رسغ

Meaning

Noun

carpus (amongst humans: wrist, amongst horses: knee or fetlock or whole pastern)

Verb

1. (obsolete) to rain amply such that the water reaches the wrists of one digs for it
2. (figuratively, obsolete) to make easy-going, to coordinate well, to make pass comfortly

Concepts

wrist

carpus

wrists

Synonyms

معصم

Translations

poignet

Handwurzel

polso

Handgelenk

καρπός

καρπός του χεριού

carpo

bask

🪽

meçek

zend

carpus

handwortel

pols

Pronounced as (IPA)

/rusɣ/

Etymology

A voiced form of رَسَخَ (rasaḵa, “to be fixed, to sink in”) from the root ر س خ (r s ḵ) or similar, with the rest of the formations within the root ر س غ (r s ḡ) being secondary to the present anatomical term.