رسغ

Arabic

Root
ر س غ (r-s-ḡ)

Etymology

A voiced form of رَسَخَ (rasaḵa, “to be fixed, to sink in”) from the root ر س خ (r-s-ḵ) or similar, with the rest of the formations within the root ر س غ (r-s-ḡ) being secondary to the present anatomical term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rusɣ/

Noun

رُسْغ • (rusḡ) m (plural أَرْسَاغ (ʔarsāḡ))

1. (anatomy) carpus (amongst humans: wrist, amongst horses: knee or fetlock or whole pastern)

Declension

Declension of noun رُسْغ (rusḡ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُسْغ rusḡ	الرُّسْغ ar-rusḡ	رُسْغ rusḡ
Nominative	رُسْغٌ rusḡun	الرُّسْغُ ar-rusḡu	رُسْغُ rusḡu
Accusative	رُسْغًا rusḡan	الرُّسْغَ ar-rusḡa	رُسْغَ rusḡa
Genitive	رُسْغٍ rusḡin	الرُّسْغِ ar-rusḡi	رُسْغِ rusḡi

Derived terms

• رَسَّغَ (rassaḡa)
• أَرْسَغَ (ʔarsaḡa, “same as form II”)
• رَاسَغَ (rāsaḡa, “to take hold of the ankle, to wrestle with”)
• اِرْتَسَغَ (irtasaḡa, “to expand amply upon one’s household”)
• رَسَغ (rasaḡ, “a laxness in the legs of camels”)
• رَسِيغ (rasīḡ, “ample, abundant”)
• رِسَاغ (risāḡ, “a rope tied around the pastern”)
• مِرْسَغَة (mirsaḡa, “a kind of bracelets worn by women around their arms”)

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: rasceta, rasca, rascha, rasga
  • → English: rasceta

Verb

رَسَّغَ • (rassaḡa) II, non-past يُرَسِّغُ‎ (yurassiḡu) (obsolete)

1. (said of rain) to rain amply such that the water reaches the wrists of one digs for it
2. (figurative) to make easy-going, to coordinate well, to make pass comfortly

Conjugation

Conjugation of

رَسَّغَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَرْسِيغ tarsīḡ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُرَسِّغ murassiḡ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُرَسَّغ murassaḡ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رَسَّغْتُ rassaḡtu	رَسَّغْتَ rassaḡta	رَسَّغَ rassaḡa		رَسَّغْتُمَا rassaḡtumā	رَسَّغَا rassaḡā		رَسَّغْنَا rassaḡnā	رَسَّغْتُمْ rassaḡtum	رَسَّغُوا rassaḡū
	f		رَسَّغْتِ rassaḡti	رَسَّغَتْ rassaḡat			رَسَّغَتَا rassaḡatā			رَسَّغْتُنَّ rassaḡtunna	رَسَّغْنَ rassaḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُرَسِّغُ ʔurassiḡu	تُرَسِّغُ turassiḡu	يُرَسِّغُ yurassiḡu		تُرَسِّغَانِ turassiḡāni	يُرَسِّغَانِ yurassiḡāni		نُرَسِّغُ nurassiḡu	تُرَسِّغُونَ turassiḡūna	يُرَسِّغُونَ yurassiḡūna
	f		تُرَسِّغِينَ turassiḡīna	تُرَسِّغُ turassiḡu			تُرَسِّغَانِ turassiḡāni			تُرَسِّغْنَ turassiḡna	يُرَسِّغْنَ yurassiḡna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُرَسِّغَ ʔurassiḡa	تُرَسِّغَ turassiḡa	يُرَسِّغَ yurassiḡa		تُرَسِّغَا turassiḡā	يُرَسِّغَا yurassiḡā		نُرَسِّغَ nurassiḡa	تُرَسِّغُوا turassiḡū	يُرَسِّغُوا yurassiḡū
	f		تُرَسِّغِي turassiḡī	تُرَسِّغَ turassiḡa			تُرَسِّغَا turassiḡā			تُرَسِّغْنَ turassiḡna	يُرَسِّغْنَ yurassiḡna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُرَسِّغْ ʔurassiḡ	تُرَسِّغْ turassiḡ	يُرَسِّغْ yurassiḡ		تُرَسِّغَا turassiḡā	يُرَسِّغَا yurassiḡā		نُرَسِّغْ nurassiḡ	تُرَسِّغُوا turassiḡū	يُرَسِّغُوا yurassiḡū
	f		تُرَسِّغِي turassiḡī	تُرَسِّغْ turassiḡ			تُرَسِّغَا turassiḡā			تُرَسِّغْنَ turassiḡna	يُرَسِّغْنَ yurassiḡna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		رَسِّغْ rassiḡ			رَسِّغَا rassiḡā				رَسِّغُوا rassiḡū
	f		رَسِّغِي rassiḡī							رَسِّغْنَ rassiḡna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رُسِّغْتُ russiḡtu	رُسِّغْتَ russiḡta	رُسِّغَ russiḡa		رُسِّغْتُمَا russiḡtumā	رُسِّغَا russiḡā		رُسِّغْنَا russiḡnā	رُسِّغْتُمْ russiḡtum	رُسِّغُوا russiḡū
	f		رُسِّغْتِ russiḡti	رُسِّغَتْ russiḡat			رُسِّغَتَا russiḡatā			رُسِّغْتُنَّ russiḡtunna	رُسِّغْنَ russiḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُرَسَّغُ ʔurassaḡu	تُرَسَّغُ turassaḡu	يُرَسَّغُ yurassaḡu		تُرَسَّغَانِ turassaḡāni	يُرَسَّغَانِ yurassaḡāni		نُرَسَّغُ nurassaḡu	تُرَسَّغُونَ turassaḡūna	يُرَسَّغُونَ yurassaḡūna
	f		تُرَسَّغِينَ turassaḡīna	تُرَسَّغُ turassaḡu			تُرَسَّغَانِ turassaḡāni			تُرَسَّغْنَ turassaḡna	يُرَسَّغْنَ yurassaḡna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُرَسَّغَ ʔurassaḡa	تُرَسَّغَ turassaḡa	يُرَسَّغَ yurassaḡa		تُرَسَّغَا turassaḡā	يُرَسَّغَا yurassaḡā		نُرَسَّغَ nurassaḡa	تُرَسَّغُوا turassaḡū	يُرَسَّغُوا yurassaḡū
	f		تُرَسَّغِي turassaḡī	تُرَسَّغَ turassaḡa			تُرَسَّغَا turassaḡā			تُرَسَّغْنَ turassaḡna	يُرَسَّغْنَ yurassaḡna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُرَسَّغْ ʔurassaḡ	تُرَسَّغْ turassaḡ	يُرَسَّغْ yurassaḡ		تُرَسَّغَا turassaḡā	يُرَسَّغَا yurassaḡā		نُرَسَّغْ nurassaḡ	تُرَسَّغُوا turassaḡū	يُرَسَّغُوا yurassaḡū
	f		تُرَسَّغِي turassaḡī	تُرَسَّغْ turassaḡ			تُرَسَّغَا turassaḡā			تُرَسَّغْنَ turassaḡna	يُرَسَّغْنَ yurassaḡna

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “رسغ”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
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