raṣṣafa

pave

رَصَّفَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ر ص ف

Forms

Present
يُرَصِّفُ

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بل كل جيل وأهل كل لغة من العرب المستعجمين والحضر أهل الأمصار، يتعاطون منه ما يطاوعهم في انتحاله ورصف بنائه على مهيع كلامهم.

The Muqaddimah, page 378 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ رَصَّفَيُرَصِّفُ—
she هِيَ رَصَّفَتتُرَصِّفُ—
they two (m.) هُما رَصَّفايُرَصِّفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما رَصَّفَتاتُرَصِّفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ رَصَّفُوايُرَصِّفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ رَصَّفْنَيُرَصِّفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ رَصَّفْتَتُرَصِّفُرَصِّفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ رَصَّفْتِتُرَصِّفِينَرَصِّفِي
you two أَنْتُما رَصَّفْتُماتُرَصِّفانِرَصِّفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ رَصَّفْتُمتُرَصِّفُونَرَصِّفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ رَصَّفْتُنَّتُرَصِّفْنَرَصِّفْنَ
I أَنا رَصَّفْتُأُرَصِّفُ—
we نَحْنُ رَصَّفْنانُرَصِّفُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • رَصَفَهُ Form I He put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order, its several parts
    , aor. , [or , as appears from what follows,] inf. n. رَصْفٌ, He put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order, its several parts. (M.) [Hence,] رَصَفَ الحِجَارَةَ, (S, O, Msb, in the M الحَجَرَ,) aor. , inf. n. as above, (S, M, Msb,) He put, or joined, together the stones (S, O, Msb) in building, or in the building or structure: (S, O:) or he built, or constructed, and joined together, the stones. (M.) And رُصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ His teeth were disposed in a regular and an even row in their manner of growth; as also رَصِفَتْ, [aor. ,] inf. n. رَصَفٌ. (M.) And رَصَفَ قَدَمَيْهِ He (a man praying, O, K) put his feet together: (S, O, K:) or رَصَفَ مَابَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ he put his legs near together. (M.) ― -b2- Also He bound it round with a thing. (Har p. 376.) You say, رَصَفَ السَّهْمَ, inf. n. رَصْفٌ, He bound, (S, O, K,) or wound, (M,) a sinew (عَقَبَة) upon the socket of the head of the arrow, (S, M, O, K,) when it had broken. (M.) -A2- رَصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ: see above. ― -b2- رَصِفَتْ also signifies She [a woman] was small, or narrow, in the فَرْج [or vulva]. (M.) -A3- رَصُفَ, aor. , inf. n. رَصَافَةٌ, said of a deed, or an action, (assumed tropical:) It was firm, or sound; or firmly, or soundly, or well, executed, or performed. (O, K.) ― -b2- [See also رَصَافَةٌ below.] ― -b3- One says also, هٰدَا أَمْرٌ لَا يُرْصُفُ بِكَ (assumed tropical:) This is a thing, or an affair, that will not become thee, or be suitable to thee. (S, O, K.)
  • تَرْصِيفٌ Form II putting, or placing, together, or constructing, well
    [inf. n. of رصّف] The putting, or placing, together, or constructing, well stones or bricks in a building. (KL.) ― -b2- The connecting well words with words. (KL.) ― -b3- And The binding round an arrow well [at the part in which the head is inserted] with a sinew. (KL.)
  • ارصف Form IV He mixed his wine
    He mixed his wine (شَرَابَهُ) with what is termed مَآءُ الرَّصَفِ, i. e. water descending from the mountains, upon the rocks. (O, K.)
  • تَرَصَّفَ Form V Open entry
    see 8.
  • تَرَاْصَفَ Form VI They stood close together, side by side, in the rank
    see 8. ― -b2- تَرَاصَفُوا فِى الصَّفِّ They stood close together, side by side, in the rank. (S, O, K.) تَرَاصُفٌ is syn. with تَلَاصُقٌ. (O.)
  • ارتصف Form VIII It had its several parts put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order
    It had its several parts put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order; as also ↓ ترصّف, [or this means it had its several parts well put, or joined, together, &c., (see 2, of which it is the quasi-pass.,)] and ↓ تراصف. (M.)
  • رَصَفٌ Stones put, or joined, together
    Stones put, or joined, together, (S, M, O, Msb, K,) [whether artificially or naturally, and particularly] in a channel of water: (O, K:) n. un. ↓ رَصَفَةٌ. (S, M, O, Msb, K.) A dam constructed for [the purpose of obstructing or retaining] water: [such is now termed ↓ رَصِيفٌ; which is originally an epithet, but thus used as a subst., and commonly applied to a quay; and a bank, generally of masonry or bricks, raised along the side of a river or of a lake &c.; and any similar mass of masonry:] also (i. e. رَصَفٌ) the channel of a [reservoir such as is termed] مَصْنَعَة. (M.) [Hence,] مَآءُ الرَّصَفِ The water descending from the mountains, upon the rocks. (K.) El-'Ajjáj says, " مِنْ رَصَفٍ نَازَعَ سَيْلًا رَصَفَا " meaning that the wine of which he is speaking was mixed with water of a رَصَف [or ledge of rocks or stones] that had contended, in flowing, with another رَصَف, because of its thereby becoming more clear and more delicate: he suppresses the word signifying water, meaning it to be understood, (saying مِنْ رَصَفٍ for مِنْ مَآءِ رَصَفٍ, [but in both of my copies of the S, مَآءٍ is erroneously put for مَآءِ,]) and he calls its passing (مَسِيرَهُ [in the O and in one of my copies of the S مَسيلَهُ]) from رصف to رصف its contending therewith [i. e. with the latter رصف]. (S, O.) ― -b2- See also رَصَفَةٌ.
  • رَصْفَةٌ Two sinews, or ligaments
    : see the next paragraph. ― -b2- The رَصْفَتَانِ are Two sinews, or ligaments, (عَصَبَتَانِ,) in, or between, the [two bones called] رَضْفَتَانِ of the two knees. (M.)
  • رَصَفَةٌ A sinew
    n. un. of رَصَفٌ, q. v. ― -b2- Also A sinew (عَقَبَةٌ) that is wound upon the socket of the head of an arrow, (S, M, O, K,) when it has broken; (M;) as also ↓ رُصَافَةٌ (Lth, O, K) and ↓ رُصُوفَةٌ, each with damm; (K;) or as also ↓ رِصَافَةٌ, [thus written with kesr,] of which the pl. is رَصَايأِفُ (M) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ رِصَافٌ; (M, O;) but [ISd says,] I think that AHn has made this last to be a sing.: and ↓ رَصَفٌ is the pl. of رَصَفَةٌ, [or rather it is a coll. gen. n.,] and أَرْصَافٌ I hold to be pl. of رَصَفٌ: (M:) or رِصَافٌ is the pl. of رَصَفَةٌ. (S, K.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ رَصْفَةٌ, A sinew (عَقَبَةٌ) that is bound upon another sinew, and is then bound upon the suspensory (حِمَالَة) of the bow. (M.) ― -b4- And رَصَفَتَانِ [if not a mistake for رَضَفَتَانِ] Two round bones in the knee of a horse, separate from the other bones. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.
  • رَصْفَآءُ Open entry
    : see رَصُوفٌ.
  • رَصَافٌ A part like stairs, in the side of a mountain
    : see رَصَفَةٌ. ― -b2- Also A part like stairs, in the side of a mountain; pl. رُصُفٌ. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O.)
  • رَصُوفٌ narrow in the فَرْج
    A woman narrow in the فَرْج [or vulva]: (S, M, O:) or small therein: (M:) or small in the vulva, and narrow therein, and, consequently, impervia viro; as also ↓ رَصْفَآءُ (IAar, * O, * K) and ↓ مَرْصُوفَةٌ: (O, * K:) or this last, [syn with مَرْفُوغَةٌ,] a woman whose place of circumcision has cohered [after the operation, when she was young], and, consequently, impervia [viro]. (M.)

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