رصَدَ يَرصُد، رَصْدًا ورَصَدًا، فهو راصد، والمفعول مَرْصود
Root: ر ص دSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
رصَد الأسدُ فريستَه
راقبها وقعد لها
🇬🇧 Translation:
Watched it and lay in wait for it (To observe/Lie in wait for).
رصَد الحسابَ/ رصَد الدَّرجةَ
كتبها في السِّجلّ الخاصّ بذلك.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Wrote it in the special register for that (To record/Enter into an account).
رصَد مبلغًا لمشروع
خصَّصه له
🇬🇧 Translation:
Allocated it for it (To allocate/Set aside funds).
رصَد الأحداثَ والوقائعَ
سجَّلها، أرَّخَ لها.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Recorded them, chronicled them (To record/Chronicle events).
Example / Citation:
- " رصَد النجومَ في السَّماء
- رصَد الأسدُ فريستَه
- رصَد العَدُوَّ : راقب تحرُّكاته ليحدِّد موقعَه
- والمنايا رَصَدٌ … للفتى حيث سَلَك "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " rasada an-nujuma fi as-sama'
- rasada al-asadu farisatah
- rasada al-'aduwwa : raqaba taharrukatihi liyuhaddida mawqi'ah
- wa-l-manaya rasadun... li-l-fata haythu salak (He observed the stars in the sky
- The lion lay in wait for its prey
- He observed the enemy: watched his movements to determine his location
- And death is always lying in wait... for the youth wherever he goes) "
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