رَسِيلٌ
Root: رسل
Full Definition
رَسِيلٌ
Easy: occurring in the saying of Jubeyhà El-Asadee,
def.2 Also A stallion-camel of the Arabian race, that is sent among the شَوْل [or she-camels that have passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth] in order that he may leap them: one says, هٰذَا رَسِيلُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ This is the stallion of the camels of the sons of such a one: and أَرْسَلَ بَنُو فُلَانٍ رَسِيلَهُمْ [The sons of such a one sent the stallion of their camels]: as though it were of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعَلٌ, from أَرْسَلَ.
2 And accord. to some, A horse that is started with another in a race.
3 [In the CK and in a MS. copy of the K, voce عَمُودٌ, it occurs as though meaning The scout, or emissary, or perhaps the advanced guard, of an army: but in other copies of the K, in this instance, accord. to the TA, and in the L, the word is رَئِيس.]
4 I. q. مُرَاسِلٌ [as meaning one who interchanges messages or letters with another: see 3].
5 The person who stands with thee (المُوَاقِفُ لَكَ [in the K (in which this explanation is erroneously assigned to رَسُولٌ ) المُوَافِقُ لَكَ in a competition in shooting and the like: [i. e.] رَسِيلُ الرَّجُلِ signifies he who stands with the man, (يَقِفُ مَعَهُ, Har p. 544,) or he who acts interchangeably, or alternates, with the man, (يُرَاسِلُهُ, S,) in a competition in shooting, or in some other performance. And, as also مُرَاسِلٌ , One who relieves, or aids, another, in singing and in work, [by alternating with him, i. e.,] in the former case, by taking up the strain when the other is unable to continue it [so as to accomplish the cadence ], and in the latter case by taking up the work when the other is unable to continue it; or one who so relieves, or aids, another in singing with a high voice; i. q. مُتَالٍ: or one who aids another, [or relieves him, by alternating with him,] or who follows him, or imitates him, in his work. One says, هُوَ رَسِيلُهُ فِى الغِنَآءِ وَنَحْوِهِ [He is the person who relieves him, or aids him, by alternating with him, in singing and the like thereof].
6 See also رِسَالَةٌ, in two places.
def.3 Also Wide, or ample.
2 A thing little in quantity, or incomplete: الشَّىْءُ اللَّطِيفُ in the copies of the K should be
3 And Sweet water.
[And I undertook, or managed, with ease, that which he came seeking to obtain; bright in countenance to him: I was not frowning].وَقُمْتُ رَسِيلًا بِالَّذِى جَآءَ يَبْتَغِى إِلَيْهِ بَلِيجَ الوَجْهِ لَسْتُ بِبَاسِرِ
def.2 Also A stallion-camel of the Arabian race, that is sent among the شَوْل [or she-camels that have passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth] in order that he may leap them: one says, هٰذَا رَسِيلُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ This is the stallion of the camels of the sons of such a one: and أَرْسَلَ بَنُو فُلَانٍ رَسِيلَهُمْ [The sons of such a one sent the stallion of their camels]: as though it were of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعَلٌ, from أَرْسَلَ.
2 And accord. to some, A horse that is started with another in a race.
3 [In the CK and in a MS. copy of the K, voce عَمُودٌ, it occurs as though meaning The scout, or emissary, or perhaps the advanced guard, of an army: but in other copies of the K, in this instance, accord. to the TA, and in the L, the word is رَئِيس.]
4 I. q. مُرَاسِلٌ [as meaning one who interchanges messages or letters with another: see 3].
5 The person who stands with thee (المُوَاقِفُ لَكَ [in the K (in which this explanation is erroneously assigned to رَسُولٌ ) المُوَافِقُ لَكَ in a competition in shooting and the like: [i. e.] رَسِيلُ الرَّجُلِ signifies he who stands with the man, (يَقِفُ مَعَهُ, Har p. 544,) or he who acts interchangeably, or alternates, with the man, (يُرَاسِلُهُ, S,) in a competition in shooting, or in some other performance. And, as also مُرَاسِلٌ , One who relieves, or aids, another, in singing and in work, [by alternating with him, i. e.,] in the former case, by taking up the strain when the other is unable to continue it [so as to accomplish the cadence ], and in the latter case by taking up the work when the other is unable to continue it; or one who so relieves, or aids, another in singing with a high voice; i. q. مُتَالٍ: or one who aids another, [or relieves him, by alternating with him,] or who follows him, or imitates him, in his work. One says, هُوَ رَسِيلُهُ فِى الغِنَآءِ وَنَحْوِهِ [He is the person who relieves him, or aids him, by alternating with him, in singing and the like thereof].
6 See also رِسَالَةٌ, in two places.
def.3 Also Wide, or ample.
2 A thing little in quantity, or incomplete: الشَّىْءُ اللَّطِيفُ in the copies of the K should be
3 And Sweet water.
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