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رهل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of looseness, flabbiness, and swelling, often associated with weakness or excess. It can refer to physical conditions like soft flesh or a swollen appearance, as well as more abstract concepts like relaxation or a state of being sluggish.

Derived headwords

رَهِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be flabbyboth

    To become loose, flabby, or soft, particularly referring to flesh or muscles.

  2. 2.
    to be relaxedclassical

    To become relaxed or slack, losing firmness.

رَهْلnoun
  1. 1.
    swellingclassical

    A swelling or puffiness, described as a soft, non-pathological lump or looseness, leaning towards fatness and weakness.

  2. 2.
    flabbinessboth

    The state of being loose, flabby, or slack.

  3. 3.
    yellowish waterclassical

    Yellowish water found in a pustule or sore.

  4. 4.
    thin cloudclassical

    A thin cloud resembling dew in the sky.

رَهَلnoun
  1. 1.
    flabbinessboth

    The state of being loose, flabby, or slack, used as a masdar for the verb رهل.

رَهِلadjective
  1. 1.
    flabbyboth

    Describing something that is loose, flabby, or slack, especially flesh.

  2. 2.
    relaxedclassical

    Describing a relaxed or slack state.

مُتَهَبِّجadjective
  1. 1.
    sluggish from sleepclassical

    Describing someone who is sluggish or dazed from excessive sleep.

تَرْهِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    causing sluggishnessclassical

    The act of causing someone to become sluggish or dazed, particularly from sleep.

مُرَهَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    sluggish from sleepclassical

    Describing someone who has become sluggish or dazed from excessive sleep.

Parallel reading

الانتفاخ حيث كان
Swelling wherever it may be.
هو شبه ورم ليس من داء ولكنه رخاوة إلى السمن، وهو إلى الضعف
It is like a swelling that is not from disease but rather a looseness tending towards fatness, and it tends towards weakness.
وقد رهل اللحم رهلا، فهو رهل
And the flesh has become flabby with flabbiness, so it is flabby.
واسترخى
And it became slack.
وفرس رهل الصدر
And a horse with a flabby chest.
فتى قد قد السيف لا متآزف، ... ولا رهل لباته وبآدله
A youth like a sharpened sword, not hesitant... and his dewlap and his jowls are not flabby.
وأصبح فلان مرهلا إذا تهبج من كثرة النوم
And so-and-so became sluggish if he became dazed from excessive sleep.
وقد رهله ذلك ترهيلا
And that caused him to become sluggish.
والرهل: الماء الأصفر الذي يكون في السخد
And al-rahl: the yellowish water that is in a pustule.
والرهل: سحاب رقيق شبيه بالندى يكون في السماء
And al-rahl: a thin cloud resembling dew that is in the sky.