رصاص
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ر ص ص (r-ṣ-ṣ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra.sˤaːsˤ/
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Noun
رَصَاص • (raṣāṣ) m (collective, singulative رَصَاصَة f (raṣāṣa))
- lead
- Synonyms: رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʾaswad), أُسْرُب (ʾusrub), آنُك (ʾānuk), أَبَار (ʾabār)
- (obsolete) tin
- Synonyms: رَصَاص أَبْيَض (raṣāṣ ʾabyaḍ), رَصَاص قَلَعِيّ (raṣāṣ qalaʿiyy), قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr)
- bullets, shots, dots
Declension
Declension of noun رَصَاص (raṣāṣ)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَصَاص raṣāṣ | الرَّصَاص ar-raṣāṣ | رَصَاص raṣāṣ |
| Nominative | رَصَاصٌ raṣāṣun | الرَّصَاصُ ar-raṣāṣu | رَصَاصُ raṣāṣu |
| Accusative | رَصَاصًا raṣāṣan | الرَّصَاصَ ar-raṣāṣa | رَصَاصَ raṣāṣa |
| Genitive | رَصَاصٍ raṣāṣin | الرَّصَاصِ ar-raṣāṣi | رَصَاصِ raṣāṣi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَصَاصَة raṣāṣa | الرَّصَاصَة ar-raṣāṣa | رَصَاصَة raṣāṣat |
| Nominative | رَصَاصَةٌ raṣāṣatun | الرَّصَاصَةُ ar-raṣāṣatu | رَصَاصَةُ raṣāṣatu |
| Accusative | رَصَاصَةً raṣāṣatan | الرَّصَاصَةَ ar-raṣāṣata | رَصَاصَةَ raṣāṣata |
| Genitive | رَصَاصَةٍ raṣāṣatin | الرَّصَاصَةِ ar-raṣāṣati | رَصَاصَةِ raṣāṣati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | رَصَاصَتَيْن raṣāṣatayn | الرَّصَاصَتَيْن ar-raṣāṣatayn | رَصَاصَتَيْ raṣāṣatay |
| Nominative | رَصَاصَتَانِ raṣāṣatāni | الرَّصَاصَتَانِ ar-raṣāṣatāni | رَصَاصَتَا raṣāṣatā |
| Accusative | رَصَاصَتَيْنِ raṣāṣatayni | الرَّصَاصَتَيْنِ ar-raṣāṣatayni | رَصَاصَتَيْ raṣāṣatay |
| Genitive | رَصَاصَتَيْنِ raṣāṣatayni | الرَّصَاصَتَيْنِ ar-raṣāṣatayni | رَصَاصَتَيْ raṣāṣatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَصَاصَات raṣāṣāt | الرَّصَاصَات ar-raṣāṣāt | رَصَاصَات raṣāṣāt |
| Nominative | رَصَاصَاتٌ raṣāṣātun | الرَّصَاصَاتُ ar-raṣāṣātu | رَصَاصَاتُ raṣāṣātu |
| Accusative | رَصَاصَاتٍ raṣāṣātin | الرَّصَاصَاتِ ar-raṣāṣāti | رَصَاصَاتِ raṣāṣāti |
| Genitive | رَصَاصَاتٍ raṣāṣātin | الرَّصَاصَاتِ ar-raṣāṣāti | رَصَاصَاتِ raṣāṣāti |
Descendants
- → Acholi: ràcáàc
- → Alur: risasi
- → Middle Armenian: ռիսաս (ṙisas)
- → Bari: rasas
- → Bende: iisaáse
- → Dinka: rasas
- → Lingala: masási
- → Lotuko: arryas
- → Luba-Katanga: disashi
- → Luo: racac
- → Matengo: lisâsi
- → Rukiga: rusasi
- → Rwanda-Rundi: isâsu
- → Sango: lichasi
- → Swahili: risasi
- → Digo: risasi
- → Jita: ri-saási
- → Kikuyu: rĩthathi
- → Luganda: `ssasì
- → Nyakyusa: ilísasí
- → Nyankole: iːsási, amasási, kisási
- → Zande: lisasi
References
- Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 121–122 Nr. 1083
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 152
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “رصاص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1092
- Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 38–39
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رصاص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 416
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “رصاص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 396