רָצַף (b. h.; cmp. רָצַם) 1) to press, crush. Nidd. 14ᵃ שמש רְצָפָהּ the membrum may have crushed it.—Part. pass. רָצוּף; f. רְצוּפָה; pl. רְצוּפִים, רְצוּפִין; רְצוּפוֹת. Ib. מאכולת ר׳ a crushed louse. —2) (cmp. כָּתַת a. denom.) to join closely, to place in rows; to pave with blocks. Ohol. XVIII, 5 הרוֹצֵף … באבנים if one paves an unclean field (v. פְּרָס) with stones. Y. Orl. I, beg. 60ᶜ במשנה … לעצים ברוצף when he changes the usual order of planting; if he wants to use them for fuel, he plants the trees close together, &c., opp. משפה planting wide apart. Y. Kil. III, 28ᵈ bot. רוצף he who plants vegetables in a row, opp. עושה קלחים יחידים; a. e.—Part. pass. as ab. Esth. R. to I, 6 היה ביתו ר׳ וכ׳ his house was paved with precious stones and jewels. Neg. XI, 9 השתי אם היה ר׳ if the warp (on the loom) is close (the threads being properly arranged). B. Bath. 29ᵃ שלש … שאכלן ר׳ by the three years of which they speak is meant that he had the undisturbed usufruct for three years in succession, opp. מפוזרות. Ib. 37ᵇ אכלן ר׳ if he has had the usufruct of trees planted close together in rows (which shows that they were intended to be transplanted when grown older). Ib. מכרן ר׳ וכ׳ if he sold closely planted trees, the buyer cannot claim the soil. Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᶜ top, a. e. ר׳, opp. מרווחין, v. רָוַוח. Y. Gitt. VIII, end, 49ᵈ בר׳ when the signatures are close together, opp. מסורגין, v. סָרַג. Treat. Sof’rim I, 10, v. סָרַג; a. fr.—Trnsf. crowded, stuffed. Cant. R. to IV, 4; Gen. R. s. 32; a. fr., v. רֵיקָן.
Nif. - נִרְצַף to be squeezed, crushed. Nidd. 25ᵇ, v. רָצַם. Bets. 28ᵇ שפוד שנ׳ (Ms. M. שנרצם, corr. acc.) a roasting spit which has been squeezed and bent, contrad. to נרצם.—[Tosef. M. Kat. I, 2 מרצפין ed. Zuck., read: מרבצין or מרביצין, v. רָבַץ.]