Quranic root
رصص
r · ṣ · ṣ
The root denotes forceful joining and interlocking of one thing with another, producing compactness and the absence of intervening gaps.
From strong joining, the semantic field extends to firmly compact structures, close ranks, fixed placement, and other close-fitting applications. Lead is associated with the root in the lexicographic tradition because of the compactness attributed to its particles.
- Maqāyīs · row 2042
- Lane · entry 23392
- Mufradāt · row 554
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَرْصُوص
marṣūṣ
- Part of speech
- Passive participle · adjectival
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Firmly joined and made compact, with its parts tightly integrated and leaving no intervening gaps.
In the Quranic occurrence, the adjectival passive participle describes a structure whose component parts are solidly joined; the comparison is to something constructed as though with lead.
- Lane · entry 23392
- Lane · entry 23412
- Mufradāt · row 554
Selected Quran examples
Quran 61:4word 11
“joined firmly”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 61:4مَّرْصُوصٌۭjoined firmly
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 20 Classical meanings
رَصَّ
To close or lock a door; also to seal an opening, such as the mouth of a vessel, firmly.
The vessel-mouth wording is reported with a possible textual reading issue; the lexical use is retained as a sealing or stopping-up construction.
- Lane · entry 23392
رَصَّ
To arrange eggs evenly or level.
Said of a domestic hen or an ostrich arranging its eggs with its bill and feet.
- Lane · entry 23392
رَصَّصَ
For a woman, to put on a face veil so that only the eyes are visible.
A specialized face-veiling construction, noted as a dialectal usage of Temeem.
- Lane · entry 23393
تَرَصَّصَ
To veil oneself with the face covering called niqāb.
Described as a less emphatic form of the close veiling expressed by تَرْصِيص; the evidence does not independently specify the precise amount of facial coverage.
- Mufradāt · row 554
رَصَّصَ
To be importunate or urgent in asking or begging.
A figurative or specialized usage marked as tropical in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 23393
تَرَاصَّ
To place oneself close together in a rank or ranks, leaving no intervening space.
Used especially of people standing in ranks for prayer or battle.
- Lane · entry 23395
رَصْرَصَ
To continue or become fixed or settled in a place.
Attested in the construction رَصْرَصَ فِي الْمَكَانِ.
- Lane · entry 23397
رَصَصٌ
Closeness or nearness together of the teeth.
A nominal description of teeth that are close together.
- Lane · entry 23398
رَصَاصٌ
Lead, the mineral; also a piece of lead.
The lexical evidence records several vocalic variants of the noun.
- Lane · entry 23399
رَصَاصَةٌ
A stone, or stones fitted closely around a running spring; stones heaped together on a grave.
The plural رَصَائِصُ is used for stones heaped upon a grave.
- Lane · entry 23404
رَصَاصَةٌ
A niggard or miser.
A figurative use likening the person to a stone.
- Lane · entry 23404
رَصَّاصٌ
A manufacturer or seller of lead.
A reported occupational noun referring either to a lead manufacturer or a lead seller.
- Lane · entry 23406
رَصْرَاصَةٌ
Hard ground or hard land.
An independently reported nominal usage.
- Lane · entry 23408
أَرَصُّ
Having teeth that are close together.
The masculine adjective is explicitly applied to a man; its feminine counterpart is رَصَّاءُ.
- Lane · entry 23409
رَصَّاءُ
Describing a woman as sexually impervious or inaccessible to intercourse.
A specialized feminine adjectival usage.
- Lane · entry 23409
رَصَّاءُ
Having thighs close together, with one thigh cleaving or sticking to the other.
Used of a woman or of a thigh in the lexical descriptions.
- Lane · entry 23409
أُرْصُوصَةٌ
A cap or head covering shaped like a melon.
A specialized noun for a particular kind of qalansuwa.
- Lane · entry 23410
مَرْصُوصٌ
Set one upon another or arranged compactly, as eggs.
A classical application distinct from the Quranic description of a firmly integrated structure.
- Lane · entry 23412
مَرْصُوصٌ
Overlaid or lined with lead.
Applied, for example, to a well cased with lead; this is a literal lead-covering sense distinct from compact joining.
- Lane · entry 23412
رَصِيصٌ
A face veil drawn near a woman’s eyes.
A specialized noun for a niqāb positioned close to the eyes.
- Lane · entry 23403
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic form is attested only as the adjectival passive participle مَرْصُوصٌ in 61:4; the lead-related and specialized derived meanings belong to broader Classical Arabic usage unless independently tied to the Quranic construction.
The report concerning the mouth of a vessel includes a possible textual reading issue; it is retained as a qualified sealing use rather than treated as fully certain.