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رسف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of walking with restraint or difficulty, often due to being fettered or bound. It extends to the forceful driving of bound animals and, in a less common usage, to rising or elevation.

Derived headwords

رَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk fetteredboth

    To walk with a restricted gait, as if one's feet are bound or chained.

يَرْسُفُverb
  1. 1.
    walks fetteredboth

    Present tense of walking with a restricted gait, as if one's feet are bound or chained.

رَسْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fettered walkingboth

    The act or manner of walking with fetters or chains, a restricted gait.

رَسِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fettered walkingboth

    The act or manner of walking with fetters or chains, a restricted gait.

رَسَفَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fettered walkingboth

    The act or manner of walking with fetters or chains, a restricted gait.

إِرْسَافnoun
  1. 1.
    driving bound camelsclassical

    The act of driving camels forcefully while they are fettered or bound.

أَرْسُوفname
  1. 1.
    Arsoufboth

    A place name, specifically a town on the coast of the Levant (Syria).

ارْتَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to rise upclassical

    To ascend or become elevated.

ارْتِسْفَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rising upclassical

    The act of ascending or becoming elevated.

Parallel reading

مشي المقيد
the walking of one who is fettered.
إرساف الإبل
the driving of camels while fettered.
طردها مقيدة
driving them (camels) while fettered.
د بساحل الشام
a town on the coast of the Levant.
ارتفع
it rose up.