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ترح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

تَرَحٌ أراح راح ترح Grief, sorrow, unhappiness, or anxiety; syn. حُزْنٌ, (Msb,) or هَمٌّ, (K,) or غَمٌّ; (Har p. 141;) contr. of فَرَحٌ. (S, A.) [It is the inf. n. of 1; but used as a subst., it has a pl., namely, أَتْرَاحٌ, like أَفْرَاحٌ. Hence the saying,] مَا الدُّنْيَا اـِلَّا فَرَحٌ وَتَرَحٌ [ The present world, or life, is nothing but a scene, or state, of joy and grief ]. (A.) ― -b2- A perishing, or dying: becoming cut off; being put an end to; or coming to an end. (IAth, TA.) ― -b3- A descending, going down, or going down a declivity; syn. هُبُوطٌ. (Ibn-Munádhir, K.) One says, مَا زِلْنَا مُذُ الَّيْلَةِ فِى تَرَحٍ i. e. [ We have not ceased from the beginning of this night to be ] in a state of descending, &c. (Ibn-Munádhir.)

Derived headwords

تَرَحٌ
  1. 1.
مَا الدُّنْيَا اـِلَّا
فَرَحٌ وَتَرَحٌ
مَا زِلْنَا مُذُ الَّيْلَةِ فِى تَرَحٍ