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رَصاصَة
bullet /raˈsˤaːsˤa/
nounA2#1158 most common
Also: round (of ammunition), shot, a single piece of lead
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ رَصاصَة.
This is a bullet.
في المُسَدَّسِ رَصاصَةٌ واحِدَةٌ فَقَط.
There is only one bullet in the pistol.
أَصابَتْهُ رَصاصَةٌ في كَتِفِهِ.
A bullet hit him in the shoulder.
أَخْرَجَ الطَّبيبُ الرَّصاصَةَ مِنْ ساقِهِ بِعِنايَةٍ.
The doctor carefully removed the bullet from his leg.
قيلَ إِنَّ رَصاصَةً طائِشَةً أَنْهَتْ حَياتَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكْمِلَ مُهِمَّتَهُ.
It is said that a stray bullet ended his life before he completed his mission.
أَطْلَقَ النّاقِدُ رَصاصَةَ الرَّحْمَةِ عَلى المَشْروعِ المُتَعَثِّرِ.
The critic delivered the coup de grace to the faltering project.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَصاصَةٌ | رَصاصاتٌ |
| Genitive | رَصاصَةٍ | رَصاصاتٍ |
| Accusative | رَصاصَةً | رَصاصاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا رَصاصَةُ | يا رَصاصاتُ |
Word family
رَصاصlead; bullets (collective)
رَصاصاتbullets (plural)
رَصاصِيّgrey, lead-coloured
مَرْصوصtightly packed, compact
قَلَم رَصاصpencil (literally lead pen)
Etymology
رَصاصَة derives from رَصاص, the word for lead, the heavy grey metal long used to cast shot. The feminine ending ة marks a single unit, so the word names one piece: a single bullet. The root ر ص ص carries the idea of packing or pressing tightly, which suits a dense metal. The deeper origin of رَصاص itself is debated and not securely reconstructed.
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