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رصه

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of joining, pressing, or adhering things together. It extends to descriptions of materials like lead, and actions related to construction, arrangement, and even physical closeness.

Derived headwords

رَصَّverb
  1. 1.
    to join togetherboth

    To stick or join things together, one part to another, and to press them close.

  2. 2.
    to arrange closelyboth

    To arrange things in a compact or close manner.

رَصَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to join closelyboth

    An intensified form of 'rassa', meaning to join things very closely together.

  2. 2.
    to hatch eggsclassical

    Said of a hen hatching her eggs by warming them with her body.

رَصَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    leadboth

    A metal, specifically lead, which comes in two types: black (aswad), which is galena or antimony, and white (abyad), which is tin. It has properties that prevent food from cooking if a little is added to a pot, and prevents fruit from falling if a tree is encircled with it.

مُرَصَّصadjective
  1. 1.
    coated with leadboth

    Something that has been coated or plated with lead.

مَرْصُوصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lined wellclassical

    A well that has been lined or constructed with lead.

رَصِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    eggs piled upclassical

    Eggs placed one on top of another.

  2. 2.
    veiled closelyclassical

    A woman's veil when it is brought close to her eyes.

أَرْصadjective
  1. 1.
    close-set teethclassical

    Describing teeth that are close together.

رَصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    close thighsclassical

    Describing thighs that are pressed closely together.

أَرْصُوصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hat-like capclassical

    A type of cap or hat that resembles a watermelon in shape.

رَصَاصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    miserboth

    A stingy or miserly person.

  2. 2.
    stones near waterclassical

    Stones that adhere around a flowing spring or eye of water.

  3. 3.
    hard groundclassical

    Hard, solid ground.

رَصْرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to strengthen buildingboth

    To make a building strong and firm.

  2. 2.
    to settle in placeboth

    To become firmly established or settled in a place.

تَرَاصُّواverb
  1. 1.
    to stand close togetherboth

    To stand close together and pressed against one another, especially in a row or صف.

Parallel reading

ألزق بعضه ببعض، وضم
To stick some of it to some of it, and to press together.
كرصصه
Like joining it closely together.
والدجاجة بيضتها: سوتها بمنقارها
And the hen her eggs: she warmed them with her beak.
أسود وهو الأسرب والإبار
Black, which is galena and antimony.
وأبيض وهو القلعي والقصدير
And white, which is tin.
إن طرح يسير منه في قدر، لم ينضج لحمها أبدا
If a little of it is thrown into a pot, its meat will never cook.
وإن طوقت شجرة بطوق منه، لم يسقط ثمرها وكثر
And if a tree is encircled with a band of it, its fruit will not fall and will be abundant.
وشيء مرصص
And something coated with lead.
والمرصوصة: البئر طويت به
And the lined well: the well that was lined with it.
والرصيص: البيض بعضه فوق بعض
And the piled eggs: eggs some on top of others.
ونقاب المرأة إذا أدنته من عينيها، وقد رصصت
And a woman's veil when she brings it close to her eyes, and she has veiled closely.
والأرص: المتقارب الأسنان
And close-set teeth: teeth that are close together.
وفخذ رصاء: التصقت بأختها
And a close thigh: it adhered to its counterpart.
والأرصيص: قلنسوة كالبطيخة
And the arsoosa: a cap like a watermelon.
والرصاصة: البخيل
And the rassaasa: the miser.
وحجارة لازقة بحوالي العين الجارية
And stones adhering around the flowing spring.
كالرصراصة، وهي الأرض الصلبة
Like the rarsara, which is hard ground.
ورصرص البناء: أحكمه، وشدده
And he strengthened the building: he made it firm and strong.
و في المكان: ثبت
And in the place: he became firm.
وتراصوا في الصف: تلاصقوا، وانضموا
And they stood close in the row: they stuck together and joined.