مرص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of pressing or squeezing, particularly with fingers, and also encompasses concepts of speed and detachment.

Derived headwords

مَرِصَverb

1.
to press, squeezeboth
To press or squeeze something, particularly a breast or similar soft body, with the fingers.

مَرْصًاnoun

1.
pressing, squeezingboth
The act of pressing or squeezing, especially with the fingers, as applied to a breast or similar soft body.

مَرَّصَverb

1.
to press, squeezeboth
To press or squeeze something, particularly a breast or similar soft body, with the fingers. This is the Form II verb derived from the root.

مَرْوَصadjective

دَرُوصadjective

1.
swiftclassical
An adjective synonymous with 'marwaṣ', describing a swift she-camel.

مَرِصَverb

1.
to precede, outstripclassical
To precede or outstrip in a race or competition. The text notes its apparent conjugation from the 'naṣara' pattern.

تَمَرَّصَverb

1.
to detach, fall offclassical
To detach or fall off, as in a husk or peel coming off from something.

المَرْصُ للثدي ونحوه: الغمز بالأصابع

Al-marṣ for a breast and the like: is the pressing with the fingers.

وقد مرصه مرصا

And he pressed it with a pressing.

المروص، كصبور: الناقة السريعة

Al-marwaṣ, like ṣabūr: the swift she-camel.

كدروص

Like darūṣ.

ومرص، إذا سبق

And marṣ, if it preceded.

وتمرص القشر عن السلت، أي طار عنه

And the husk detached from the grain, meaning it flew off from it.