصير الشبر من جشم بن بكر

And Al-Khansā' used it metaphorically for humans when her brother Mu'āwiyah wanted to marry her to Durayd ibn al-Ṣimmah, saying: God forbid that Ḥibrkā copulate with me... short of stature from Jusham ibn Bakr.

وقد تراصعت الطير والغنم والعصافير.

And the birds, sheep, and sparrows have copulated.

ابن الأعرابي: الرصاع الكثير الجماع، وأصله في العصفور الكثير السفاد.

Ibn al-A'rābī: Al-raṣṣā' is one who has much intercourse, and its origin is in the bird that copulates frequently.

والرصع: الضرب باليد.

And al-raṣ' is striking with the hand.

والمرصعان: صلاءة عظيمة من الحجارة وفهر مدورة تملأ الكف؛ عن أبي حنيفة.

And al-mirṣa'ān: are two large, round grinding stones that fill the palm; from Abu Hanifa.

ورصعت بهما: دقت.

And he ground with them: he crushed.

والترصع: النشاط مثل التعرص.

And al-taraṣṣu': is liveliness, like al-ta'arruṣ.