رحح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wideness, spaciousness, and flatness, often applied to physical objects like hooves, feet, and containers. It can also denote a lack of depth or a broad, unhindered expanse.

Derived headwords

رَحْرَاحadjective

1.
spacious and wideboth
Describing something that is wide and has ample space, often with a sense of openness.
2.
shallow and wideboth
Specifically referring to a container that is wide and has a shallow depth, lacking a deep bottom.

عيش رحراح أي واسع — A spacious and wide life.

وجفنة رحاء واسعة كروحاء عريضة ليست بقعيرة — And a wide, spacious platter, like a broad, non-concave one.

الرَّحَحnoun

1.
wideness of a hoofclassical
The expansive and broad nature of a horse's hoof, particularly when it is wide and thin.
2.
flatness of the soleclassical
The flatness of the sole of the foot, where the arch is not pronounced.
3.
wideness of a containerclassical
The broadness and spaciousness of a container, such as a bowl or basin.

والرحح: انبساط الحافر في رقة — And ar-raḥaḥ: the expansion of the hoof in thinness.

أَرْحadjective

1.
wide-hoofedclassical
Describing an animal, like a horse or ibex, with wide or splayed hooves or cloven feet.
2.
flat-footedclassical
Describing a person with flat feet, where the sole of the foot touches the ground.

والوعل المنبسط الظلف أرح — And the ibex with splayed cloven feet is arḥ.

رَحَاءadjective

1.
flat-footedboth
Describing a foot that is flat, with the sole touching the ground, lacking an arch.
2.
wide and shallowboth
Describing a container, like a platter or basin, that is wide and shallow.

وقدم رحاء: مستوية الأخمص بصدر القدم حتى لا يمس الأرض — And a flat foot: the arch of the foot is level with the front of the foot so that it does not touch the ground.

رَحْحverb

1.
to be wide and shallowclassical
The verb form indicating a state of being wide and shallow, particularly used for containers.

والفعل من ذلك: رح يرح — And the verb from that is: raḥa, yarḥu.

رَحْرَحَانname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper noun referring to a wide valley in the lands of Qays.
2.
name of a placeclassical
A proper noun referring to a location, possibly a mountain near Ukaz.

ورحرحان: اسم واد عريض في بلاد قيس — And Raḥraḥān: the name of a wide valley in the lands of Qays.

رَحْرَحَانِيَّةadjective

1.
spacious and vastclassical
Used to describe the middle or expanse of something, like paradise, indicating great width and spaciousness. The 'alif' and 'nun' are for emphasis.

وفي صفة الجنة وبحبوحتها: رحرحانية أي وسطها فياح واسع — And in the description of Paradise and its expanse: raḥraḥāniyyah, meaning its middle is vast and wide.

تَرَحْرَحَverb

1.
to splay legs (to urinate)classical
Describing a horse spreading its legs wide apart, typically in preparation for urination.

وترحرحت الفرس إذا فحجت قوائمها لتبول — And the mare tarḥarḥat if she spreads her legs to urinate.

رَحْرَحَverb

1.
to be wide and shallowclassical
To be wide and shallow, like a container, lacking depth.
2.
to concealclassical
To cover or conceal something, to place a barrier around it.

ورحرحت عنه إذا سترت دونه — And raḥraḥa from it if you conceal it.

رَحْرَحِيَّةnoun

1.
wide and shallow basinclassical
A wide and shallow basin or bowl.

رَحْرَحَانadjective

1.
wide and short-walledclassical
Describing a container that is wide and has short walls, implying a lack of depth.

وإناء رحرح ورحراح ورحرحان ورهره ورهرهان: واسع قصير الجدار — And a container raḥraḥ, raḥrāḥ, raḥraḥān, rahrah, and rahrahān: wide with short walls.

رَحْحَةnoun

1.
coiled snakeclassical
A snake that is coiled up.

والرحح والرحة: الحية إذا انطوت — And ar-raḥaḥ and ar-raḥḥah: the snake when it is coiled.

أَرْحَاءadjective

1.
flat-footedclassical
Describing a person with flat feet, where the entire sole touches the ground.

ورجل أرح أي لا أخمص لقدميه كأرجل الزنج — And a man arḥ, meaning he has no arch to his feet, like the feet of the Zanj.

رَحْحَاءadjective

1.
wide and shallowclassical
Describing a wide and shallow container, like a platter or basin.

وجفنة رحاء واسعة كروحاء عريضة ليست بقعيرة — And a wide, spacious platter, like a broad, non-concave one.

رَحْرَحnoun

1.
wide and shallow basinclassical
A wide and shallow basin or bowl.

وقال أبو عمرو: قصعة رحرح ورحرحانية، وهي المنبسطة في سعة — And Abu Amr said: a bowl raḥraḥ and raḥraḥāniyyah, which is spread out in width.

Parallel reading

عيش رحراح أي واسع.

A spacious and wide life.

والرحح: انبساط الحافر في رقة.

And ar-raḥaḥ: the expansion of the hoof in thinness.

أبو عمرو: الأرح الحافر العريض والمصرور المتقبض؛ وكلاهما عيب؛ قال: لا رحح فيها، ولا اصطرار، ...

Abu Amr said: Arḥ is the wide hoof and the contracted one; both are defects; he said: there is no wideness in it, nor contraction...

وقيل: الرحح سعة في الحافر، وهو محمود لأنه خلاف المصطر، وإذا انبطح جدا، فهو عيب.

And it was said: Ar-raḥaḥ is wideness in the hoof, and it is praiseworthy because it is the opposite of contraction, and if it is too flat, it is a defect.

وقدم رحاء: مستوية الأخمص بصدر القدم حتى لا يمس الأرض.

And a flat foot: the arch of the foot is level with the front of the foot so that it does not touch the ground.

ورجل أرح أي لا أخمص لقدميه كأرجل الزنج؛

And a man arḥ, meaning he has no arch to his feet, like the feet of the Zanj;

الليث: الرحح انبساط الحافر وعرض القدم وكل شيء كذلك، فهو أرح، والوعل المنبسط الظلف أرح؛

Al-Layth said: Ar-raḥaḥ is the expansion of the hoof and the width of the foot, and everything like that is arḥ, and the ibex with splayed cloven feet is arḥ;

فلو أن عز الناس في رأس صخرة ... ململمة، تعيي الأرح المخدما لأعطاك رب الناس مفتاح بابها، ...

If the pride of people were on the top of a rugged rock... that would exhaust the wide-footed, the Lord of people would give you the key to its door,...

الأزهري: الأرح من الرجال الذي يستوي باطن قدميه حتى يمس جميعه الأرض، وامرأة رحاء القدمين؛

Al-Azhari said: Arḥ among men is one whose soles of the feet are level so that they all touch the ground, and a woman with flat feet;

ويستحب أن يكون الرجل خميص الأخمصين، وكذلك المرأة.

And it is preferred that a man have arched feet, and likewise a woman.

وبعير أرح: لاصق الخف بالخف، وخف أرح كما يقال: حافر أرح؛

And a camel arḥ: its hoofs sticking together, and a hoof arḥ as it is said: a hoof arḥ;

وكركرة رحاء: واسعة.

And a wide chest: spacious.

وشيء رحراح أي فيه سعة ورقة.

And something raḥrāḥ, meaning it has wideness and thinness.

وجفنة رحاء واسعة كروحاء عريضة ليست بقعيرة،

And a wide, spacious platter, like a broad, non-concave one,

والفعل من ذلك: رح يرح.

And the verb from that is: raḥa, yarḥu.

وابن الأعرابي: الرحح الجفان الواسعة.

And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Ar-raḥaḥ are the wide platters.

وطست رحراح: منبسط لا قعر له، وكذلك كل إناء نحوه.

And a wide basin raḥrāḥ: spread out with no bottom, and likewise every container of that sort.

وإناء رحرح ورحراح ورحرحان ورهره ورهرهان: واسع قصير الجدار؛

And a container raḥraḥ, raḥrāḥ, raḥraḥān, rahrah, and rahrahān: wide with short walls;

قال: ليست بأصفار لمن ... يعفو، ولا رح رحارح

He said: they are not empty for those who... forgive, nor are they wide and shallow.

وقال أبو عمرو: قصعة رحرح ورحرحانية، وهي المنبسطة في سعة.

And Abu Amr said: a bowl raḥraḥ and raḥraḥāniyyah, which is spread out in width.

وقال الأصمعي: رحرح الرجل إذا لم يبالغ قعر ما يريد كالإناء الرحراح؛

And Al-Asma'i said: A man raḥraḥa if he does not reach the depth of what he wants, like the wide and shallow container;

وفي الحديث في صفة الجنة وبحبوحتها: رحرحانية أي وسطها فياح واسع، والألف والنون زيدتا للمبالغة؛

And in the Hadith describing Paradise and its expanse: raḥraḥāniyyah, meaning its middle is vast and wide, and the alif and nun are added for emphasis;

وفي حديث أنس: فأتي بقدح رحراح فوضع فيه أصابعه ؛

And in the Hadith of Anas: a wide and shallow cup was brought and he put his fingers in it;

الرحراح: القريب القعر مع سعة فيه.

Ar-raḥrāḥ: shallow-bottomed with wideness in it.

قال: وعرض «1» لي فلان تعريضا إذا رحرح بالشيء ولم يبين.

He said: So-and-so confronted me indirectly if he concealed something and did not make it clear.

وترحرحت الفرس إذا فحجت قوائمها لتبول.

And the mare tarḥarḥat if she spreads her legs to urinate.

وحافر أرح: منفتح في اتساع، والاسم من كل ذلك الرحح والرحة: الحية إذا انطوت.

And a hoof arḥ: open and wide, and the noun from all of that is ar-raḥaḥ and ar-raḥḥah: the snake when it is coiled.

ويقال: رحرحت عنه إذا سترت دونه.

And it is said: raḥraḥa from it if you conceal it.

ورحرحان: اسم واد عريض في بلاد قيس.

And Raḥraḥān: the name of a wide valley in the lands of Qays.

وقيل: رحرحان موضع، وقيل: اسم جبل قريب من عكاظ؛

And it was said: Raḥraḥān is a place, and it was said: the name of a mountain near Ukaz;

ومننه يوم رحرحان لبني عامر على بني تميم؛ قال عوف بن عطية التميمي: هلا فوارس رحرحان هجوتم ... «2» عشرا، تناوح في سرارة وادي

And from it is the day of Raḥraḥān for Banu 'Amir against Banu Tamim; 'Awf bin 'Atiyyah Al-Tamimi said: Why did you not attack the knights of Raḥraḥān... ten times, calling out in the heart of the valley