رصاصة

Arabic

Root
ر ص ص (r-ṣ-ṣ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.sˤaː.sˤa/

Noun

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

1. lead ball, bullet
   • 2009–2010, “رحيل الصديق الوحيد”, in One Piece (Arabic dub), season 2, episode 86, spoken by Dr. Hiriluk (Hiriruku) (Khaldūn Qārūṭ), Damascus, Syria:

     أَجِبْنِي، أَتَعْرِفُ مَتَى يَمُوتُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ؟ هَلْ يَمُوتُ عِنْدَمَا تَدْخُلُ رَصَاصَةٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ؟ لَا! هَلْ يَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضٍ قَاتِلٍ؟ لَا! هَلْ يَمُوتُ إِنْ دَخَلَ ٱلسُّمُّ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ؟ لَا أَبَدًا! يَمُوتُ... عِنْدَمَا يَنْسَاهُ ٱلنَّاسُ...

     ʔajibnī, ʔataʕrifu matā yamūtu l-ʔinsānu? hal yamūtu ʕindamā tadḵulu raṣāṣatun fī qalbihi? lā! hal yamūtu bisababi maraḍin qātilin? lā! hal yamūtu ʔin daḵala s-summu ʔilā jasadihi? lā ʔabadan! yamūtu... ʕindamā yansāhu n-nāsu...

     Tell me. When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! ...It's when they are forgotten.

Declension

Declension of noun رَصَاصَة (raṣāṣa)

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
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
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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رصاصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رصاصة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر ص ص
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَصَاصَة (raṣāṣa).

Noun

رصاصة • (rṣāṣe) f (singulative, collective رصاص m (rṣāṣ), paucal رصاصات (rṣāṣāt))

1. singulative of رصاص (rṣāṣ): piece of lead
2. bullet