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rasafa

be shackled, be moored

رَسَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ر س ف

Forms

Present
يَرْسِفُ
Verbal noun
رَسْف

In the library

رسف المقيّد وهو عان موثق

Eloquence and Exposition, page 824 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ رَسَفَيَرْسِفُ—
she هِيَ رَسَفَتتَرْسِفُ—
they two (m.) هُما رَسَفايَرْسِفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما رَسَفَتاتَرْسِفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ رَسَفُوايَرْسِفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ رَسَفْنَيَرْسِفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ رَسَفْتَتَرْسِفُاِرْسِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ رَسَفْتِتَرْسِفِينَاِرْسِفِي
you two أَنْتُما رَسَفْتُماتَرْسِفانِاِرْسِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ رَسَفْتُمتَرْسِفُونَاِرْسِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ رَسَفْتُنَّتَرْسِفْنَاِرْسِفْنَ
I أَنا رَسَفْتُأَرْسِفُ—
we نَحْنُ رَسَفْنانَرْسِفُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • رَسَفَ Form I He walked, or went along, in the manner of him who is shackled
    , aor. and , inf. n. رَسْفٌ and رَسَفَانٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and رَسِيفٌ, (M, O, Msb, K,) He walked, or went along, in the manner of him who is shackled: (S, M, O, K:) or he walked, or went along, in shackles, gently, softly, or in a leisurely manner: (M:) or you say, رَسَفَ فِى قَيْدِهِ he walked, or went along, in his shackles: (MA, Msb:) or he went along [therein] by leaps; or gently. (MA.) رَسِيفٌ also signifies The making short steps. (O.) And رَسَفَ, aor. , He (a camel) went with short steps, raising and putting down his feet quickly. (Aboo-Nasr, O.)
  • أَرْسَفْتُ الإِبِلَ Form IV I drove along the camels, they being shackled
    , (AZ, S,) inf. n. إِرْسَافٌ, (K,) I drove along the camels, they being shackled. (AZ, S, K. * [In one of my copies of the S, instead of مُقَيَّدَةً, I find مُقَيَّدًا, i.e. I being shackled.])
  • ارتسف Form VIII It became raised; or it rose
    , inf. n. اِرْتِسَافٌ; (K; so in MS. copies, and so in the CK;) or ↓ اِرْتَسَفَّ, in measure like اِكْفَهَرَّ, inf. n., اِرْتِسْفَافٌ; (O, and in like manner in the TK;) i. q. اِرْتَفَعَ [It became raised; or it rose: &c.]. (O, K.)
  • اِرْتَسَفَّ Open entry
    : see what next precedes. [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]

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