Arabic

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Root
ر س غ (r s ḡ)
1 term

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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رُسْغ (rusḡm (plural أَرْسَاغ (ʔarsāḡ))

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

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Descendants

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  • Medieval Latin: rasceta, rasca, rascha, rasga

Verb

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رَسَّغَ (rassaḡa) II (non-past يُرَسِّغُ (yurassiḡu), verbal noun تَرْسِيغ (tarsīḡ)) (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

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