ركح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of sides, edges, and corners, particularly of elevated or prominent places like mountains or courtyards. It also extends to meanings of leaning, relying upon, lingering, and expanding or making space.

Derived headwords

الرُّكْحnoun

1.
corner, side, edgeboth
The corner or side of a mountain overlooking open space; or what rises above the base and is wide.
2.
courtyard, open spaceboth
The open area or courtyard of a house.
3.
Christian dwellingsclassical
The houses or dwellings of Christians.
4.
foundations, pillars, sidesclassical
The foundations, pillars, or sides of a structure.

رُكْحnoun

1.
side, edgeclassical
The side of anything.
2.
reliance, leaningclassical
The act of relying upon or leaning on something.

رَكْحnoun

1.
reliance, leaningclassical
The act of relying upon or leaning on something.

رُكُوحnoun

1.
leaning, incliningclassical
The act of leaning towards or inclining towards something.

رَكِحَverb

1.
to lean, to inclineclassical
To lean towards or incline towards something.

رَكْحَةnoun

1.
remainder of foodclassical
The remaining portion of tharid (a dish of bread and broth) left in the bowl.

مُرْتَكِحَةadjective

1.
full of foodclassical
A bowl or dish that is full and abundant with tharid.

رَكَّحَverb

1.
to lean upon, to rely onclassical
To lean upon something, such as a bucket when drawing water.

تَرَكَّحَverb

1.
to linger, to stayclassical
To remain or linger in a place.
2.
to move about, to actclassical
To move about or act freely within a space, implying expansion.
3.
to manage, to deal withclassical
To manage or deal with one's livelihood or affairs.

أَرْكَحَverb

1.
to lean on, to resort toclassical
To lean on or resort to something for support or refuge.
2.
to seek refugeclassical
To seek refuge or shelter with someone or something.

ارْتَكَحَverb

1.
to lean on, to resort toclassical
To lean on or resort to something for support or refuge.

أَرْكاحnoun

1.
courtyards, open spacesclassical
Plural of 'rakh', referring to courtyards or open spaces.
2.
foundations, pillars, sidesclassical
Plural of 'rakh', referring to foundations, pillars, or sides.

مِرْكاحadjective

1.
receding, set backclassical
Describing a saddle or riding gear that is set back or delayed.

الرَّكْحاءnoun

1.
rough, elevated landclassical
Rough, elevated, or high ground.

Parallel reading

الرُّكْح، بالضم، من الجبل: الركن أو الناحية المشرفة على الهواء؛ وقيل: هو ما علا عن السفح واتسع.

The rukḥ, with damma, of a mountain is the corner or side overlooking the air; and it was said: it is what rises above the base and is wide.

ركح كل شيء جانبه.

The rukḥ of everything is its side.

والركح أيضا: الفناء، وجمعه أركاح وركوح؛

And the rukḥ is also the courtyard, and its plural is arkāḥ and rukūḥ;

حتى يظل كأنه متثبت، ... بركوح أمعز ذي ريود مشرف

Until he remains as if he is cautious, ... on the side of a rocky mountain with precipices and heights.

معناه يظل من فرق أن يتكلم فيخطئ ويزل كأنه يمشي بركح جبل، وهو جانبه وحرفه، فيخاف أن يزل ويسقط.

Its meaning is that he remains, fearing that he might speak and err and slip, as if he were walking on the side of a mountain, which is its edge and its border, fearing that he might slip and fall.

وركحة الدار وركحها: ساحتها؛ وتركح فيها: توسع.

And the rukḥah of the house and its rukḥ: its courtyard; and to تركح in it: to expand.

ويقال: إن لفلان ساحة يتركح فيها أي يتوسع.

And it is said: So-and-so has a courtyard in which he can تركح, meaning expand.

وفي النوادر: تركح فلان في المعيشة إذا تصرف فيها.

And in Al-Nawadir: So-and-so تركح in his livelihood if he managed it.

وتركح بالمكان: تلبث.

And to تركح in a place: to linger.

وركح الساقي على الدلو إذا اعتمد عليها نزعا.

And the water-carrier ركح on the bucket if he relied on it for drawing.

والركح: الاعتماد؛ وأنشد الأصمعي: فصادفت أهيف مثل القدح، ... أجرد بالدلو شديد الركح

And the rukḥ: reliance; And Al-Asma'i recited: I met a slender one like a cup, ... a lean one with the bucket, strong in reliance.

والركحة: البقية من الثريد تبقى في الجفنة.

And the rukḥah: the remainder of tharid left in the bowl.

وجفنة مرتكحة: مكتنزة بالثريد.

And a marthakḥah bowl: full of tharid.

وركح إلى الشيء ركوحا: ركن وأناب؛ قال: ركحت إليها بعد ما كنت مجمعا ... على وا «2» .... ها، وانسبت بالليل فائزا

And he ركح to a thing, rukūḥan: he leaned and turned to it; he said: I ركحت to her after I had resolved... upon her, and I moved stealthily at night, victorious.

وأركح إليه: استند إليه.

And to أركح to him: to lean on him.

وأركحت إليه: لجأت إليه؛ يقال: أركحت ظهري إليه أي ألجأت ظهري إليه.

And I أركحت to him: I sought refuge with him; it is said: I أركحت my back to him, meaning I made my back lean on him.

والركوح إلى الشيء: الركون إليه.

And rukūḥ to a thing: leaning towards it.

وفي حديث عمر قال لعمرو بن العاص: ما أحب أن أجعل لك علة تركح إليها أي ترجع وتلجأ إليها؛ يقال: ركحت إليه وأركحت وارتكحت؛ وأركح إلى غنى، منه على المثل.

And in the hadith of Umar, he said to Amr ibn al-'As: I do not wish to make an excuse for you to تركح to, meaning to return and seek refuge with it; it is said: ركحت to him, and أركحت, and ارتكحت; and أركح to wealth, from which comes the proverb.

والمركاح من الرحال والسروج: الذي يتأخر فيكون مركب الرجل على آخرة الرحل؛ قال: كأن فاه، واللجام شاحي، ... شرجا غبيط سلس مركاح

And the mirkāḥ from saddles and bridles: that which is set back, so the man's riding is on the rear of the saddle; he said: As if its mouth, and the bridle is loose, ... a wide, smooth, receding mirkāḥ.

والركحاء: الأرض الغليظة المرتفعة.

And the rukḥā': the rough, elevated land.

وفي الحديث: لا شفعة في فناء ولا طريق ولا ركح ؛ قال أبو عبيد: الركح، بالضم، ناحية البيت من ورائه كأنه فضاء لا بناء فيه؛

And in the hadith: There is no preemption in a courtyard, nor a path, nor a rukḥ; Abu Ubaid said: The rukḥ, with damma, is the side of the house behind it, as if it were an open space without construction;

أما ترى ما غشي الأركاحا؟ ... لم يدع الثلج لهم وجاحا

Do you not see what has covered the arkāḥ? ... The snow left them no passage.

والأركاح: الأفنية.

And the arkāḥ: the courtyards.

وفي الحديث: أهل الركح أحق بركحهم ؛

And in the hadith: The people of the rukḥ are more deserving of their rukḥ;

ومضبر عرد الزجاج، كأنه ... إرم لعاد، ملزز الأركاح

And a head of sharp teeth, like... Iram of 'Ad, with firm arkāḥ.

والأركاح: الأساس والأركان والنواحي؛

And the arkāḥ: the foundations, the pillars, and the sides;

قال وروى بعضهم شعر القطامي: ألا ترى ما غشي الأركاحا؟ قال: وهي بيوت الرهبان؛

And some narrated the poetry of Al-Qutami: Do you not see what has covered the arkāḥ? He said: And they are the houses of monks;