Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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رصف رصن رض


1. ⇒ رصن

رَصُنَ, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) inf. n. رَصَانَةٌ, (Ṣ, M,) It (a thing, M, or a building, TA) was, or became, firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound. (Ṣ, M,* Ḳ.*)

Root: رصن - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

Also, said of a man, i. q. رَزُنَ[He was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; and forbearing: still, or motionless: or firm, or sound, of judgment: wise, or sensible]. (M.)

Root: رصن - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

رَصَنَهُ, (Aṣ, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَرْصُنُ}, inf. n. رَصَنٌ, (Aṣ, Ṣ,) He made it complete, entire, or perfect; (Aṣ, Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) namely, a thing. (Aṣ, Ṣ.)

Root: رصن - Entry: 1. Signification: B2
Root: رصن - Entry: 1. Signification: B3

And see 2, in two places.

Root: رصن - Entry: 1. Signification: B4

رَصَنَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. رَصْنٌ, (Ṣ,) He reviled him, or vilified him. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


2. ⇒ رصّن

رصّن الشَّىْءَ مَعْرِفَةً, (Ḳ,) thus accord. to some copies of the Ṣ, (TA,) inf. n. تَرْصِينٌ; (Ḳ;) accord. to other copies of the Ṣ, رَصَنَ↓; (TA; [and accord. to the KL, the inf. n. of the verb in this sense, expl. by غالب شدن, is رَصْنٌ;])He overcame the thing by knowledge: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) so says AZ: (Ṣ:) [accord. to the JM, رَصَنَهُ↓ signifies He knew it: but] the reading in the Ḳ, with teshdeed, is confirmed by the saying of Z, in the A, that رَصِّنْ لِى هٰذَا الخَبَرَ means ‡ Verify thou for me, or to me, this information; syn. حَقِّقْهُ; a tropical phrase. (TA.)


4. ⇒ ارصن

ارصنهُ He made it, or rendered it, firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) as alsoرَصَنَهُ↓; namely, a thing. (TA.) You say, أُرْصِنَ البِنَآءُ The building was made, or rendered, firm, stable,, &c. (TA.) And إِذَا عَمِلْتَ عَمَلًا فَأَرْصِنْهُWhen thou doest a deed, do it soundly, thoroughly, skilfully, judiciously, or well. (TA.)


رَصِينٌ

رَصِينٌ Firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, or sound; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) applied to a thing: (M:) andمُرْصَنٌ↓ andمَرْصُونٌ↓, made, or rendered, firm, stable, strong,, &c. (TA.) You say دِرْعٌ رَصِينٌ A coat of mail firmly, strongly, or compactly, made. (TA.) Andبِنَآءٌ مُرْصَنٌ↓ A building made, or rendered, firm, stable, strong,, &c. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ لَهُ رَأْىٌ رَصِينٌ[A man having firm, or sound, judgment]. (TA.)

Root: رصن - Entry: رَصِينٌ Signification: A2

Also, applied to a man, i. q. رَزِينٌ[Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; and forbearing: still, or motionless: or firm, or sound, of judgment: wise, or sensible]. (M.)

Root: رصن - Entry: رَصِينٌ Signification: A3

فُلانٌ رَصِينٌ بِحَاجَتِكَSuch a one is gracious, or knowing and gracious, with respect to thy want; or mindful, regardful, or considerate, thereof; syn. حَفِىٌّ بِهَا. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)

Root: رصن - Entry: رَصِينٌ Signification: A4

رَصِينٌ also signifies Pained, or suffering pain: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) so in the saying of a poet,

* يَقُولُ إِنِّى رَصِينُ الجُوْفِ فَٱسْقُونِى *

[He says, or he saying, Verily I am suffering pain of the belly, or chest, therefore give ye me to drink]. (Ṣ.)

Root: رصن - Entry: رَصِينٌ Dissociation: B

What are termed الرَّصِينَانِ, (Ṣ,) or رَصِينَا الفَرَسِ, (Ḳ,) are The [two] extremities of the قَصَب [or round and hollow bones, meaning here of the arms, (in one of my copies of the Ṣ, erroneously, of the عَصَب, or sinews,)] that are set in, or upon, the رَضْفَة [n. un. of رَضْفٌ, which is evidently the correct reading, meaning the bones that are between the arm and the shank], in the knee. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


مُرْصَنٌ

مُرْصَنٌ: see the paragraph next preceding, in two places.


مِرْصَنٌ

مِرْصَنٌ An iron instrument with which beasts (دَوَابّ) are cauterized. (Ḳ.)


مَرْصُونُ

مَرْصُونُ: see رَصِينٌ.

Root: رصن - Entry: مَرْصُونُ Signification: A2

سَاعِدٌ مَرْصُونٌ [A fore arm, or an upper arm, of a man, or a fore shank, or an arm, of a beast, (for ساعد has all these meanings,)] marked with a hot iron; syn. مَوْسُومٌ. (Ḳ.)


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