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رَسْلَةٌ

Root: رسل

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رَسْلَةٌ A soft, or delicate condition of life: you say, هُمْ فِى رَسْلَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ They are in a soft, or delicate, condition of life.
2 And Heaviness, sluggishness, laziness, or indolence: you say رَجُلٌ فِيهِ رَسْلَةٌ A man in whom is heaviness, &c.
3 See also رِسْلٌ, first sentence.
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