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ras~N * The beginning, or commencement, of a thing. (K.) And hence, (K,) ras~u AlHum~aY , and ↓ rasiysuhaA , The beginning, or commencement, (M, A, K,) or first touch, (S,) of fever, (S, M, A, K,) before it becomes vehement, or severe; (A;) i. e., when the person attacked thereby stretches on account of it, and becomes languid in his body, and relaxed, or heavy, sluggish, or torpid, or confused in his intellect: (M, TA:) or the first that a man feels of the touch of fever, before it takes him forcibly, and becomes apparent. (As, TA.) Accord. to Fr, you say, A^axa*atohu AlHum~aY biras~K , meaning, The fever became settled in his bones. (TA.) [Hence also,] ras~u AlHub~i , and ↓ rasiysuhu , The beginning, or commencement, of love: (K:) or a remain, or relic, or trace, of love: (M:) or AlhawaY ↓ rasiysu signifies the first, or original, feeling ( A^aSol ) of love. (Aboo-Málik, TA.) [Hence also,] balaganiY ras~N mino xabarK The first of news reached me: (TA:) or somewhat of news reached me: (S, M:) [or news not true reached me: for,] accord. to AZ, you say, A^ataAnaA ras~N mino xabarK , and mano xabarK ↓ rasiysN , meaning, News not true came to us: (TA:) or ↓ rasiysN [alone] signifies news not true. (K.)