رصص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pressing, joining, or fitting things tightly together. It extends to ideas of being compacted, solid, or closely packed, and also has specific applications related to building and adornment.

Derived headwords

رَصَصْتُverb

1.
to press togetherboth
To press things together, to join them closely to one another.

أَرُصُّverb

1.
to press togetherboth
The present tense form of the verb meaning to press things together, to join them closely to one another.

رَصًّاnoun

1.
pressing togetherboth
The verbal noun or masdar of the verb, signifying the act of pressing things together or joining them closely.

مَرْصُوصadjective

1.
a solid, compact buildingboth
a solid, compact building

تَرَاصَّverb

1.
the people stood close together in the rowboth
the people stood close together in the row

تَرَاصُّnoun

1.
the people stood close together in the rowboth
the people stood close together in the row

رُصَاصnoun

1.
leadboth
The metal lead, known for its density and malleability. The common pronunciation is with a kasra.

مُرَصَّصadjective

1.
plated with leadboth
Describing something that has been coated or plated with lead.

تَرْصِيصnoun

1.
compactingboth
The act of pressing things together or compacting them.
2.
veiling (eyes)classical
A specific usage where a woman wears a veil that reveals only her eyes.

Parallel reading

رصصت الشئ أرصه رصا

I pressed the thing together, I press it, a pressing together.

ألصقت بعضه ببعض

I joined some of it to some of it.

ومننه بنيان مرصوص

And of it is a compacted building.

وكذلك الترصيص

And likewise is the compacting.

والترصيص: أيضا أن تنتقب المرأة فلا يرى إلا عيناها

And the tarṣīṣ: also is a woman wearing a veil such that only her eyes are seen.

وتراص القوم في الصف

And the people stood close together in the row.

أي تلاصقوا

Meaning they were adjacent to each other.

والرصاص بالفتح معروف

And ar-raṣāṣ, with the fatḥa, is known.

والعامة تقوله بكسر الراء

And the common people say it with a kasra on the rā'.

وشئ مرصص: مطلى به

And a thing muarṣaṣ: plated with it.