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رصع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of setting, embedding, or inlaying precious materials, often into weapons or jewelry. It also extends to meanings of sticking, adhering, and in a more figurative sense, vigor or intensity.

Derived headwords

التَّرْصِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    setting, inlayingboth

    setting, inlaying

مُرَصَّعadjective
  1. 1.
    adorned with jewelsboth

    adorned with jewels

  2. 2.
    adorned with inlaysboth

    adorned with inlays

تاج مرصع بالجواهر — a crown inlaid with jewels
رَصَائِعnoun
  1. 1.
    inlaid ornamentsboth

    The precious stones, jewels, or ornaments that are used for inlaying.

  2. 2.
    strapsclassical

    Woven straps found at the lower parts of sword scabbards.

رَصِيعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the inlays/ornamentsboth

    one of the inlays/ornaments

رَصَائِعnoun
  1. 1.
    strapsclassical

    Woven straps at the lower parts of sword scabbards.

وعاد الرصيع نهية للحمائل — and the straps became the top for the scabbards
رَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to stickclassical

    To adhere firmly to something, to stick to it.

رصع به بالكسر يرصع رصعا، إذا لزق به — He stuck to it (with kasra), he sticks, sticking, if he adhered to it.
الأَرْصَعadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-leggedclassical

    A term used to describe an animal, particularly a horse, with wide-set legs. It is a variant of 'al-arsah'.

رَصْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-legged (female)classical

    The feminine form of 'al-arsah', describing a female animal with wide-set legs.

والأنثى رصعاء مثل رسحاء بينة الرصع — and the female is rṣaʿāʾ like rashaʾāʾ, clearly wide-legged.
رَصْعnoun
  1. 1.
    wide-leggednessclassical

    The state or quality of being wide-legged, referring to the gait or stance of an animal.

رَصْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    palm shootclassical

    A young shoot or sucker of a palm tree.

أَرْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce deeplyclassical

    To thrust a spear or other pointed weapon so deeply that the entire head is submerged in the wound.

وخضا إلى النصف وطعنا أرصعا — and he thrust halfway and pierced deeply
رَصَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce deeplyclassical

    To thrust a spear or other pointed weapon so deeply that the entire head is submerged in the wound.

يقال: رصعته بالرمح وأرصعته — It is said: He pierced him deeply with the spear, and he pierced him deeply.
التَّرَصُّعnoun
  1. 1.
    vigorclassical

    Liveliness, energy, or spiritedness.

Parallel reading

التركيب.
The composition.
تاج مرصع بالجواهر، وسيف مرصع، أي محلى بالرصائع، وهي حلق يحلى بها، الواحدة رصيعة.
A crown inlaid with jewels, and a sword inlaid, meaning adorned with the rṣāʾiʿ, which are rings with which it is adorned, the singular being rṣīʿah.
وقال ابن شميل: الرصائع: سيور مضفورة في أسافل الحمائل
And Ibn Shumayl said: The rṣāʾiʿ are woven straps at the lower parts of the scabbards.
وعاد الرصيع نهية للحمائل
And the straps became the top for the scabbards.
يقول: انضمت سيوفهم فصار أسافلها أعاليها.
He means: Their swords became joined so their bottoms became their tops.
ويقال: رصع به بالكسر يرصع رصعا، إذا لزق به.
And it is said: He stuck to it (with kasra), he sticks, sticking, if he adhered to it.
والأرصع: لغة في الأرسح، والأنثى رصعاء مثل رسحاء بينة الرصع.
And al-arṣaʿ is a dialectal variant for al-arsah, and the feminine is rṣaʿāʾ like rashaʾāʾ, clearly wide-legged.
وربما سموا فراخ النخل رصعا، الواحدة رصعة.
And sometimes they name palm shoots rṣaʿah, the singular being rṣaʿah.
وخضا إلى النصف وطعنا أرصعا
And he thrust halfway and pierced deeply.
وهو أن يغيب السنان كله في المطعون.
This is when the entire head of the spear disappears into the one struck.
يقال: رصعته بالرمح وأرصعته.
It is said: He pierced him deeply with the spear, and he pierced him deeply.
والترصع: النشاط.
And al-taraṣṣuʿ means vigor.