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ر وس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of walking with pride, gathering or collecting, and excessive eating. It also extends to terms for a bad person, a place name, and a tribal designation. Derived forms include verbs for proud walking and collecting, nouns for gluttony and defects, and names of people and places.

Derived headwords

راسَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk proudlyclassical

    To walk with a swagger or ostentatious gait, with the 'ya' being the higher element.

  2. 2.
    to gather and carryclassical

    Used for a flood that gathers and carries away debris like foam.

  3. 3.
    to eat abundantlyclassical

    To eat a lot and generously.

روساnoun
  1. 1.
    proud walkingclassical

    The act of walking with a swagger or ostentatious gait.

  2. 2.
    abundant eatingclassical

    The act of eating a lot and generously.

روسname
  1. 1.
    Rus' (place/people)both

    A place name, or a group of people whose lands border those of the Slavs and Turks, speaking their own language.

روس سوءnoun
  1. 1.
    a bad personclassical

    An expression referring to a man of bad character.

رويسname
  1. 1.
    Ruways (nickname)classical

    A nickname for Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Lu'lu'i al-Basri, a reader who transmitted from Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Hadrami.

استراسverb
  1. 1.
    to seek to tasteclassical

    To seek to taste something, or to desire to eat.

مستريساadjective
  1. 1.
    seeking to tasteclassical

    One who is seeking to taste or eat.

الرواسnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive eatingclassical

    The act of eating excessively; it is said that a tribe was named after this characteristic.

روس بن عاديةname
  1. 1.
    Rus' ibn Adiyahclassical

    A person named Rus', son of Adiyah, whose mother was Bint Qaz'ah.

الروسnoun
  1. 1.
    defectclassical

    A flaw or blemish.

رواسname
  1. 1.
    Rawwas (given name)classical

    A given name, used for a traditionist named Abu Hatim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Yahya.

الرواسيadjective
  1. 1.
    descendant of Al-Ra'sclassical

    A nisba (patronymic or place-based surname) indicating descent from someone named Al-Ra's, with a doubled 'ya'.

بنو الرائسname
  1. 1.
    Banu Al-Ra'isclassical

    A clan or tribe of Arabs.

Parallel reading

راس يروس روسا: مشى متبخترا
Raasa yarusu rusa: he walked proudly.
راس السيل الغثاء: جمعه واحتمله
The flood gathered and carried the foam.
راس فلان روسا: أكل كثيرا وجود
So-and-so ate a lot and generously.
وإنه لروس سوء، أي رجل سوء
And indeed he is a 'rus' of evil, meaning a bad man.
وروس، بالضم: بلد
And Rus, with the damma: a country.
رويس كزبير: لقب أبي عبد الله محمد بن المتوكل اللؤلئي البصري القارئ راوي يعقوب بن إسحاق الحضرمي
Ruways, like Zubayr: a nickname for Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Lu'lu'i al-Basri, the reader who narrated from Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Hadrami.
استراس، إذا استطعم
Istaraasa, if he sought to taste.
إذ تأرى عدو فنا مستريسا
When the enemy waits for us, seeking to taste (our food).
والرواس: كثرة الأكل
And Al-Rawwas: excessive eating.
والروس: العيب
And Al-Rūs: the defect.
وأبو حاتم عبد الرحمن بن علي بن يحيى بن رواس، كشداد، محدث
And Abu Hatim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn Rawwas, like Shaddad, a traditionist.
والرواسي، بالتشديد: نسب كبير الرأس
And Al-Rawasi, with the shadda: a major lineage of Al-Ra's.
وبنو الرائس: بطن من العرب
And Banu Al-Ra'is: a clan of Arabs.