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رَسَبَ

Root: رسب

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَسَبَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رُسُوبٌ and رَسْبٌ; and رَسُبَ, Present.T ـُ; It sank, or subsided, in water [&c.].
2 [Hence,] رَسَبَتْ عَيْنَاهُ His eyes sank [in their sockets].
3 And السَّيْفُ يَرْسُبُ فِى الضَّريبَةِ The sword sinks, or disappears, in the thing struck with it.
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