ر ع س

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns trembling, shaking, and involuntary movements, often associated with sleep, weakness, or excitement. It extends to descriptions of animals and objects exhibiting such movements, and metaphorically to a person of low standing.

Derived headwords

الرعسnoun

1.
trembling, shiveringboth
The act of trembling and shaking, similar to shivering.

ارتعاشnoun

1.
trembling, shiveringboth
The act of trembling and shaking, synonymous with 'الرعس'.

انتفاضnoun

1.
shaking, quiveringboth
A state of shaking or quivering, mentioned as a synonym for trembling.

رعسverb

1.
to tremble, to shiverboth
To tremble or shiver, often due to weakness or sleepiness.

راعسadjective

1.
trembling, shakingboth
One who trembles or shakes, particularly in sleep.
2.
shaking its headclassical
Describing a camel that shakes its head while walking.

مرتعسadjective

1.
trembling, shakingboth
One who trembles or shakes.

الرعسانnoun

1.
head shakingboth
The shaking or trembling of the head, often out of arrogance or in sleep.

ترعسverb

1.
to shake (head)both
To shake one's head, often in sleep or due to arrogance.

الرعوسnoun

1.
one who shakes head from sleepinessboth
A person whose head shakes from drowsiness.
2.
shaking-headed camelboth
A female camel whose head shakes from arrogance or when running energetically.
3.
fast-moving camelclassical
A camel that moves quickly, with rapid fore and hind limb movements.
4.
flexible, trembling spearclassical
A spear that is flexible, easily moved, and trembles intensely.

راعسadjective

1.
shaking head from sleepinessboth
One who shakes their head due to sleepiness.

رعسverb

1.
to shake head in sleepboth
To shake one's head while sleeping.

ناقة رعوسnoun

1.
shaking-headed camelboth
A female camel whose head shakes from arrogance or when running energetically.

ناقة رعوسnoun

1.
fast-moving camelclassical
A camel that moves quickly, with rapid fore and hind limb movements.

رعاسnoun

1.
flexible, trembling spearclassical
A spear that is flexible, easily moved, and trembles intensely.

الرعيسnoun

1.
camel with tied legclassical
A camel whose foreleg is tied to its head or neck with a rope, preventing it from raising its head.
2.
shaking-headed camelclassical
A camel that shakes its head while walking.

بعير رعيسnoun

1.
shaking-headed camelclassical
A camel that shakes its head while walking.

مرعسnoun

1.
lowly, worthless personclassical
A base, contemptible, and worthless person who picks up scraps.

أرعسهverb

1.
to make trembleboth
To cause something or someone to tremble or shake.

إرعاسnoun

1.
trembling, shakingboth
The act of trembling or shaking.

فارتعسverb

1.
to tremble, to be agitatedboth
To tremble and be agitated or disturbed.

ناقة راعسةnoun

1.
energetic, head-shaking camelclassical
A female camel that is energetic and shakes its head while walking.

بعير راعسnoun

1.
energetic, head-shaking camelclassical
A camel that is energetic and shakes its head while walking.

رمح رعاسnoun

1.
trembling spearclassical
A spear that is intensely shaky and unstable.

ترعسverb

1.
to tremble, to shakeboth
To tremble or shake.

مرعوسadjective

1.
shaky spearclassical
A spear that is shaky and unstable.

الراعسadjective

1.
shaking head from sleepboth
One who shakes their head while sleeping.

المرعوسadjective

1.
shaking-headed camelclassical
A camel that shakes its head, similar to 'الرعيس'.

Parallel reading

الرعس، كالمنع: الارتعاش والانتفاض، كالارتعاش.

Al-ra's, like al-man', is trembling and shaking, like al-irtiaash.

رعس فهو راعس ومرتعس.

He trembled, so he is raa'is and murt'as.

وقال الفراء: من إعياء أو غيره.

And Al-Farra' said: from exhaustion or other causes.

والرعسان، بالتحريك: تحريك الرأس ورجفانه كبرا، عن أبي عمر و، وقال نبهان:

And al-ra'saan, with vowelization, is the shaking of the head and its trembling out of arrogance, according to Abu 'Amr, and Nabhan said:

(أرادوا جلائي يوم فيد وقربوا ... لحى ورؤوسا للشهادة ترعس)

(They wanted my exile on the day of Fayd and brought near ... jaws and heads that tremble for testimony)

والرعوس، كصبور من يرجف رأسه نعاسا، كالراعس، وقد رعس الرجل، إذا هز رأسه في نومه.

And al-ru'oos, like saboor, is one whose head shakes from sleepiness, like al-raa'is, and a man has 'ra'asa' if he shakes his head in his sleep.

قال رؤبة: (علوت حين يخضع الرعوسا ... أغيد يسقي سوقه النعوسا)

Ru'ba said: (I rose high when the sleep-shaken ones bowed down ... a languid one whose gait is watered by drowsiness)

أراد بالأغيد النوم، لأنه يلين الأعناق حتى تميل.

He meant by 'aghayd' sleep, because it softens the necks until they incline.

وقيل: تحرك رأسها إذا عدت نشاطا، والشين لغة فيه.

And it was said: its head moves when it runs energetically, and 'sh' is a dialect for it.

والرعوس أيضا: الناقة السريعة رجع اليدين والقوائم، وهذه عن ابن عباد.

And al-ru'oos also: the fast-moving camel with rapid fore and hind limb movements, and this is from Ibn 'Abbad.

والرعوس من الرماح: اللدن المهزة العراص الشديد الاضطراب، كالرعاس.

And al-ru'oos from spears: the flexible, easily moved, intensely trembling one, like al-ru'aas.

والرعيس، كأمير: البعير الذي تشد يده إلى رجله.

And al-ru'ays, like ameer: the camel whose leg is tied to its leg.

في التكملة: إلى رأسه.

In Al-Takmilah: to its head.

في اللسان: الذي يشد من رجله إلى رأسه بحبل حتى لا يرفع رأسه، قال الأفوه الأودي:

In Al-Lisan: one who is tied from his leg to his head with a rope so he does not raise his head, Al-Afwah Al-Awdi said:

(يمشي خلال الإبل مستسلما ... في قده مشي البعير الرعيس)

(He walks among the camels submissively ... in his stride the walk of the shaking-headed camel)

أو هو المضطرب في سيره، وهو الذي يهز رأسه في سيره.

Or it is one that is agitated in its gait, and it is one that shakes its head in its walk.

ويقال: بعير راعس ورعيس.

And it is said: a camel is raa'is and ru'ays.

وبه فسر بيت الأفوه السابق.

And with this the previous verse of Al-Afwah was explained.

والمرعس، كمنبر: الرجل الخسيس القشاش.

And al-mar'as, like minbar: the base, scavenging man.

والقشاش الذي يلتقط الطعام الذي لا خير فيه من المزابل، قاله ابن الأعرابي.

And al-qashshaash is one who picks up worthless food from refuse heaps, said Ibn Al-A'rabi.

وأرعسه مثل أرعشه، قال العجاج يصف سيفا:

And 'ar'asahu is like 'ar'ashahu, Al-'Ajjaj said describing a sword:

يذري بإرعاس يمين المؤتلي خضمة الدارع هذ المختلي سوق الحصاد بغروب المنجل.

It scatters with the trembling of the hand of the one who does not reach his limit, the greenness of the armored one, this one who harvests the harvest with the setting of the sickle.

ويروى بالشين.

And it is narrated with 'sh'.

يقول: يقطع معظم الدارع، وهو الذي عليه الدرع، على أن يمين الضارب به يرجف، وعلى أنه غير مجتهد في ضربه، وإنما نعت السيف بسرعة القطع.

He means: it cuts most of the armored one, who is wearing the armor, such that the striker's hand trembles, and that he is not exerting himself in his strike, but rather he describes the sword by its speed of cutting.

والمؤتلي: الذي لا) يبلغ جهده.

And al-mu'tali: one who does not reach his effort.

والمختلي: الذي يحتش بمخلاه، وهو محشه.

And al-mukhtali: one who harvests with his fodder-bag, which is his harvesting place.

والإرعاس: الارتجاف.

And al-ir'aas: trembling.

فارتعس: ارتعد واضطرب.

So he trembled: he became agitated and disturbed.

وناقة راعسة: نشيطة تهز رأسها في سيرها، عن ابن عباد.

And a raa'isah camel: energetic, shaking its head in its walk, from Ibn 'Abbad.

وبعير راعس ورعيس كذلك.

And a camel is raa'is and ru'ays likewise.

رمح رعاس، كشداد: شديد الاضطراب.

A ru'aas spear, like shaddad: intensely unstable.

وترعس: رجف واضطرب.

And tar'asa: it trembled and was agitated.

ورمح مرعوس كذلك.

And a mar'oos spear likewise.

والراعس في نومه، كالرعوس.

And al-raa'is in his sleep, like al-ru'oos.

والمرعوس من الإبل كالرعيس.

And al-mar'oos from camels is like al-ru'ays.