ر ش ش

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sprinkling, splashing, or lightly showering, often with water or blood. It extends to related concepts like light rain, a light blow, and the resulting splatter. Figuratively, it can refer to the residual effects of something negative or a weak, yielding state.

Derived headwords

الرشّnoun

1.
sprinklingboth
The act of sprinkling water, blood, or tears.
2.
light rainboth
A small amount of rain.
3.
first rainclassical
The beginning of the rain.
4.
painful blowclassical
A severe or painful strike.

رششتverb

1.
I sprinkledboth
I sprinkled the place with water.

رششت المكان رشا — I sprinkled the place.

رششت المكان رشا — I sprinkled the place with water.

رشهverb

1.
to sprinkleboth
To moisten or sprinkle something with water.

رشه بالماء: نضحه — He sprinkled it with water: he moistened it.

الترشاشnoun

1.
sprinklingclassical
A light sprinkling or moistening, often referring to rain.

رشاشnoun

1.
splatterboth
What splashes or scatters from blood, tears, or similar substances.
2.
light rainboth
A small amount of rain.

الرشراشadjective

1.
soft (bones)classical
Soft or yielding, referring to bones.
2.
succulent (roast)both
Juicy and moist, referring to roasted meat, dripping with its own fat or juices.
3.
soft and dry (bread)classical
Referring to bread that is both dry and soft.

رشراشadjective

1.
succulent (roast)both
Juicy and moist, referring to roasted meat, dripping with its own fat or juices.

شواء رشراش، أي خضل ند، يقطر ماؤه — Succulent roast, meaning moist and dewy, dripping with its water.

الرشرشnoun

1.
soft and dry (bread)classical
Referring to bread that is both dry and soft.

رشرشةnoun

1.
softnessclassical
A state of softness or yielding.
2.
soft and dry (bread)classical
Referring to bread that is both dry and soft.
3.
hoveringclassical
Circling or moving around someone feared.

رشراشةadjective

1.
soft and dry (bread)classical
Referring to bread that is both dry and soft.

أرشتverb

1.
it rained lightlyboth
The sky brought light rain.
2.
it rainedboth
The sky rained.

أرشت السماء، كرشت، جاءت بالرش — The sky rained lightly, like 'rashat', it brought light rain.

كرشتverb

1.
it rained lightlyboth
The sky brought light rain.

مرشةadjective

1.
widened (wound)classical
A wound that has widened, causing its blood to scatter.

أرشverb

1.
it sweated (horse)classical
A horse sweated from running.
2.
it was sprinkledclassical
The young camel rubbed its tail to suckle.

أرش الفرس: عرقه بالركض — The horse sweated: it sweated from running.

إرْشاشnoun

1.
rubbing tailclassical
A young camel rubbing its tail to suckle.

استرشverb

1.
it stretched for sucklingclassical
It stretched its neck between its mother's thighs for suckling.

أرششverb

1.
I made it sprinkleclassical
I made the camel sprinkle (its urine).

مرشوشةadjective

1.
sprinkledboth
Land that has been sprinkled with rain.

ترشرشverb

1.
it trickledboth
To flow or trickle, often referring to liquids.

ترشرش — It trickled.

مرشadjective

1.
succulent (roast)both
Juicy and moist, referring to roasted meat, dripping with its own fat or juices.

شواء مرش — Succulent roast.

مرشةnoun

1.
sprinklerclassical
An instrument used for sprinkling.

رشرشverb

1.
it knelt and dugclassical
A camel knelt and dug its chest into the ground to stabilize itself.

رشverb

1.
to washclassical
To wash or cleanse.

رش الحائك النسج بالمرشة — The weaver sprinkled the fabric with the sprinkler.

Parallel reading

رششت المكان رشا

I sprinkled the place.

رشه بالماء: نضحه

He sprinkled it with water: he moistened it.

حتى أناخ بهم قصرا بذي أنف ... باتت عليه سماء ذات ترشاش

Until he dismounted them at a palace in Dhi Anf... a sky with a light sprinkling rained upon it.

أصابنا رش من مطر، أي قليل منه

A sprinkle of rain hit us, meaning a little of it.

الرش: أول المطر، ج رشاش، بالكسر

The rain: the first of the rain, plural 'rushash', with kasra.

الرش: الضرب الموجع، نقله الصاغاني

The rain: the painful blow, as reported by Al-Sagani.

ما ترشش من الدم والدمع ونحوه

What splashed or scattered from blood, tears, and the like.

من لم يدخل في الشر أصابه من رشاشه

He who does not enter into evil will be hit by its splatter.

ما نلنا منك إلا الرشاش

We gained nothing from you but the splatter.

الرشراش: الرخو من العظام، عن ابن دريد

Al-Rashrash: the soft of the bones, from Ibn Duraid.

شواء رشراش، أي خضل ند، يقطر ماؤه

Succulent roast, meaning moist and dewy, dripping with its water.

خبزة رشرشة، ورشراشة: رخوة يابسة، عن ابن دريد

A 'rashrasha' bread, and 'rashrasha': soft and dry, from Ibn Duraid.

أرشت السماء، كرشت، جاءت بالرش، كما في الصحاح

The sky rained lightly, like 'rashat', it brought light rain, as in Al-Sihah.

أو أمطرت، كما في الأساس

Or it rained, as in Al-Asas.

مستنة سنن الفلو مرشة ... تنفي التراب بقاحز معرورف

Following the paths of the plain, a widened wound... scattering dust with a sharp hoof.

أرش الفرس: عرقه بالركض

The horse sweated: it sweated from running.

أرش الفصيل إرشاشا: حك ذنبه ليرتضع

The young camel made 'irshashan': it rubbed its tail to suckle.

فاسترش هو للرضاع، أي مد عنقه بين فخذي أمه

And it stretched for suckling, meaning it stretched its neck between its mother's thighs.

أرض مرشوشة: أصابها الرش

Sprinkled land: rain hit it.

ترشرش

It trickled.

شواء مرش، كرشراش

Succulent roast, like 'rashrash'.

رش الحائك النسج بالمرشة، وهي ما يرش بها، عن ابن عباد

The weaver sprinkled the fabric with the sprinkler, which is what is used for sprinkling, from Ibn Abbad.

رشرش البعير: برك ثم فحص بصدره في الأرض ليتمكن

The camel knelt and dug its chest into the ground to stabilize itself.

رشه: غسله، نقله شيخنا عن شروح الموطإ

He washed it: he washed it, as our sheikh reported from the commentaries of Al-Muwatta.