رصاص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ص ص (r-ṣ-ṣ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

رَصَاص • (raṣāṣ) m (collective, singulative رَصَاصَة f (raṣāṣa))

1. lead

   Synonyms: رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʔaswad), أُسْرُب (ʔusrub), آنُك (ʔānuk), أَبَار (ʔabār)

2. (obsolete) tin

   Synonyms: رَصَاص أَبْيَض (raṣāṣ ʔabyaḍ), رَصَاص قَلَعِيّ (raṣāṣ qalaʕiyy), قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr)

3. 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

• → Middle Armenian: ռիսաս (ṙisas)

References

• 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^[1], 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^[2], 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