ارسى
Root: رسو
Form: 4
Full Definition
ارسىIV
, Verbal.Noun إِرْسَآءٌ: see 1, in two places.
def.2 ارساهُ He made it to become stationary, at rest, fixed, fast, firm, steady, steadfast, or stable. And ارسى السَّفِينَةَ, [Verbal.Noun as above and also مُرْسًى, He anchored the ship;] he made the ship to rest, or become stationary, upon the anchor: or the meaning is, [in some instances, he grounded the ship; i. e.] he made the lower, or lowest, part of the ship to reach the bottom of the water, so that she remained stationary. You say also of a ship, تُرْسَى بَالأَنْجَرِ [She is made fast by means of the anchor]: and of the anchor, يُرْسِى السَّفِينَةَ It makes fast the ship, so that it does not go on. For the words of the Kur [xi. 43], بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ مُجْرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا, meaning إِجْرَاؤُهَا وَإِرْسَاؤُهَا [i. e. In the name of God be the making it to run and the making it to rest], from أَجْرَيْتُ and أَرْسَيْتُ, or [its being made to run and its being made to rest,] from أُجْرِيَتْ and أُرْسِيْتْ, some say مَجْرَاهَا وَمَرْسَاهَا, meaning its running and its resting, from جَرَتْ and رَسَتْ, [though] Az says that the readers agree in pronouncing the م of مرساها with damm, but differ as to the م of مجراها, the Koofees pro-
def.2 ارساهُ He made it to become stationary, at rest, fixed, fast, firm, steady, steadfast, or stable. And ارسى السَّفِينَةَ, [Verbal.Noun as above and also مُرْسًى, He anchored the ship;] he made the ship to rest, or become stationary, upon the anchor: or the meaning is, [in some instances, he grounded the ship; i. e.] he made the lower, or lowest, part of the ship to reach the bottom of the water, so that she remained stationary. You say also of a ship, تُرْسَى بَالأَنْجَرِ [She is made fast by means of the anchor]: and of the anchor, يُرْسِى السَّفِينَةَ It makes fast the ship, so that it does not go on. For the words of the Kur [xi. 43], بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ مُجْرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا, meaning إِجْرَاؤُهَا وَإِرْسَاؤُهَا [i. e. In the name of God be the making it to run and the making it to rest], from أَجْرَيْتُ and أَرْسَيْتُ, or [its being made to run and its being made to rest,] from أُجْرِيَتْ and أُرْسِيْتْ, some say مَجْرَاهَا وَمَرْسَاهَا, meaning its running and its resting, from جَرَتْ and رَسَتْ, [though] Az says that the readers agree in pronouncing the م of مرساها with damm, but differ as to the م of مجراها, the Koofees pro-
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