رجح

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of weight, balance, and heaviness. It extends to notions of being weighty in character (like being prudent or mature), and also to physical swaying or oscillation, such as a swing or the movement of a camel.

Derived headwords

الرَّاجِحadjective

1.
weightyboth
Possessing weight or being heavier than something else; also used metaphorically for someone who is prudent or mature.
2.
balancedboth
In a state of equilibrium or being well-weighted.

رَزَنَverb

1.
to weighclassical
To test the weight of something by holding it in one's hand and assessing its heaviness.
2.
to be heavyclassical
To possess significant weight.

ورجح الشيء بيده: رزنه ونظر ما ثقله — And he weighed the thing with his hand: he tested its weight and looked at its heaviness.

أَرْجَحَverb

1.
to make heavyclassical
To make something heavier, especially a scale, causing it to tip.
2.
to give a heavier partclassical
To give someone a heavier portion or a more substantial part.

وأرجح الميزان أي أثقله حتى مال — And he made the scale heavy, meaning he weighed it down until it tipped.

وأرجحت لفلان ورجحت ترجيحا إذا أعطيته راجحا — And I gave a heavier part to so-and-so, and I gave a heavier part with a thorough giving, if I gave him a heavier part.

رَجَّحَverb

1.
to outweighboth
To be heavier or more significant than something else; to prevail over.
2.
to swayboth
To move back and forth, to oscillate.
3.
to be prudentclassical
To be heavy in character, implying prudence and maturity.

ورجح الشيء يرجح ويرجح ويرجح رجوحا ورجحانا ورجحانا، ورجح الميزان يرجح ويرجح ويرجح رجحانا: مال — And the thing weighed heavily, it tipped, and it tipped, with heaviness, and swaying, and swaying; and the scale tipped, it tipped, and it tipped, with swaying: it tilted.

ورجح في مجلسه يرجح: ثقل فلم يخف، وهو مثل — And he was weighty in his assembly, he was weighty: he was heavy and not light, and this is a proverb.

ناوأنا قوما فرجحناهم أي كنا أوزن منهم وأحلم — We confronted a people, and we outweighed them, meaning we were heavier and more prudent than them.

وراجحته فرجحته أي كنت أرزن منه — And I competed with him in weightiness, and I outweighed him, meaning I was weightier than him.

رُجُوحnoun

1.
heavinessboth
The state of being heavy or weighty.
2.
swayingboth
The act of tilting or swaying, especially of a scale.

رُجْحَانnoun

1.
heavinessboth
The quality of being heavy or weighty.
2.
tiltingboth
The act of a scale tipping to one side.
3.
prudenceclassical
Weightiness of character, implying maturity and good judgment.

رَجَاحَةnoun

1.
prudenceclassical
Wisdom, maturity, and good judgment, metaphorically described as heaviness of character.
2.
heavinessclassical
Physical weight or substantiality.

والرجاحة: الحلم، على المثل أيضا، وهم ممن يصفون الحلم بالثقل كما يصفون ضده بالخفة والعجل — And prudence: it is forbearance, also by way of metaphor; and they are among those who describe forbearance with heaviness, just as they describe its opposite with lightness and haste.

رُجَّحadjective

1.
prudentclassical
Possessing prudence and maturity, described as being heavy in character.

رُجَّحَةadjective

1.
prudentclassical
Possessing prudence and maturity, described as being heavy in character.

مَرَاجِيحadjective

1.
prudentclassical
Describing people who are prudent and mature, metaphorically heavy in character.

وكُهُولاً مَرَاجِحاً أحلاما — And old men, prudent in their forbearance.

مَرَاجِحَةadjective

1.
prudentclassical
Describing people who are prudent and mature, metaphorically heavy in character.

مُرَجَّحadjective

1.
prudentclassical
A single person described as prudent and mature.

مِرْجَاحadjective

1.
prudentclassical
A single person described as prudent and mature.

الحُلْمُ الرَّاجِحnoun phrase

1.
prudent forbearanceclassical
A type of forbearance or wisdom that weighs heavily on its possessor, preventing them from acting rashly.

والحلم الراجح: الذي يزن بصاحبه فلا يخفه شيء — And prudent forbearance: that which weighs down its owner so that nothing makes him light.

رَجَّاحadjective

1.
heavy-hippedclassical
Describing a woman with heavy, swaying hips.
2.
heavyclassical
Substantial or weighty.

وامرأة رجاح وراجح: ثقيلة العجيزة من نسوة رجح — And a woman, heavy-hipped and weighty: heavy in the hip from among heavy-hipped women.

تَرْتَجِحverb

1.
to sway heavilyclassical
To move with a heavy, swaying motion, often used for a woman's hips or a camel's gait.

ويقال للجارية إذا ثقلت روادفها فتذبذبت: هي ترتجح عليها — And it is said of a young woman if her hips are heavy and she sways: she sways heavily upon herself.

رِجَاحnoun

1.
heavy-hipped womenclassical
A collective noun for women with heavy hips.

إلى رجح الأكفال، هيف خصورها، ... عذاب الثنايا، ريقهن طهور — To heavy-hipped ones, slender of waist, ... sweet of lips, their saliva pure.

جِفَانٌ رِجَحnoun phrase

1.
full plattersclassical
Platters that are full, heavy, and overflowing with food.

وجفان رجح: ملأى مكتنزة — And full platters: full and abundant.

إلى رجح من الشيزى، ملاء ... لباب البر، يلبك بالشهاد — To a heavy platter of wheat bread, filled ... with the finest flour, mixed with honey.

كَتَائِبُ رِجَحnoun phrase

1.
heavy battalionsclassical
Large, heavy, and formidable armies.

بكتائب رجح تعود كبشها ... نطح الكباش، كأنهن نجوم — With heavy battalions whose ram butts the rams, as if they were stars.

نَخِيلٌ مَرَاجِيحnoun phrase

1.
heavy-laden palm treesclassical
Palm trees laden with fruit, their branches bending under the weight.

نخل القرى شالت مراجيحه ... بالوقر، فانزالت بأكمامها — The palm trees of the village, their heavy branches lifted ... with the load, and drooped in their sheaths.

أَرَاجِيحnoun

1.
vast plainsclassical
Expansive, open lands where one might sway or be tossed about.
2.
swaying movementsclassical
The swaying or oscillating movements of camels.

والأراجيح الفلوات كأنها تترجح بمن سار فيها أي تطوح به يمينا وشمالا — And the vast plains are like places that sway with those who travel in them, meaning they toss them right and left.

وأراجيح الإبل: اهتزازها في رتكانها — And the swaying movements of camels: their shaking in their gait.

الأُرْجُوحَةnoun

1.
swingboth
A playground swing, typically a plank suspended by ropes, used for recreation.

والأرجوحة والمرجوحة: التي يلعب بها، وهي خشبة تؤخذ فيوضع وسطها على تل، ثم يجلس غلام على أحد طرفيها وغلام آخر على الطرف الآخر، فترجح الخشبة بهما ويتحركان، فيميل أحدهما بصاحبه الآخر — And the swing and the swung thing: that which is played with, and it is a plank taken and its middle placed on a mound, then one boy sits on one of its ends and another boy on the other end, and the plank sways with them and they move, so one tilts his companion.

المَرْجُوحَةnoun

1.
swingboth
A swing, similar to الأرجوحة.

تَرَجَّحَتْverb

1.
to swayboth
To move back and forth, to oscillate, as a swing does.

وترجحت الأرجوحة بالغلام أي مالت — And the swing swayed with the boy, meaning it tilted.

الرَّجَاحَةnoun

1.
swaying ropeclassical
A rope used for swinging or that sways.

ويقال للحبل الذي يرتجح به: الرجاحة والنواعة والنواطة والطواحة — And the rope by which one swings is called: the swaying rope, the swinging one, the hanging one, and the falling one.

ارْتِجَاحnoun

1.
swayingclassical
The act of swaying or oscillating, particularly the gait of camels.

وأراجيح الإبل: اهتزازها في رتكانها، والفعل الارتجاح — And the swaying movements of camels: their shaking in their gait, and the verb is ارتجاح.

ارْتَجَحَتْverb

1.
to swayclassical
To move with a swaying or oscillating motion.

وقد ارتجحت — And it has swayed.

نَاقَةٌ مِرْجَاحnoun phrase

1.
swaying camelclassical
A female camel with a pronounced swaying gait.

وناقة مرجاح، وبعير مرجاح — And a swaying female camel, and a swaying male camel.

بَعِيرٌ مِرْجَاحnoun phrase

1.
swaying camelclassical
A male camel with a pronounced swaying gait.

المِرْجَاحadjective

1.
swayingclassical
Describing a camel that has a swaying gait.

والمرجاح من الإبل: ذو الأراجيح — And the swaying one among camels: the one with the swaying gait.

التَّرَجُّحnoun

1.
swayingboth
The act of wavering or oscillating between two things; a general term for swaying.

والترجح: التذبذب بين شيئين عام في كل ما يشبهه — And swaying: the wavering between two things, general in everything that resembles it.

Parallel reading

ورجح الشيء بيده: رزنه ونظر ما ثقله.

And he weighed the thing with his hand: he tested its weight and looked at its heaviness.

وأرجح الميزان أي أثقله حتى مال.

And he made the scale heavy, meaning he weighed it down until it tipped.

وأرجحت لفلان ورجحت ترجيحا إذا أعطيته راجحا.

And I gave a heavier part to so-and-so, and I gave a heavier part with a thorough giving, if I gave him a heavier part.

ورجح الشيء يرجح ويرجح ويرجح رجوحا ورجحانا ورجحانا، ورجح الميزان يرجح ويرجح ويرجح رجحانا: مال.

And the thing weighed heavily, it tipped, and it tipped, with heaviness, and swaying, and swaying; and the scale tipped, it tipped, and it tipped, with swaying: it tilted.

ويقال: زن وأرجح، وأعط راجحا.

And it is said: weigh and make heavy, and give a heavier part.

ورجح في مجلسه يرجح: ثقل فلم يخف، وهو مثل.

And he was weighty in his assembly, he was weighty: he was heavy and not light, and this is a proverb.

والرجاحة: الحلم، على المثل أيضا، وهم ممن يصفون الحلم بالثقل كما يصفون ضده بالخفة والعجل.

And prudence: it is forbearance, also by way of metaphor; and they are among those who describe forbearance with heaviness, just as they describe its opposite with lightness and haste.

من شباب تراهم غير ميل، ... وكهولا مراجحا أحلاما

Of youths you see them not wavering, ... and old men, prudent in their forbearance.

والحلم الراجح: الذي يزن بصاحبه فلا يخفه شيء.

And prudent forbearance: that which weighs down its owner so that nothing makes him light.

ناوأنا قوما فرجحناهم أي كنا أوزن منهم وأحلم.

We confronted a people, and we outweighed them, meaning we were heavier and more prudent than them.

وراجحته فرجحته أي كنت أرزن منه.

And I competed with him in weightiness, and I outweighed him, meaning I was weightier than him.

وامرأة رجاح وراجح: ثقيلة العجيزة من نسوة رجح.

And a woman, heavy-hipped and weighty: heavy in the hip from among heavy-hipped women.

ويقال للجارية إذا ثقلت روادفها فتذبذبت: هي ترتجح عليها.

And it is said of a young woman if her hips are heavy and she sways: she sways heavily upon herself.

ومأكمات يرتجحن رزما.

And heavy-hipped women swaying with their burdens.

ومن هواي الرجح الأثائث.

And among my desires are the heavy, soft furnishings.

وجفان رجح: ملأى مكتنزة.

And full platters: full and abundant.

إلى رجح من الشيزى، ملاء ... لباب البر، يلبك بالشهاد.

To a heavy platter of wheat bread, filled ... with the finest flour, mixed with honey.

وإذا شتوا، عادت على جيرانهم ... رجح يوفيها مرابع كوم.

And when they spent the winter, they returned to their neighbors ... full platters, overflowing with mounds of food.

بكتائب رجح تعود كبشها ... نطح الكباش، كأنهن نجوم.

With heavy battalions whose ram butts the rams, as if they were stars.

نخل القرى شالت مراجيحه ... بالوقر، فانزالت بأكمامها انزالت: تدلت أكمامها حين ثقلت ثمارها.

The palm trees of the village, their heavy branches lifted ... with the load, and drooped in their sheaths, meaning their sheaths drooped when their fruits became heavy.

والأراجيح الفلوات كأنها تترجح بمن سار فيها أي تطوح به يمينا وشمالا.

And the vast plains are like places that sway with those who travel in them, meaning they toss them right and left.

بلال أبي عمرو، وقد كان بيننا ... أراجيح، يحسرن القلاص النواجيا.

Bilal, O Abu Amr, and indeed between us were ... vast plains, that tire the swift young camels.

والأرجوحة والمرجوحة: التي يلعب بها، وهي خشبة تؤخذ فيوضع وسطها على تل، ثم يجلس غلام على أحد طرفيها وغلام آخر على الطرف الآخر، فترجح الخشبة بهما ويتحركان، فيميل أحدهما بصاحبه الآخر.

And the swing and the swung thing: that which is played with, and it is a plank taken and its middle placed on a mound, then one boy sits on one of its ends and another boy on the other end, and the plank sways with them and they move, so one tilts his companion.

وترجحت الأرجوحة بالغلام أي مالت.

And the swing swayed with the boy, meaning it tilted.

ويقال للحبل الذي يرتجح به: الرجاحة والنواعة والنواطة والطواحة.

And the rope by which one swings is called: the swaying rope, the swinging one, the hanging one, and the falling one.

وأراجيح الإبل: اهتزازها في رتكانها، والفعل الارتجاح.

And the swaying movements of camels: their shaking in their gait, and the verb is ارتجاح.

على ربذ سهو الأراجيح مرجم.

Upon a swift camel, whose swaying gait is steady.

وقد ارتجحت.

And it has swayed.

وناقة مرجاح، وبعير مرجاح.

And a swaying female camel, and a swaying male camel.

والمرجاح من الإبل: ذو الأراجيح.

And the swaying one among camels: the one with the swaying gait.

والترجح: التذبذب بين شيئين عام في كل ما يشبهه.

And swaying: the wavering between two things, general in everything that resembles it.