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الرسح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a lack of flesh in the hindquarters, specifically the rump and thighs. It is also used to describe a lean or swift wolf, attributed to its light haunches, and can refer to an ugly woman.

Derived headwords

الرَّسْحnoun
  1. 1.
    scantiness of fleshboth

    A lack of flesh in the rump and thighs.

أَرْسَحadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a wolf that is lean, attributed to the lightness of its haunches.

الرَّسْحَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    uglyclassical

    A woman who is ugly.

رُسُحnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly womenclassical

    The plural of 'الرسحاء', referring to ugly women.

Parallel reading

الرَّسْحُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: قِلَّةُ لَحْمِ العَجُزِ وَالفَخِذَيْنِ
Ar-rasḥu, with vowels, means the scantiness of flesh in the rump and thighs.
وَكُلُّ ذِئْبٍ: أَرْسَحُ، لِخِفَّةِ وَرِكَيْهِ
And every wolf is 'arsahu', due to the lightness of its haunches.
وَالرَّسْحَاءُ: القَبِيحَةُ
And 'ar-rasḥā'' means the ugly one (feminine).
ج: رُسُحٌ
Its plural is 'rusuḥ'.