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رخل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young sheep, specifically female lambs, and their young. It extends to the concept of raising or tending to these animals, and by extension, a lineage or tribe.

Derived headwords

الرَّخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    female lambboth

    The female offspring of sheep, particularly a young lamb.

الرَّخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    male lambboth

    The male offspring of sheep, a lamb.

أَرْخُلnoun
  1. 1.
    lambs (pl.)both

    Plural of 'rakhl', referring to lambs.

رِخَالnoun
  1. 1.
    lambs (pl.)both

    Plural of 'rakhl', referring to lambs. This form is similar to 'ẓi'ār' from 'ẓi'r'.

رِخَالnoun
  1. 1.
    lambs (pl.)both

    Plural of 'rakhl', referring to lambs. This form is similar to 'ẓi'ār' from 'ẓi'r'.

رَخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lambboth

    A young lamb, a diminutive or specific term for a lamb.

رَخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lambboth

    A young lamb, a diminutive or specific term for a lamb.

المُتَرَّخِّلnoun
  1. 1.
    one who raises lambsclassical

    Someone who tends to or raises lambs.

بَنُو رَخِيلَةname
  1. 1.
    Banu Rakhilaboth

    A lineage or tribe named after a progenitor, likely related to the concept of tending to sheep.

Parallel reading

الرَّخْل والرَّخْل: الأنثى من أولاد الضأن، والذكر حمل
The 'rakhl' and 'rakhl': the female of sheep's offspring, and the male is a lamb.
والجمع أرخل ورخال، ورخال، بضم الراء، مثل ظئر وظؤار، وشاة ربى ورباب ورخلان أيضا
And the plural is 'arkhul' and 'rukhāl', and 'rukhāl' with the damma on the ra, like 'ẓi'ār' from 'ẓi'r', and a sheep that is 'rubā' and 'rubāb', and also 'rakhlān'.
أن ابن عباس سئل عن رجل أسلم في مائة رخل
That Ibn Abbas was asked about a man who made a salam (forward contract) on one hundred 'rakhl' (lambs).
فقال: لا خير فيه ؛ وإنما كره السلم فيها لتفاوت صفاتها وقدر سنها
He said: There is no good in it; he disliked the salam in them only because of the variation in their qualities and the estimation of their age.
وهي الرخلة والرخلة
And it is the 'rakhlah' and the 'rakhlah'.
ويقال للرخل رخلة
And a 'rakhl' is called a 'rakhlah'.
ولو ولي الهوج السوائح بالذي ... ولينا به، ما دعدع المترخل
And if the impetuous were in charge of the grazing flocks with what... we were in charge of, the one who raises lambs would not have been neglected.
يريد صاحب الرخال التي يربيها
He means the owner of the lambs that he raises.
وبنو رخيلة: بطن
And Banu Rakhila: a clan.