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رَسَا , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. يَرْسُو, (S, Msb,)
inf. n. رُسُوٌّ (M, Msb, K) and رَسْوٌ, (K,) It (a
thing, S, M, Msb) was, or became, stationary, at
rest, fixed, fast, firm, steady, steadfast, or stable;
(S, M, Msb, K) as also ↓ ارسى, (M, K,) inf. n.
إِرْسَآءٌ; and ↓ ترسّى. (TA.) الرسو and الرسوخ [i. e.
الرُّسُوُّ and الرُّسُوخُ] are nearly the same [in meaning]. (Ham p. 51.) You say, رَسَا الجَبَلُ (assumed tropical:) The
mountain was firmly based, or firm in its base,
upon the ground. (TA.) And مَا أَرْسَى ↓ ثَبِيرٌ (tropical:) As
long as Thebeer [the mountain so called] remains
[firm] in its place. (TA.) [Its being said that
this is tropical is app. meant to indicate that the
verbs above are properly used only in relation to
a ship, in senses explained in what follows; which,
however, I doubt.] You say also, رَسَتْ قَدَمُهُ,
meaning His foot stood firm in war: (M:) or
رَسَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ فِى الحَرْبِ Their feet stood firm in
war. (S, Msb. *) And رَسَتِ السَّفِينَةُ, (S, M, K,)
aor. تَرْسُو, inf. n. رُسُوٌّ and رَسْوٌ (S) [and مَرْسًى, as
shown below, see 4], The ship [anchored; cast
anchor; lay at anchor; or] rested, or became
stationary, upon the anchor: (T, S, K:) in [some
of] the copies of the K [and of the S], عَلَى البَحْرِ
is erroneously put for على الأَنْجَرِ [or على اللَّنْجَرِ]:
(TA:) or the meaning is, [in some instances,
the ship grounded; i. e.] the lower, or lowest, part
of the ship reached the bottom of the water, and
she consequently remained stationary. (T, M,
TA.) ―
2-b2- رَسَا الفَحْلُ بِشَوْلِهِ (S, M, K,) (tropical:) The stallion [-camel] leaped, or leaped upon, his شول [or
she-camels that had passed seven or eight months
since the period of their bringing forth]: (S,
TA:) or brayed to his شول, and they became
motionless, or still: (M:) or brayed to his شول
when they had dispersed themselves from him,
and they turned aside to him, and became motionless, or still. (K, TA.) ―
2-b3- رَسَوْتُ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, (S,
M, * Msb,) inf. n. رَسْوٌ, (S, M,) I effected an
agreement, a harmony, a reconciliation, an
accommodation, or an adjustment, between the
people, or party. (S, M, * Msb.) ＝
1-A2- رَسَا لَهُ رَسْوًا
مِنْ حَدِيثٍ (S, * M, K *) He mentioned to him a
part, or portion, of a tradition, or story. (S,
M, * K. [See also رَسْوٌ below.]) And رَسَا عَنْهُ
حَدِيثًا, (S, M, K,) inf. n. رَسْوٌ, (M,) He related a
tradition, or story, as received from him, (S, M,
K,) ascribing it to him. (M, K.) And رَسَا
الحَدِيثَ فِى نَفْسِهِ He related the tradition, or
story, to himself. (TA.) ―
2-b2- رَسَا الصَّوْمَ, (K,) inf. n.
رَسْوٌ, (TA,) He intended, or purposed, fasting. (K.)