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الرش

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sprinkling or splashing, often with liquids like water, blood, or tears. It extends to concepts of light rain, painful blows, and even the physical state of being soft or yielding, as well as the act of approaching something feared.

Derived headwords

رَشَّverb
  1. 1.
    to sprinkleboth

    To scatter or spray a liquid, such as water, blood, or tears, over something.

  2. 2.
    to rain lightlyboth

    Used to describe a light or sparse rainfall.

  3. 3.
    to strike painfullyclassical

    To inflict a severe or painful blow.

رَشَّnoun
  1. 1.
    sprinklingboth

    The act of sprinkling or splashing.

  2. 2.
    light rainboth

    A small amount of rain.

  3. 3.
    painful blowclassical

    A severe and painful strike.

تَرَشَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sprinkledboth

    To be splashed or sprinkled with a liquid.

تَرشاشnoun
  1. 1.
    sprinklingclassical

    The act or result of sprinkling or splashing.

رَشاشnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainboth

    A sparse or light rain.

  2. 2.
    sprayed liquidboth

    Liquid that has been sprayed or sprinkled.

ما تَرشَّشَnoun
  1. 1.
    what is sprinkledclassical

    That which has been sprinkled or splashed, such as blood or tears.

رَشْراشadjective
  1. 1.
    soft (bones)classical

    Describing bones that are soft or yielding.

  2. 2.
    fatty (meat)classical

    Describing meat that is fatty or succulent.

  3. 3.
    stale (bread)classical

    Describing bread that is dry and somewhat soft.

رَشْراشnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessclassical

    The state of being soft or yielding.

رَشْرَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be softclassical

    To be soft or yielding, referring to bones or bread.

  2. 2.
    to approach cautiouslyclassical

    To approach someone or something feared, often with caution.

رَشْرَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessclassical

    The quality of being soft or yielding.

  2. 2.
    cautious approachclassical

    The act of approaching someone feared with caution.

رَشْرَشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    soft (bread)classical

    Describing bread that is soft and stale.

أَرْشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to rain lightlyclassical

    The sky rained lightly.

  2. 2.
    to widen (wound)classical

    A wound widened, causing its blood to spread.

  3. 3.
    to sweat (horse)classical

    A horse sweated from running.

  4. 4.
    to suckle (young)classical

    A young animal rubbed its tail to nurse.

اسْتَرْشَىverb
  1. 1.
    to reach for milkclassical

    A young animal stretched its neck to nurse.

Parallel reading

نفض الماء والدم والدمع
Sprinkling water, blood, and tears.
والمطر القليل
And light rain.
والضرب الموجع
And a painful blow.
ما ترشش من الدم والدمع ونحوه
What was sprinkled of blood, tears, and the like.
الرخو من العظام
The soft from the bones.
والسمين من الشواء
And the fatty from the roast.
واليابس الرخو من الخبز
And the dry and soft from the bread.
خبزة رشرشة ورشراشة
A soft and stale loaf of bread.
أرشت السماء: كرشت
The sky rained lightly: it rained lightly.
والطعنة: اتسعت، فتفرق دمها
And the stab: it widened, so its blood spread.
و الفرس: عرقه بالركض
And the horse: it sweated from running.
و الفصيل: حك ذنبه ليرتضع
And the young camel: it rubbed its tail to nurse.
فاسترش هو للرضاع، أي: مد عنقه بين فخذي أمه
So it stretched its neck for nursing, meaning: it extended its neck between its mother's thighs.
والرشرشة: الرخاوة
And the softness: the softness.
والإطافة بمن تخافه
And approaching one whom you fear.