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رَصَفَهُ

Root: رصف

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَصَفَهُI , Present.T ـِ [or ـُ as appears from what follows,] Verbal.Noun رَصْفٌ, He put, or joined, together, or together and in regular order, its several parts. [Hence,] رَصَفَ الحِجَارَةَ, (S, O, Msb, in the M الحَجَرَ,) Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun as above, He put, or joined, together the stones in building, or in the building or structure: or he built, or constructed, and joined together, the stones. And رُصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ His teeth were disposed in a regular and an even row in their manner of growth; as also رَصِفَتْ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun رَصَفٌ. And رَصَفَ قَدَمَيْهِ He put his feet together: or رَصَفَ مَابَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ he put his legs near together.
2 Also He bound it round with a thing. You say, رَصَفَ السَّهْمَ, Verbal.Noun رَصْفٌ, He bound, or wound, a sinew (عَقَبَة) upon the socket of the head of the arrow, when it had broken.

def.2 رَصِفَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ: see above.
2 رَصِفَتْ also signifies She [a woman] was small, or narrow, in the فَرْج [or vulva].

def.3 رَصُفَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَصَافَةٌ, said of a deed, or an action, It was firm, or sound; or firmly, or soundly, or well, executed, or performed.
2 [See also رَصَافَةٌ below.]
3 One says also, هٰدَا أَمْرٌ لَا يُرْصُفُ بِكَ This is a thing, or an affair, that will not become thee, or be suitable to thee.
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