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رحض

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of washing, cleaning, and rinsing. It extends to the results of washing, such as wastewater or cleansed items, and also encompasses related concepts like sweat, especially profuse sweat associated with illness, and places or tools used for washing.

Derived headwords

رَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To cleanse something by washing it with water.

  2. 2.
    to sweat profuselyclassical

    To sweat heavily, to the point where one's body appears washed.

الرَّحْضnoun
  1. 1.
    washingboth

    The act of washing or cleansing.

رَحَضَ يَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he washed his handboth

    The specific action of washing one's hand.

رَحَضَ الإِنَاءَverb
  1. 1.
    he washed the vesselboth

    The specific action of washing a container or pot.

رَحَضَ الثَّوْبَverb
  1. 1.
    he washed the garmentboth

    The specific action of washing a piece of clothing.

يَرْحَضُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he washes itboth

    Present tense form of washing, referring to an object.

يُرَحِّضُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he washes itboth

    Present tense form of washing, referring to an object (alternative form).

رَحْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    washingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) indicating the act of washing.

ارْحَضُوهَاverb
  1. 1.
    wash themboth

    Imperative form, commanding to wash something.

الرَّحَاضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wastewaterclassical

    The water that remains after washing; the washings.

رَحِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing something that has been washed.

مَرْحُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing something that has been washed (passive participle).

ثَوْبٌ رَحِيضٌ مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a washed garmentboth

    An adjective phrase describing a garment that has been washed.

ثَوْبٌ رَحِيضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a washed garmentboth

    A garment that has been washed, often implying thorough cleansing.

رَحِيضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedclassical

    Meaning washed, used in the sense of purified or cleansed.

مَرْحَضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washbasinclassical

    A basin or trough in which clothes are washed.

  2. 2.
    place for ablutionclassical

    A place or vessel used for ritual washing or ablution.

مِرْحَاضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washbasinclassical

    A vessel used for washing, similar to a washbowl or basin.

المِرْحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    washroomboth

    A place for washing, a washroom or bathroom.

  2. 2.
    place for defecationclassical

    A place designated for relieving oneself; a latrine or toilet.

مَرَاحِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    latrinesclassical

    Plural of 'marhad', referring to places built for defecation or washing.

مِرْحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    stick for beating clothesclassical

    A stick used to beat clothes while washing them.

رَحِضَverb
  1. 1.
    he sweatedclassical

    To sweat, particularly when experiencing fever or illness.

الرَّحْضَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatboth

    Profuse sweat, especially that which washes the skin due to its abundance, often associated with fever or illness.

  2. 2.
    fever with sweatclassical

    Fever accompanied by significant sweating.

رَحْضَةname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

رَحَاضname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedclassical

    Describing something that has been washed, used in the context of purification.

رَحَضَ رَحْضًاverb
  1. 1.
    he sweated profuselyclassical

    To sweat heavily, especially from illness or exertion.

مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing something that has been washed, implying thorough cleansing.

Parallel reading

رحض يده والإناء والثوب وغيرها يرحضها ويرحضها رحضا: غسلها.
He washed his hand, the vessel, the garment, and other things, washing them thoroughly.
إن لم تجدوا غيرها فارحضوها بالماء وكلوا واشربوا
If you do not find any other (vessels), then wash them with water and eat and drink.
أي اغسلوها.
Meaning: wash them.
والرحاضة: الغسالة
And 'ar-rahaada': the washings (wastewater).
وثوب رحيض مرحوض: مغسول.
And a garment, 'raheed' and 'marhood': washed.
استتابوه حتى إذا ما تركوه كالثوب الرحيض أحالوا عليه فقتلوه
They asked him to repent until when they left him like a washed garment, they turned against him and killed him.
تريد أنه لما تاب وتطهر من الذنب الذي نسب إليه قتلوه.
She means that when he repented and was purified from the sin attributed to him, they killed him.
وعليهم قمص مرحضة أي مغسولة.
And upon them are shirts, 'marhada', meaning washed.
وثوب رحض، لا غير: غسل حتى خلق
And a garment, 'rahd', nothing else: washed until worn out.
إذا ما رأيت الشيخ علباء جلده ... كرحض قديم، فالتيمن أروح
When you see the elder Alabaa, his skin... like an old washed (garment), then the right path is more appropriate.
والإجانة لأنه يغسل فيها الثياب
And the trough because clothes are washed in it.
والمرحضة: شيء يتوضأ فيه مثل كنيف.
And 'al-marhada': something in which one performs ablution, like a latrine.
والمرحاض والمرحاض المغتسل، والمرحاض موضع الخلاء والمتوضأ وهو منه.
And 'al-marhad' and 'al-marhad' is the place of bathing, and 'al-marhad' is the place of excretion and ablution, and it is derived from it.
فوجدنا مراحيضهم استقبل «1» بها القبلة فكنا نتحرف ونستغفر الله
And we found their latrines facing the Qibla, so we would move aside and seek forgiveness from God.
يعني بالشام، أراد بالمراحيض المواضع التي بنيت للغائط أي مواضع الاغتسال أخذ من الرحض وهو الغسل.
Meaning in Sham; he intended by 'marahidh' the places built for defecation, i.e., places of washing, derived from 'ar-rahd', which is washing.
والمرحاض: خشبة يضرب بها الثوب إذا غسل.
And 'al-mirhad': a stick with which the garment is beaten when washed.
ورحض الرجل رحضا: عرق حتى كأنه غسل جسده
And the man sweated 'rahdan': he sweated until it was as if he had washed his body.
فمسح عنه الرحضاء
So he wiped the sweat from him.
هو عرق يغسل الجلد لكثرته، وكثيرا ما يستعمل في عرق الحمى والمرض.
It is sweat that washes the skin due to its abundance, and it is often used for the sweat of fever and illness.
والرحضاء: العرق في أثر الحمى.
And 'ar-rahdaa': the sweat in the aftermath of fever.
والرحضاء: الحمى بعرق.
And 'ar-rahdaa': fever with sweat.
رحض رحضا، فهو مرحوض إذا عرق فكثر عرقه على جبينه في رقاده أو يقظته، ولا يكون إلا من شكوى
He sweated 'rahdan', so he is 'marhood' if he sweats and his sweat is abundant on his forehead while sleeping or awake, and it only occurs from illness.
إذا عرق المحموم من الحمى فهي الرحضاء
If the feverish person sweats from the fever, it is 'ar-rahdaa'.
جعل يمسح الرحضاء عن وجهه في مرضه الذي مات فيه.
He began to wipe the sweat from his face in the illness in which he died.