تَرْصِيعٌ
Root: رصع
Form: 2
Full Definition
تَرْصِيعٌII
[Verbal.Noun of رصّع] The act of setting, fixing, or putting together, [jewels, precious stones, gems, pearls, &c.;] syn. تَرْكِيبٌ. [See the pass. part. n., below.]
2 The act of making [a thing] according to a measure; syn. تَقْدِيرٌ.
3 The act of weaving [a thing]; or forming [it] by the inserting of one part within another; like as a bird weaves its nest. You say, رصّع الطَّائِرُ عُشَّهُ بِقُضْبَانٍ وَرِيشٍ The bird put twigs and feathers near together, and wove with them its nest.
4 رصّع العِقْدَ بِالجَوْهَرِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He furnished the necklace with jewels, precious stones, or gems, connected, or drawn, together, in a series.
5 [Hence,] in rhetoric, التَّرْصِيعُ signifies
6 See also 1; last sentence.
2 The act of making [a thing] according to a measure; syn. تَقْدِيرٌ.
3 The act of weaving [a thing]; or forming [it] by the inserting of one part within another; like as a bird weaves its nest. You say, رصّع الطَّائِرُ عُشَّهُ بِقُضْبَانٍ وَرِيشٍ The bird put twigs and feathers near together, and wove with them its nest.
4 رصّع العِقْدَ بِالجَوْهَرِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He furnished the necklace with jewels, precious stones, or gems, connected, or drawn, together, in a series.
5 [Hence,] in rhetoric, التَّرْصِيعُ signifies
وَأَمْوَالُهُ لِلطَّالِبِينَ نِهَابُ وَأَفْعَالُهُ لِلَّاغِبِينَ كَرِيمَةٌ
6 See also 1; last sentence.
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