Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

رَخْرَاخٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

مُرَخْرَخُ الخَلْقِ ذ , applied to a man, and to a camel, Lax, or not firm, in make, by reason of fatness. (JK.)

سَكْرَانُ مُرْتَخٌّ ذ Intoxicated, full of drink; (K;) as also مُلْتَخٌّ. (TA.)

مُتَرَخْرِخٌ ذ , applied to a man, and to a camel, Flaccid, or flabby, by reason of old age or of emaciation. (JK.)

1 رَخُصَ ذ , aor. رَخُصَ , inf. n. رُخْصٌ, It (a thing, Msb, or a price, S, A) was, or became, cheap, low-priced, or low. (S, A, Msb, K, TA.) [Accord. to all of these authorities, this seems to be the primary signification: but Et-Tebreezee (Ham p. 47) thinks it to be from رَخْصَةٌ applied to a woman, as meaning “ soft, or tender. ”] Some say رَخَصَ also; but this is not of established authority. (MF.) ― -b2- رَخُصَ, aor. رَخُصَ , (M, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. رَخَاصَةٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and رُخُوصَةٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and رُخْصَانُ, (Lth, TA,) It (a thing, K, or the body, S, Msb, or flesh, A) was, or became, soft, or tender; (S, M, A, Msb, K, TA;) and soft to the feel: (Msb:) and in like manner رَخُصَتْ said of a girl: (A:) or, said of a woman, inf. n. رُخْصَانٌ, she was, or became, soft, or tender, and delicate, or thin, in her external skin: and said of a woman's fingers, they were, or became, soft, or tender: but when said of a plant, inf. n. رَخَاصَةٌ, it was, or became, soft, flaccid, or easily or quickly broken: (Lth:) [and said of a twig, or rod, it was, or became, fresh, or succulent, and soft, or tender: see رَخْصٌ.]

2 رُخِصَ لَهُ فِي كَذَا ذ , inf. n. تَرْخِيصٌ, He had indulgence, license, or facilitation, granted, or conceded, to him in, or with respect to, such a thing. (S, A, * K *) You say, رَخَّصَ الشَّرْعُ لَنَا فِي كَذَا, inf. n. as above, The law has been indulgent to us in, or with respect to, such a thing; has facilitated it to us; as also ↓ ارخص, inf. n. اـِرْخَاصٌ. (Msb.) And رَخَّصْتُ فُلَاناً فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا, [or, more commonly, لِفُلَانٍ,] I gave license, or permission, to such a one to do such and such things after my forbidding him to do them. (TA.)

4 ارخصهُ ذ He (God, S, A, Msb, or a man, JK) made it (a thing, Msb, or a price, S, A) cheap, low-priced, or low. (JK, S, A, Msb, K.) رَخَّصَهُ, in this sense, is not known. (Msb.) ― -b2- Also He found it to be cheap, low-priced, or low. (K.) ― -b3- Also, (K,) or ↓ ارتخصهُ, (S, A,) He bought it cheap, or at a low price. (S, A, K.) ― -b4- See also 2.

5 ترخّص ذ He took, or availed himself of, or allowed himself, indulgence, license, or facilitation; (A, TA;) he did not go to the utmost length; (S, Msb, K;) [ he relaxed, or remitted; ] in (فِي) such a thing; (S;) in affairs; (A;) or in the affair. (Msb.) You say also, ترخّص فِي حَقِهِ He took what was easily attainable, of his right, or due, and did not go to the utmost length. (A.)

8 ارتخصهُ ذ : see 4. ― -b2- Also, (S, Sgh, K,) or ↓ استرخصهُ, (A,) He reckoned it cheap, or lowpriced: (S, A, Sgh, K:) and ↓ the latter, he saw it, or judged it, to be so. (Lth, K.)

10 استرخصهُ ذ : see 8, in two places.

رَخْصٌ ذ applied to a thing, (A, K,) or to the body, (S, Msb,) and to flesh, and to a plant, (A,) Soft, or tender; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) and soft to the feel: (Msb:) and ↓ رَخِيصٌ signifies the same, (AA, M, K,) applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, (AA, K,) as also the former: (TA:) fem. of each with ة: (M, TA:) رَخْصةٌ is also applied to a girl, (A,) and to a woman, (K, TA, but omitted in the CK,) and to fingers, signifying not rigid or tough: (K:) or, applied to a woman, it signifies soft, or tender, and delicate, or thin, in her external skin: and applied to a woman's fingers, soft, or tender: but رَخْصٌ applied to a plant, soft, flaccid, or easily or quickly broken: (Lth, TA:) and applied to a twig, or rod, fresh, or succulent, and soft, or tender: (Msb:) the pl. of رَخْصٌ is رِخَاصٌ: (Msb:) and that of رَخْصَةٌ is رَخَائِصُ, which is irreg. [as such, but reg. as pl. of ↓ رَخِيصَةٌ]; (K, TA;) occurring in poetry. (TA.) You say, هُوَ رَخْصُ الجَسَدِ He is soft, or tender, in body. (S.) And اِمْرَأَةٌ رَخْصَةُ البَدَنِ A woman soft, or tender, in body. (IDrd, TA.)

رُخْصٌ ذ [see 1, of which it is the inf. n., in the first of the senses explained above. ― -b2- Also The act of making cheap; ] a subst. from أَرْخَصَهُ in the first of the senses here assigned thereto. (Msb.)

رُخْصَةٌ ذ (S, A, Msb, K) and رُخُصَةٌ (A, Msb, K) Indulgence, license or facilitation; (S, A, Msb, K;) in an affair: (S, A, Msb:) pl. رُخَصٌ (A, Msb) and رُخْصَاتٌ and رُخَصَاتٌ and رُخُصَاتٌ. (Msb.) You say, لَكَ فِى هٰذَا رُخْصَةٌ [ Thou hast, or shalt have, in, or with respect to, this, indulgence, license, or facilitation ]. (A.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Indulgence granted, or conceded, by God to his servant, in a matter which He alleviates to him. (A, K.) ― -b3- [(assumed tropical:) An ordinance of indulgence; such as the shortening of prayer in travelling, and the like: pl. رُخَصٌ, of which we have an ex. in the following trad.:] اَللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى رُخَصُهُ كَمَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ تُؤْتَى عَزَائِمُهُ [(assumed tropical:) God loveth that his ordinances of indulgence be performed, like as He loveth that his obligatory ordinances be performed ]. (A.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A portion, or share, of water: (A:) or a time, or turn, in drinking. (K.)

رَخِيصٌ ذ A cheap, or low-priced, thing; (Msb;) a low price. (S, A.) -A2- (tropical:) A quick death. (Lth, A, K.) -A3- See also رَخْصٌ, in two places. ― -b2- (tropical:) Soft, without strength or sturdiness, and without endurance: or stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; syn. بَلِيدٌ. (TA.)

رِخْلٌ ذ A ewe-lamb; (S, K;) as also ↓ رِخْلَةٌ and ↓ رَخِلٌ: (K:) the male is called حَمَلٌ: (S:) pl. [of pauc.] أَرْخُلٌ (K) and [of mult.] رِخَالٌ and رُخَالٌ (S, K,) which last is of an extr. form, (TA,) and رِخْلَانٌ and رَخَلَةٌ and رِخَلَةٌ. (K.)

رَخِلٌ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.

رِخْلَةٌ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.

مُتَرَخِّلٌ ذ A possessor and rearer of ewe-lambs. (S.)

1 رَخُمَ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. رَخُمَ , (K,) inf.n. رَخَامَةٌ; (S, Msb;) and رَخَمَ aor. رَخُمَ ; (K;) It (the voice, S, TA, and speech, K, TA) was, or became, soft, or gentle, and easy: (S, * K, TA:) [or it (the voice) was, or became, soft, or gentle, plaintive, and melodious: (see رَخِيمٌ:)] it (a thing, and the speech,) was, or became, easy: (Msb:) رَخَامَة in speech is a good quality in women. (TA.) One says also of a girl, رَخُمَتْ, (K, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) meaning She was, or became, easy [ and soft or gentle ] in speech: (K, TA:) and in like manner, of a [young gazelle such as is termed] خِشْف [meaning in voice, or cry ]: and رَخَمَتْ, said of a she-gazelle, means she uttered a [ soft or gentle ] cry. (TA.) -A2- رَخَمَتْ بَيْضَهَا and عَلَى بَيْضِهَا: see 4. ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps,] رَخَمَتْ وَلَدَهَا, aor. رَخُمَ and رَخَمَ , (assumed tropical:) She (a woman) played with her child: (K:) [or,] accord. to the “ Nawá- dir el-Aaráb, ” ترخم صَبِيَّهَا and ترخم عَلَيْهِ, [app. تَرْخُمُ and تَرْخَمُ in both cases,] said of a woman, mean تَرْحَمُهُ (tropical:) [ She treats, or regards, her boy with mercy, pity, or compassion; &c.]: (TA:) and رَخَمْتُ الشَّىْءَ means رَحِمْتُهُ (tropical:) [ I treated, or regarded, the thing with mercy, &c.]: (K, TA:) AZ says that رَخِمَهُ, aor. رَخَمَ , inf. n. رَخَمَةٌ, and رَحِمَهُ, aor. رَخَمَ , inf. n. رَحْمَةٌ, are syn.: (S:) and he says that رَخَمَ [thus accord. to the TA] is of the dial. of some of the people of El-Yemen: it is tropical: Lh, also, mentions رَخَمَهُ, aor. رَخَمَ , inf. n. رخَمَةٌ, as meaning (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, inclined to favour him, or affectionate to him. (TA.) -A3- رَخِمَ, said of a skin for water or milk, It was, or became, stinking. (TA.)

2 رخّمه ذ , (Msb,) inf. n. تَرْخِيمٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) He made it soft, or gentle: (S, TA:) or he made it easy: namely, [the voice, (see 1,) or] speech. (Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, (Msb, K,*) or from التَّرْخِيمُ signifying, as some say, The cutting off [a thing], or cutting [it] at its extremity, or curtailing [it], (S,) the تَرْخِيم of the name, (S, Msb, K,) in the vocative form of speech; (S;) [accord. to general opinion,] because it facilitates the pronunciation thereof; (K;) i. e. the [ abbreviating by the ] eliding of the end thereof, for the alleviation of the utterance; (Msb;) the curtailing a name of its last letter, or more; (S, TA;) as when, to one whose name is حَارِثٌ or مَالِكٌ, you say يَا حَارِ or يَامَالِ: but accord. to Z, in the A, it is from the ترخيم of the hen; because this is only on the occasion of the cutting short (قَطْع) [of the laying] of the eggs: (TA:) [in like manner also] the تَرْخِيم of the diminutive is the [ abbreviating thereof by the ] cutting off of [ one or more of ] the augmentative letters [and sometimes of radical letters ]; as when, in forming the diminutive of أَسْوَدُ [and that of اـِبْرَاهِيمُ], one says سُوَيْدٌ [and بُرَيْهُ]. (Har p. 334.) ― -b3- رخّم الدَّجَاجَةَ, inf. n. as above, He made the hen to cleave to, or keep to, [or brood upon, ] her eggs [ for the purpose of hatching them ]. (M, K.) -A2- [رخّم also signifies He constructed, or cased, a building, or a floor &c., with رُخَام: but this is perhaps post-classical.]

4 ارخمت عَلَى بَيْضِهَا ذ ; (S, K;) or ارخمت alone; (JK;) and بَيْضَهَا ↓ رَخَمَتْ, and عَلَى بَيْضِهَا, (K,) aor. رَخُمَ , (TA,) inf. n. رَخْمٌ and رَخَمٌ and رَخَمَةٌ; (K;) She (a domestic hen, JK, S, K, and an ostrich, JK, TA) brooded upon her eggs, to hatch them. (JK, S, K.)

8 ارتخمت فَصِيلَهَا ذ (assumed tropical:) She (a camel) loved, affected, or inclined to, and kept to, or clave to, her young one. (TA.)

رَخَمٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) Favour, or affection; or mercy, pity, or compassion: and love: and gentleness; (K, TA;) as also ↓ رَخَمَةٌ [which appears to be the more common, and which is mentioned above as an inf. n]: (S, K,* TA:) the latter is nearly the same as رَحْمَةٌ. (S.) One says, ↓ وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ رَخَمَتُهُ (assumed tropical:) His love, and his gentleness, fell, or lighted, upon him. (S.) And ↓ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ رَخَمَتَهُ and رَخَمَهُ, (K, TA,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ He made to fall, or light, upon him, or bestowed upon him, ] his love, and his gentleness: this is said of God. (TA.) And أَلْقَتْ عَلَيْهِ رَخَمَهَا and ↓ رَخَمَتَهَا i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ She made to fall, or light, upon him, or bestowed upon him, ] her favour, or affection, or her mercy, pity, or compassion. (TA.) And أُمِّهِ ↓ أُلْقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ رَخَمَةُ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ upon whom ] the love and familiarity of his mother [ have been made to fall or light, or have been bestowed ], is an explanation given by As of the pass. part. n. ↓ مَرْخُومٌ. (S, TA.) [But accord. to Z, these significations are from رَخَمَةٌ as signifying a bird of a certain species described in what follows: for] it is said in the A that أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ ↓ رَخَمَةً means (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, affectionate, or pitiful, or compassionate, to him, and attached to him: because the رَخَمَة is vehemently voracious, and fond of alighting upon carcasses: therefore love and affection lighting upon one are likened thereto. (TA.) -A2- A certain [ species of ] bird, well known; [the vultur percnopterus; being for the most part white, called by some the white carrion-vulture of Egypt and the neighbouring countries; and also called Pharaoh's hen; in Hebr. 165 : (see Bochart, Hieroz., 297-322:)] n. un. ↓ رَخَمَةٌ: (K:) the former is the pl. of the latter, (S, Msb,) denoting the genus, (S,) [i. e., its coll. gen. n.,] like as قَصَبٌ is of قَصَبَةٌ: (Msb:) the pl. [properly so termed] of رَخَمَةٌ is رُخْمٌ [like as بُدْنٌ is of بَدَنَةٌ, or perhaps of رَخَمٌ, like as أُسْدٌ is of أَسَدٌ,] (JK, TA) and also ↓رُخَمٌ [which is anomalous]: (JK:) the ↓ رَخَمَة is a partycoloured bird, white and black, (S, TA,) resembling the نَسْر (JK, S, TA) in form; and also called أَنُوقٌ: (S, TA:) [it is said to be] a bird that eats human dung, a foul bird, not of such as are pursued as game, wherefore no expiation is incumbent on him who kills it when he is in the state of اـِحْرَام, for it is not eaten: it is [said to be] thus called because it is too weak to take prey: (Msb:) [various fanciful uses of its gall-bladder and flesh &c. for medicinal and other purposes are described in the K: accord. to some, if not all, it is a term for the female: (see أَنُوقٌ:)] the male is called ↓يَرْخُمٌ and ↓يَرْخُومٌ (JK, K) and ↓تَرْخُومٌ. (Kr, K.) -A3- Also Thick milk. (IAar, K.) -A4- The ↓رَخَمَة [as written in the JK, but in the TA without any syll. signs,] of the horse is like the رَبْلَة [app. as meaning The inner part of the thigh ] of a human being: (JK, TA:) one says, فَرَسٌ نَاتِىءُ الرخمةِ [ A horse having the رخمة protuberant ]. (TA.) [If correctly written in the JK, it is probably a n. un. of which رَخَمٌ is the coll. gen. n.: and hence, perhaps,] وَرْهَاآءُ الرَّخَمِ, applied by the poet ' Amr Dhu-l-Kelb to a ewe abounding with milk, as meaning Soft [ in the رَخَم, and app. protuberant therein, and by reason thereof, and of the largeness of her udder, waddling, ] as though she were mad, or possessed. (TA.)

رُخَمٌ ذ a pl. of رَخَمَةٌ q. v. [n. un. of رَخَمٌ; like

رُخْمٌ ذ , but anomalous]. (JK.)

رُخُمٌ ذ Lumps of biestings. (IAar, K.)

رُخْمَةٌ ذ , with damm, (TA, [analogously with the generality of words of similar meaning, but this fact may have occasioned some writer's adding “ with damm, ”] or ↓ رَخَمَةٌ, (so in the JK, [if correct, app., as being likened to a white vulture,]) A whiteness in the head of a ewe or she-goat: (JK, TA:) and a dust-colour in her face, the rest of her being of any colour. (TA.)

رَخَمَةٌ ذ : see رَخَمٌ, in nine places: ― -b2- and see also رُخْمَةٌ.

رَخْمَانُ ذ i. q. رَحْمَانُ. (TA.)

رُخَامٌ ذ [commonly applied to Marble: and sometimes to alabaster: the latter application is the more agreeable with the following explanation:] a certain white, soft stone: (JK, S, Mgh, K, TA:) what is of the colour of wine, or yellow, or dappled, is of the kinds of stones, (K, TA,) i. e., not [a sort] of رُخَام: (TA:) a well-known kind of stone: (Msb:) n. un. with ة [meaning a piece, or slab, &c., thereof ]. (Mgh, Msb.) [See also مَرْمَرٌ.]

رَخِيمٌ ذ , applied to speech, (S, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb,) Soft, or gentle, and easy: (S,* K:) or [simply] easy: (Msb:) and, applied to the voice, soft, or gentle, plaintive, and melodious. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, applied to a girl, (K,) and so رَخِيمَةٌ, (As, JK, K,) Easy [ and soft or gentle ] in speech: (As, K:) and in like manner, الصَّوْتِ ↓ مُرْخُوَمةُ [a girl soft, or gentle, &c., in voice ]: (JK:) and in like manner also the first and second are applied to a [young gazelle such as is termed] خِشْف. (TA.) ― -b3- رَخِيمُ الحَوَاشِى Gentle, gracious, or courteous, to his associates. (TA.)

رُخَامَةٌ ذ n. an. of رُخَامٌ [q. v.]. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- Also A certain plant. (AHn, K.)

رُخَامَى ذ A certain plant, (AHn, K,) different from the خضرة [app. خَضِرَة, with which some probably identify it], having a blossom of a pure white, and a white root, which the [ wild ] asses dig up with their hoofs, and all the wild animals eat because of its sweetness and pleasantness; and its places of growth are the sands: (AHn, TA:) or, as some say, (TA,) a kind of tree like the ضَال [q. v.]. (S, TA.) [See also رَيِّحَةٌ, in art. روح.] -A2- Also [or رِيحٌ رُخَامَى] A soft, or gentle, wind. (K.)

رَاخِمٌ ذ : see مُرْخِمٌ. ― -b2- اـِنَّهُ لَرَاخِمٌ لَهُ Verily he is inclined to favour him; or is affectionate to him. (Lh, TA.)

أَرْخَمُ ذ , applied to a horse, and the fem. رَخْمَاآءُ applied to a ewe or she-goat, Whose head is white, the rest being black: (S, K:) the latter like مُخَمَّرَةٌ : one should not say مُرَخَّمَةٌ: (S:) or the former, a horse whose face is white: (Mgh:) and the latter, a ewe, or she-goat, having a whiteness on her head. (JK.)

مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ تُرْخَمٍ هُوَ ذ (JK, S, K) and تُرْخَمَ (JK, K, TA, but not in the CK) and تُرْخُمٍ (S, K) and تُرْخُمَ (K, TA, but not in the CK) and, accord. to the M, تَرْخُم, (TA,) and ↓ تُرْخَمَةَ, (accord. to the JK,) or تُرْخَمَةٍ, and تُرْخُمَةٍ, (K,) I know not who of mankind he is. (JK, S, K.)

مُرْخِمٌ ذ (JK, S, K) and مُرْخِمَةٌ (S, TA) and ↓ رَاخِمٌ (K) A domestic hen, (JK, S, K,) and an ostrich, (JK,) Brooding upon eggs, for the purpose of hatching. (JK, S, K.)

يَرْخُمٌ ذ : see رَخَمٌ, in the latter part of the paragraph.

تُرْخَمَةُ ذ [or تُرْخَمَةٌ and تُرْخُمَةٌ] i. q. تُرْخَمٌ and تُرْخَمُ [&c.]. (JK.)

تَرْخُومٌ ذ : see رَخَمٌ, in the latter part of the paragraph.

مَرْخُومٌ ذ : see رَخَمٌ, in the former half of the paragraph. ― -b2- مَرْخُومَةُ الصَّوْتِ: see رَخِيمٌ.

يَرْخُومٌ ذ : see رَخَمٌ, in the latter part of the paragraph.

1 رَخُوَ ذ , aor. يَرْخُو; and رَخِىَ, aor. يَرْخَى; (S, M, Msb, K;) inf. n. رَخَاوَةٌ (M, Msb, K) and رَخَاآءٌ, (M, K, but in several copies of the latter رَخًا,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and رِخْوَةٌ, with kesr, (M, K,) which is extr., (M,) and some add رُخْوَةٌ, and رَخْوَةٌ; (MF, TA;) It (a thing, S) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; i. q. صَارَ رِخْوًا, (S, K, TA,) i. e. هَشَّا; (TA;) or لَانَ; (Msb;) and ↓ استرخى signifies the same. (S,* K.) ― -b2- And رَخُوَ, and رَخِىَ, (Msb, K,) and [رَخَا] like دَعَا [of which the aor. is يَدْعُو], and [رَخَا] like رَعَى [of which the aor. is يَرْعَى; in the CK, erroneously, like رُعِىَ]; (K, TA;) the aor. [or the first and third] being يَرْخُو and [that of the second and fourth being] يَرْخَى; (TA;) said of life (عَيْش), (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, in its means, or circumstances: (Msb, K: *) or said of a man, inf. n. رَخَاآءٌ, (assumed tropical:) he was, or became, in an ample, an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life. (TK.)

2 تَرْخِيَةُ الشَّىْءِ بِالشَّىْءِ ذ The mixing of the thing with the thing. (TA.) [The verb is رَخَّى, He mixed; like رَخَّ, which is mentioned in this sense in the present art. in the JK, app. for رَخَّى.]

3 راخاهُ ذ : see 4, in three places. ― -b2- Also, inf. n. مُرَاخَاةٌ, i. q. بَاعَدَهُ [ He was, or became, distant, remote, &c., from him: or he made, or caused, him, or it, to be, or become, distant, remote, &c.]. (K.) -A2- And راخت She (a woman, TA) was, or became, near to bringing forth. (K, TA.)

4 ارخاهُ ذ He made it, or rendered it, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; i. q. جَعَلَهُ رِخْوًا; as also ↓راخاهُ. (K.) You say, ارخى الرِّبَاطَ [ He relaxed, or slackened, the tie, or bond ]; (M, TA;) and ↓راخاهُ, inf. n. مُرَاخَاةٌ. (JK, TA.) And لَهُ مِنْ خِنَاقِهِ ↓ رَاخِ [lit, Relax thou, or slacken thou, his cord with which he is being strangled ]; meaning (assumed tropical:) make thou his circumstances ample and easy to him; ease him; relieve him; or grant him a delay. (TA. [See a similar phrase in art. ربو, conj. 2.]) And أَرْخِ لَهُ قَيْدَهُ Make thou his shackle, or shackles, wide, or ample, not strait, to him. (TA.) And أَرْخِ لَهُ الحَبْلَ [lit. Relax thou, or slacken thou, to him the rope ]; meaning (tropical:) give thou to him ample scope for using his own judgment, or discretion, in the disposal, or management, of his affairs, so that he may go whither he pleases. (TA.) And ارخى الفَرَسَ and لِلْفَرَسِ He lengthened the horse's rope. (K.) And ارخى لَهُ الطِّوَلَ [lit. He relaxed, or slackened, his tether ]; meaning (tropical:) he left him to his own affair. (A, TA.) And ارخى عِمَامَتَهُ [lit. He slackened, or loosened, his turban ]; meaning (assumed tropical:) he became, or felt, in a state of security or safety, tranquil, or at ease; (K, TA;) because the turbans are not slackened, or loosened, (لَا تُرْخَى,) in difficulty, or hardship. (TA.) And ارخى السِّتْرِ (S, Msb, K) وَغَيْرَهُ (S) He let loose, let down, or lowered, the veil, or curtain, &c. (S, K.) And ارخى ثِيَابَهُ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ [ He let, or made, his clothes hang down loosely upon his legs ] in riding and in sitting [&c.]. (TA in art. رسل.) [And ارخى دُمُوعًا (assumed tropical:) He shed tears. ] And ارخاهُ خَطْبُهُ (tropical:) His state, or condition, made him to enjoy an easy, ample, or unstraitened, life, or a life of ease and plenty. (T, TA.) ― -b2- ارخت, said of a she-camel, [app. for ارخت صَلَاهَا, i. e. She relaxed the part on either side of her tail, virtually] means صَلَاهَا ↓اِسْتَرْخَى, (S, K, TA,) i. e. [ the part on either side of her tail became relaxed; or] her صَلَوَانِ [or parts on the right and left of her tail ] gaped, [or receded from each other, ] on the occasion of bringing forth. (T, TA.) ― -b3- اـِرْخَاآءٌ also signifies A sort of running: (S:) or vehement running: (K:) or running exceeding what is termed تَقْرِيبٌ: (JK, K: [see 2 in art. قرب:]) or running (حُضْرٌ) that is not ardent, or not impetuous: (A, TA:) or gentleness in running: (Ham p. 158:) accord. to Az, الاـِرْخَاآءُ الأَعْلَى means The most vehement [ running termed ] حُصْر; and الاـِرْخَاآءُ الأَدْنَى is less than that: and ارخى فِى عَدْوِهِ, said of a horse, signifies أَحْضَرَ [app. as meaning He rose in his running ]; and is from رُخَاآءٌ as an epithet applied to wind. (TA.) ― -b4- You say also, ارخى دَابَّتَهُ, meaning He made his beast to go the pace, or in the manner, termed اـِرْخَاآء, explained above: (Lth, K:) [or,] accord. to A 'Obeyd, الاـِرْخَاآءُ signifies the leaving a horse to follow his own eager desire in running, without fatiguing him. (S.)

6 تراخى ذ He (a horse) remitted, or flagged, in his running; or was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein. (Az, TA.) And [in like manner] فِى الأَمْرِ ↓ استرخى [ He remitted, or flagged, in the affair; or was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein ]. (K in arts. بنش and فنش, &c.) And تراخى عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ He remitted, or flagged, in the accomplishment of his want; or he was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein. (TA.) ― -b2- He drew back, held back, or hung back, (JK, K, TA,) عَنِّى from me, (TA,) or عَنِ الشَّىْءَ from the thing. (JK.) ― -b3- He was, or became, slow, sluggish, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward. (JK, TA.) You say also, تراخى السَّمَاآءُ The rain delayed; or was tardy, late, or backward. (S, K.) [And تراخى الوَقْتُ The time was, or became, late: and it became protracted. And تراخى عَنْهُ It was, or became, after, or later than, it: see مُتَرَاخٍ, below.] And تراخى الأَمْرُ The affair, or case, was, or became, protracted; the time thereof became extended. (Msb.) And فِى الأَمْرِ تَرَاخٍ In the affair, or case, is ample time or scope [ for action &c. ]; syn. فُسْحَةٌ; (Msb, TA;) and extension, or protractedness: (TA:) or remoteness; referring to the case of the resurrection, i. e. the time thereof. (Mgh in art. نتج.)

10 استرخى ذ : see 1, first sentence. استرخى صَلَاهَا, said of a she-camel: see 4, in the latter half of the paragraph. استرخى السِّتْرُ [ The veil, or curtain, hung down; hung down loosely; was pendent, or pendulous: and in like manner the verb is said of a garment, or a portion thereof, and of hair, or a lock of hair, &c.]. (Msb.) ― -b2- استرخى فِى الأَمْرِ: see 6. استرخى فِى رَأْيِهِ بَعْدَ قُوَّةٍ (assumed tropical:) [ He was, or became, weak in his opinion after being strong ]. (IAar, TA in art. خرع.) ― -b3- استرخى بِهِ الأَمْرُ, (JK, T, TA,) and استرخت حَالُهُ, (JK,) or استرخت بِهِ حَالُهُ, (T, TA,) (assumed tropical:) The affair, or case, and his state, or condition, became good with him after straitness; (JK;) or (tropical:) he became in a good state, or condition, (T, TA,) in ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, circumstances, (TA in explanation of the first of these phrases,) after straitness. (T, TA.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Tufeyl El-Ghanawee, (TA,) فَأَبَّلَ وَا@سْتَرْخَى بِهِ الخَطْبُ بَعْدَمَا أَسَافَ وَلَوْلَا سَعْيُنَا لَمْ يُؤَبِّلِ meaning (tropical:) [ And he acquired camels, or numerous camels, and ] his state, or condition, became good [ after his cattle had perished; and had it not been for our labour, or exertion, he would not have acquired camels, or numerous camels ]: (S, TA:) or the phrase استرخى به الخطب means أَرْخَاهُ خَطْبُهُ [explained above: see 4]. (T, TA.)

رِخْوٌ ذ and رَخْوٌ (Lth, S, M, Msb, K) and رُخْوٌ; (M, Msb, K;) but accord. to As and Fr, the first is that which is approved, (TA,) or, accord. to Az, it is that used by the Arabs; (Msb;) the second, accord. to As and Fr (TA) and Az, (Msb,) being post-classical; (Msb, TA;) and the third is of the dial. of the Kilábees; (Msb;) applied to a thing (S, K) of any kind, (K,) Soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; syn. هَشُّ; (S, K;) or لَيَّنٌ سَهْلٌ; (Msb;) [and ↓ مُسْتَرْخٍ signifies the same, as is shown by the explanation of its verb in the first sentence of this art.:] the fem. is with ة, i. e. رِخْوَةٌ and رَخْوَةٌ and رُخْوَةٌ (K) [and مُسْتَرْخِيَةٌ]. You say حَجَرٌ رِخْوٌ or رَخْوٌ or رُخْوٌ A stone that is soft, yielding, &c. (Msb.) ― -b2- And فَرَسٌ رِخْوَةٌ A mare that is easy, and gentle, moderate, deliberate, or leisurely, in pace. (S.) And فَرَسٌ رِخْوُ العِنَانِ A horse that is easy to be led, or tractable. (A, TA.) The phrase فَهِىَ رِخْوٌ is used in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb instead of فهى رِخْوَةٌ because meaning فَهِىَ شَىْءٌ رِخْوٌ. (S.) ― -b3- الحُرُوفُ الرِّخْوَةُ [which may be rendered The lax letters ] is said in the K, by an anticipation of the pen, to be applied to the letters exclusive of those comprised in the phrase لَمْ يُرْعُونَا [for which some say لَمْ يَرْوِ عَنَّا]: Sgh says [correctly] that they are the letters exclusive of those termed الشَّدِيدَةُ and of those in the phrase لم يرعونا: as is said in the M, they are thirteen; namely, ث,ح,خ,ذ,ز,س,ش,ص,ض,ظ,غ,ف, and ه; [to which De Sacy adds, in his Grammar, (2nd ed. i. 29,) ا without ء, and و and ى, which are generally included in an intermediate class between the شديدة and the رخوة, namely, in the class consisting of the letters in the phrase لم يرعونا or لم يرو عنّا:] the letter termed رِخْوٌ is that in which the sound runs on, as it does, for instance, in the س and ش when you say المَسّ and الرَّشّ. (TA.)

رُخْوَةٌ ذ : see what next follows.