رِسْلٌ
Root: رسل
Full Definition
رِسْلٌ
Gentleness; and a deliberate, or leisurely, manner of acting or behaving; as also
رِسْلَةٌ ; [and perhaps
رَسْلٌ and
رَسْلَةٌ ; for] one says اِفْعَلْ كَذَا وَكَذَا عَلَى رِسْلِكَ and رَسْلِكَ and رَسْلَتِكَ, i. e. [Do thou such and such things] at thine ease; or act thou gently, deliberately, or leisurely, in doing such and such things; like as one says, عَلَى هِينَتِكَ. Sakhr-el-Ghei says, when despairing of his companions' overtaking him, his enemies surrounding him, and he feeling sure of slaughter,
2 And A soft, gentle, saying or speech.
def.2 Also Milk, of whatever sort it be: or, accord. to the Towsheeh, fresh milk. One says, كَثُرَ الرِّسْلُ العَامَ, meaning Milk has become abundant this year: and the people of the desert assert that, when this is the case, dates are few; and that, when dates are abundant, milk is scarce.
2 It is said in a trad. [respecting the giving of the poor-rate], إِلَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى فِى نَجْدَتِهَا وَرِسْلِهَا, which is explained in two different ways: [J says that] it is from رِسْلٌ in the sense first explained above; meaning straitness and plenty; i. e. Except him who gives when they are fat and goodly, when it is difficult, or hard, to their owner to give them forth, and when they are lean, [or] in a middling condition: and A'Obeyd says the like; and that it is similar to the saying, قَالَ فُلَانٌ كَذَا عَمَّا رِسْلِهِ, meaning Such a one said such a thing holding it in light estimation: others say that it is from رِسْلٌ signifying “ milk; ” which A'Obeyd disallows: IAth says that what is meant by نجدة is straitness and drought or barrenness or dearth; and by رسل, plenty, and abundance of herbage or the like; because رسل, i. e. milk, is plentiful only in the case of abundance of herbage; so that the meaning is, except him who gives forth the due of God in the case of straitness and in that of plenty.
def.3 The رِسْلَانِ of a horse are The extremities of the عَضُدَانِ [or two arms].
i. e. [If there were around me, of the family of Kureym, men on foot, fair in the faces , bearing arrows, they would defend me] by violent means or by gentle means: or with fighting or without fighting. [See also a phrase cited from a trad. in what follows of this paragraph.] One says also, جَاؤُوا رِسْلَةً They came company by company.لَوْ أَنَّ حَوْلِى مِنْ قُرَيْمٍ رَجْلَا بِيضَ الوَجُوهِ يَحْمِلُونَ النَّبْلَا لَمَنَعُونِى نَجْدَةً أَوْ رِسْلَا
2 And A soft, gentle, saying or speech.
def.2 Also Milk, of whatever sort it be: or, accord. to the Towsheeh, fresh milk. One says, كَثُرَ الرِّسْلُ العَامَ, meaning Milk has become abundant this year: and the people of the desert assert that, when this is the case, dates are few; and that, when dates are abundant, milk is scarce.
2 It is said in a trad. [respecting the giving of the poor-rate], إِلَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى فِى نَجْدَتِهَا وَرِسْلِهَا, which is explained in two different ways: [J says that] it is from رِسْلٌ in the sense first explained above; meaning straitness and plenty; i. e. Except him who gives when they are fat and goodly, when it is difficult, or hard, to their owner to give them forth, and when they are lean, [or] in a middling condition: and A'Obeyd says the like; and that it is similar to the saying, قَالَ فُلَانٌ كَذَا عَمَّا رِسْلِهِ, meaning Such a one said such a thing holding it in light estimation: others say that it is from رِسْلٌ signifying “ milk; ” which A'Obeyd disallows: IAth says that what is meant by نجدة is straitness and drought or barrenness or dearth; and by رسل, plenty, and abundance of herbage or the like; because رسل, i. e. milk, is plentiful only in the case of abundance of herbage; so that the meaning is, except him who gives forth the due of God in the case of straitness and in that of plenty.
def.3 The رِسْلَانِ of a horse are The extremities of the عَضُدَانِ [or two arms].
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