رَسَا

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رَسَاI , Present.T يَرْسُو, Verbal.Noun رُسُوٌّ and رَسْوٌ, It was, or became, stationary, at rest, fixed, fast, firm, steady, steadfast, or stable; as also ارسى , Verbal.Noun إِرْسَآءٌ; and . الرسو and الرسوخ [i. e. الرُّسُوُّ and الرُّسُوخُ] are nearly the same [in meaning]. You say, رَسَا الجَبَلُ The mountain was firmly based, or firm in its base, upon the ground. And مَا ثَبِيرٌ As long as Thebeer [the mountain so called] remains [firm] in its place. [Its being said that this is tropical is app. meant to indicate that the verbs above are properly used only in relation to a ship, in senses explained in what follows; which, however, I doubt.] You say also, رَسَتْ قَدَمُهُ, meaning His foot stood firm in war: or رَسَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ فِى الحَرْبِ Their feet stood firm in war. And رَسَتِ السَّفِينَةُ, Present.T تَرْسُو, Verbal.Noun رُسُوٌّ and رَسْوٌ [and مَرْسًى, as shown below, see 4], The ship [anchored; cast anchor; lay at anchor; or] rested, or became stationary, upon the anchor: in [some of] the copies of the K [and of the S], عَلَى البَحْرِ is erroneously put for على الأَنْجَرِ [or على اللَّنْجَرِ]: or the meaning is, [in some instances, the ship grounded; i. e.] the lower, or lowest, part of the ship reached the bottom of the water, and she consequently remained stationary.
2 رَسَا الفَحْلُ بِشَوْلِهِ The stallion [-camel] leaped, or leaped upon, his شول [or she-camels that had passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth]: or brayed to his شول, and they became motionless, or still: or brayed to his شول when they had dispersed themselves from him, and they turned aside to him, and became motionless, or still.
3 رَسَوْتُ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, Verbal.Noun رَسْوٌ, I effected an agreement, a harmony, a reconciliation, an accommodation, or an adjustment, between the people, or party.

def.2 رَسَا لَهُ رَسْوًا مِنْ حَدِيثٍ He mentioned to him a part, or portion, of a tradition, or story. (S, M, * K. [See also رَسْوٌ below.]) And رَسَا عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا, Verbal.Noun رَسْوٌ, He related a tradition, or story, as received from him, ascribing it to him. And رَسَا الحَدِيثَ فِى نَفْسِهِ He related the tradition, or story, to himself.
2 رَسَا الصَّوْمَ, Verbal.Noun رَسْوٌ, He intended, or purposed, fasting.

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