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Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of joining, adhering, or associating with something or someone. It often carries a connotation of doing so for a specific, sometimes suspicious, reason or purpose.

Derived headwords

وَصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to join, to connectboth

    To become attached or connected to someone or something, often implying a close association.

  2. 2.
    to adhere for a reasonclassical

    To join oneself to someone for a specific, often questionable, purpose or motive.

إِلَيْهِparticle
  1. 1.
    to him, to itboth

    A prepositional phrase indicating direction or association towards someone or something.

انْضَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to join, to uniteboth

    To become a part of a group or to unite with someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to associate for a motiveclassical

    To join or associate with someone due to a specific, often suspicious, motive.

رِيْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    suspicion, doubtboth

    A feeling of uncertainty or distrust regarding someone's motives or actions.

رَمَىverb
  1. 1.
    to throw, to castboth

    To propel something through the air; also used metaphorically for accusing or attributing.

رَضِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pleased, to acceptboth

    To feel satisfaction or to agree to something.

خَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    eunuchboth

    A man who has been castrated, especially one employed as a servant or guard in a harem.

بَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    following, subordinateclassical

    One who follows or is subordinate to another, often in a subservient or dependent manner.

لَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    adherent, clingingclassical

    One who adheres closely or clings to another, often with a negative connotation of being intrusive or attached for ulterior motives.

إتْبَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    following, adherenceclassical

    The act of following or adhering to someone or something, often implying a close or subordinate relationship.

Parallel reading

لصاه، و إليه: انضم إليه لريبة.
He joined himself to him, and to him: he joined himself to him for suspicion.
و المرأة قذفها ي: لصى إليه، كرمى ورضي: انضم لريبة.
And a woman, if he accused her, she adhered to him, like throwing and being pleased: she joined herself for suspicion.
وخصي بصي لصي: إتباع.
And a eunuch, a follower, an adherent: following.