رَصّ
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Singular (one)
Most common words from the same root
رَصَاص in English
Noun · masculine
- lead collective
- tin collective, obsolete
وَلَا يُرِيدُ أَحَدٌ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ بِسُوءٍ إِلَّا أَذَابَهُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ ذَوْبَ الرَّصَاصِ أَوْ ذَوْبَ الْمِلْحِ فِي الْمَاءِNone should nurse ill-will towards the people of Medina, or God will melt him in fire like tin or like salt is in water.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 15:523اَلْأُسْرُبُ يَتَوَلَّدُ كَٱلرَّصَاصُ وَهُوَ صِنْفٌ رَدِئٌ مِنْهُLead comes about like tin but is a worse kind thereof.a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjū
- bullets, shots, dots collective
- stones heaped together to surround a grave or well collective, obsolete
Words from the root ر-ص-ص
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
رَصَّ
· present يَرُصُّ
Form I · The plain action
to stick firmly, to join compactly, to make even or level, to file, to pile, to close
رَاصّ
مَرْصُوص
رَصَّصَ
· present يُرَصِّصُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to stuck or place closely together, to ram in or compress; to fill or cover with lead (رَصَاص (raṣāṣ))
تَرْصِيص
مُرَصِّص
مُرَصَّص
تَرَصَّصَ
· present يَتَرَصَّصُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be stuck or placed closely together
تَرَصُّص
مُتَرَصِّص
تَرَاصَّ
· present يَتَرَاصُّ
Form VI · Mutual action
to be/become tightly packed
تَرَاصّ
مُتَرَاصّ
مُتَرَاصّ
رَصَاص: plural and other forms
| Singular | رَصَاص |
|---|---|
| Singulative (one) | رَصَاصَة |
رَصَاص in a sentence
Dictionary examples
tin
وَلَا يُرِيدُ أَحَدٌ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ بِسُوءٍ إِلَّا أَذَابَهُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ ذَوْبَ الرَّصَاصِ أَوْ ذَوْبَ الْمِلْحِ فِي الْمَاءِNone should nurse ill-will towards the people of Medina, or God will melt him in fire like tin or like salt is in water.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 15:523
tin
اَلْأُسْرُبُ يَتَوَلَّدُ كَٱلرَّصَاصُ وَهُوَ صِنْفٌ رَدِئٌ مِنْهُLead comes about like tin but is a worse kind thereof.a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjū
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