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?! hal yamūtu bisababi maraḍin qātilin?! 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

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رصاصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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
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