رشف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sipping or sucking liquids, particularly water, with the lips. It extends to related concepts like the remaining water in a trough, the manner of drinking, and metaphorically, to kissing or intimate contact.

Derived headwords

رَشَفَverb

1.
to sipboth
To drink a liquid by drawing it into the mouth with the lips.
2.
to suckboth
To draw liquid into the mouth by suction, often with the lips.
3.
to kiss and suckclassical
To kiss a woman and suck her saliva.

يَرْشُفُverb

1.
he sipsboth
He drinks a liquid by drawing it into the mouth with the lips.
2.
he sucksboth
He draws liquid into the mouth by suction, often with the lips.

رَشْفًاnoun

1.
sippingboth
The act of sipping a liquid.
2.
suckingboth
The act of sucking a liquid.

رَشَفَانًاnoun

1.
sippingclassical
The act of sipping, often implying a gentle or prolonged action.

رَشِيفًاnoun

1.
sippingboth
The act of drinking water with the lips.
2.
a gentle drinkclassical
A drink taken gently with the lips, considered more thirst-quenching than gulping.

تَرَشَّفَverb

1.
to sipboth
To drink a liquid by drawing it into the mouth with the lips.
2.
to suck upboth
To suck up liquid, often implying thoroughness.

ارْتَشَفَverb

1.
to sipboth
To drink a liquid by drawing it into the mouth with the lips.
2.
to suck upboth
To suck up liquid, often implying thoroughness or to the last drop.

الرَّشْفnoun

1.
sippingboth
The act of sipping.
2.
the remainder of waterclassical
The remaining water in a trough or basin.
3.
the face of the waterclassical
The surface of the water that camels drink from.

الرَّشِيفnoun

1.
sippingboth
The act of drinking water with the lips.
2.
a gentle drinkclassical
A drink taken gently with the lips, considered more thirst-quenching than gulping.

رَشُوفadjective

1.
sipping (camel)classical
A female camel that drinks by sipping.
2.
sweet-mouthed womanclassical
A woman with a pleasant mouth, often implying good breath or pleasant taste.
3.
dry (woman)classical
A woman whose mouth is dry or lacks moisture.
4.
dry (place)classical
A woman whose private parts are dry or tight.

أَرْشَفَverb

1.
to sipboth
To drink a liquid by drawing it into the mouth with the lips.
2.
to kiss and suckclassical
To kiss a woman and suck her saliva.

رَصُوفadjective

1.
tight (woman)classical
A woman whose private parts are narrow or tight.

Parallel reading

رشف الماء والريق ونحوهما يرشفه ويرشفه رشفا ورشفا ورشيفا

He sipped water, saliva, and the like, he sips it and he sips it, a sipping, a sucking, and a gentle drink.

قابله ما جاء في سلامها ... برشف الذناب والتهامها

What came in her greeting met him... with sipping the hindquarters and devouring them.

رشفه يرشفه رشفا ورشفانا

He sipped it, he sips it, a sipping and a prolonged sipping.

والرشف: المص

And al-rashf: the sucking.

وترشفه وارتشفه: مصه

And he sipped it and he sucked it up: he sucked it.

والرشيف: تناول الماء بالشفتين

And al-rashif: taking water with the lips.

سقين البشام المسك ثم رشفنه، ... رشيف الغريريات ماء الوقائع

They gave them the musk of the Bashaam, then they sipped it, ... a gentle drink of the innocent ones, the water of battles.

وقيل: هو تقصي ما في الإناء واشتفافه

And it was said: it is to seek out what is in the vessel and to drain it.

يرتشف البول ارتشاف المعذور

He sips the urine, a sipping of the one who is excused.

الرشف أنقع

Sipping is more thirst-quenching.

والرشف والرشف: بقية الماء في الحوض

And al-rashf and al-rashf: the remainder of the water in the trough.

وهو وجه الماء الذي ارتشفته الإبل

And it is the surface of the water that the camels sipped.

والرشف: ماء قليل يبقى في الحوض ترشفه الإبل بأفواهها

And al-rashf: a small amount of water remaining in the trough that the camels sip with their mouths.

الجرع أروى والرشيف أشرب

Gulping is more satisfying, and sipping is more thirst-inducing.

وإذا سقيت على أفواهها قبل ملء الحوض ترشفت الماء بمشافرها قليلا قليلا

And if they are watered at their mouths before the trough is full, they sip the water with their lips little by little.

ناقة رشوف تشرب الماء فترتشفه

A sipping female camel drinks water and sips it.

رشف الرجل ورشف إذا مص ريق جاريته

A man sips and sips if he sucks the saliva of his female slave.

رشفت ورشفت قبلت ومصصت

I kissed and I sucked, I kissed and I licked.

لحسن ما أرضعت إن لم ترشفي أي تذهبي اللبن

How well you nursed, if you do not sip, meaning you do not let the milk go.

الرشيف من النساء اليابسة المكان

Al-rashuf from women is one whose place is dry.

والرصوف الضيقة المكان

And al-rasuf is one whose place is narrow.