رخم

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The root رخم (rakhama) primarily relates to concepts of gentleness, tenderness, affection, and care, often seen in the nurturing of young. It extends to meanings of softness, pleasantness in speech and sound, and also encompasses specific natural phenomena like certain stones, plants, and birds.

Derived headwords

رَخَمَverb

1.
to be gentle withboth
To show affection, tenderness, or gentleness towards someone or something, especially in nurturing.
2.
to incubateclassical
To sit on eggs to hatch them, like a hen or ostrich.
3.
to play withclassical
To play or frolic with a child.
4.
to cry outclassical
To make a sound, like a bird or a storm.

أرخمت النعامة والدجاجة على بيضها ورخمت عليه ورخمته ترخمه رخما ورخما — The ostrich and the hen incubated their eggs and sat on them.

ورخمت المرأة ولدها ترخمه وترخمه رخما — And the woman played with her child.

ورخمت بي الغرب أي صاحت — And the storm cried out.

رُخْمَةnoun

1.
affectionboth
Love, affection, tenderness, or kindness shown towards someone.
2.
incubationclassical
The act of sitting on eggs to hatch them.
3.
softnessclassical
Gentleness or leniency.
4.
white patch on a sheep's headclassical
A white marking on the head of a sheep, or a general coloration.
5.
birdclassical
A type of bird, specifically the 'anūq, resembling a vulture but spotted.

وألقى عليه رخمته أي محبته ومودته — And he cast his affection upon him, meaning his love and fondness.

وأنشد لأبي النجم: مدلل يشتمنا ونرخمه، ... أطيب شيء نسمه وملثمه — And Abu al-Najm recited: A pampered one who insults us, and we are gentle with him...

والرخمة أيضا: قريب من الرحمة — And the 'rakhma' is also close to mercy.

والرخمة: طائر أبقع على شكل النسر خلقة إلا أنه مبقع بسواد وبياض يقال له الأنوق — And the 'rakhma' is a spotted bird shaped like a vulture, but it is spotted with black and white and is called the 'anūq.

مُرَخِّمnoun

1.
incubating birdclassical
A bird that is incubating its eggs.

وهي مرخم وراخم ومرخمة: حضنته — And she is 'murakhkhim', 'rakhim', and 'murakhkhimah': she incubated it.

رَاخِمnoun

1.
incubating birdclassical
A bird that is incubating its eggs.
2.
affectionateclassical
Showing affection or tenderness.

وهي مرخم وراخم ومرخمة: حضنته — And she is 'murakhkhim', 'rakhim', and 'murakhkhimah': she incubated it.

وإنه لراخم له — And indeed he is affectionate towards him.

مُرَخِّمَةnoun

1.
incubating birdclassical
A bird that is incubating its eggs.

وهي مرخم وراخم ومرخمة: حضنته — And she is 'murakhkhim', 'rakhim', and 'murakhkhimah': she incubated it.

رَخْمَانnoun

1.
mercyclassical
A variant of 'rakhman' or 'rahman', meaning mercy or compassion.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a cave or area associated with a historical event.

ويقال رخمان ورحمان — And it is said 'rakhman' and 'rahman'.

نعم الفتى غادرتم برخمان — What a good young man you left behind at Rakhman.

رُخَامnoun

1.
marblemodern
A white, soft, and smooth stone, referring to marble.

والرخام: حجر أبيض سهل رخو — And 'rukhām': a white, soft, and smooth stone.

رَخِيمadjective

1.
pleasant-soundingmodern
Pleasant, soft, and melodious in speech or sound.
2.
gentleclassical
Soft, gentle, and easy to speak.

بلغنا أن الله تبارك وتعالى يقول لداود يوم القيامة: يا داود، مجدني بذلك الصوت الحسن الرخيم — It has reached us that God, blessed and exalted, will say to David on the Day of Resurrection: O David, glorify Me with that beautiful, melodious voice.

فهو رخيم: لان وسهل — So it is 'rakhim': it became soft and easy.

رَخَامَةnoun

1.
pleasantness of speechclassical
Softness and pleasantness in speech, especially for women.
2.
plantclassical
A type of plant.

والرخامة: لين في المنطق حسن في النساء — And 'rakhama': softness in speech, pleasant in women.

والرخامة، بالهاء: نبت؛ حكاه أبو حنيفة — And 'rakhama', with the 'ha': a plant; Abu Hanifa narrated it.

تَرْخِيمnoun

1.
softeningboth
The act of making something soft or gentle.
2.
elision in namesclassical
The practice of shortening names in vocative address by omitting the final letters, to ease pronunciation.

والترخيم: التليين — And 'tarkhim': softening.

ومن الترخيم في الأسماء لأنهم إنما يحذفون أواخرها ليسهلوا النطق بها — And from 'tarkhim' in names because they omit their endings to make them easier to pronounce.

رُخَامَىnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant, often described as greenish-white with a sweet white root.
2.
gentle windclassical
A soft, gentle wind.

والرخامى: ضرب من الخلفة؛ قال أبو حنيفة: هي غبراء الخضرة لها زهرة بيضاء نقية — And 'rukhama': a type of 'khalafa'; Abu Hanifa said: it is a greenish-green with a pure white flower.

والرخاء: الريح اللينة، وهي الرخامى أيضا — And 'rakhaa': the gentle wind, and it is also 'rukhama'.

رُخَمnoun

1.
affectionclassical
Love, affection, or tenderness.
2.
birdsclassical
A type of bird, known for treachery or impurity.
3.
thickened milkclassical
Thickened milk or curdled milk.

والرخم: المحبة، يقال: رخمته أي عطفت عليه — And 'rakham': love, it is said: 'rakhamtuhu' means I was affectionate towards him.

والرخم: الإشفاق — And 'rakham': compassion.

والرخم اللبن الغليظ — And 'rakham': thick milk.

رَخِيمَةadjective

1.
pleasant-voicedmodern
Having a soft, pleasant, and melodious voice.
2.
gentle-spokenclassical
Easy and pleasant in speech.

ورخم الجارية رخامة، فهي رخيمة الصوت ورخيم إذا كانت سهلة المنطق — And the girl's voice became soft ('rakhama'), so she is 'rakhimat al-sawt' and 'rakhim' if she is easy in speech.

يقال: هي رخيمة الصوت أي مرخومة الصوت، يقال ذلك للمرأة والخشف — It is said: she is 'rakhimat al-sawt' meaning her voice is softened, this is said for a woman and a young deer.

رُخَمَاءadjective

1.
white-headedclassical
Describing a sheep whose head is white and the rest of its body is dark.

ويقال: شاة رخماء إذا ابيض رأسها واسود سائر جسدها — And it is said: a 'rakhmaa' sheep if its head is white and the rest of its body is black.

يَرخُومnoun

1.
male vultureclassical
The male of the 'rakham' bird.

واليرخوم: ذكر الرخم؛ عن كراع — And 'al-yarkhum': the male of the 'rakham'; from Kara'.

تَرخُمverb

1.
to show mercyclassical
To show mercy or compassion towards someone.

مرة ترخم صبيها — Once she showed mercy to her child.

ارتَخَمَverb

1.
to be affectionate towardsclassical
To become affectionate towards, especially a mother towards her young.

ارتخمت الناقة فصيلها إذا رئمته — The she-camel became affectionate towards her calf when she nursed it.

رُخْمانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a cave in the land of Hudhayl.

نعم الفتى غادرتم برخمان — What a good young man you left behind at Rakhman.

رُخامname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name.

فتضمنتها فردة فرخامها — Then Fardah took possession of it and its Rukhama.

تَرخُمverb

1.
to be of a certain kindclassical
To be of a particular type or kind, referring to people.

وما أدري أي ترخم هو — And I do not know what kind of person he is.

Parallel reading

أرخمت النعامة والدجاجة على بيضها ورخمت عليه ورخمته ترخمه رخما ورخما، وهي مرخم وراخم ومرخمة: حضنته

The ostrich and the hen incubated their eggs and sat on them and nursed them, and she is 'murakhkhim', 'rakhim', and 'murakhkhimah': she incubated it.

ورخمها أهلها: ألزموها إياه

And her family made her adhere to it, meaning they made her sit on it.

وألقى عليه رخمته أي محبته ومودته

And he cast his affection upon him, meaning his love and fondness.

ورخمت المرأة ولدها ترخمه وترخمه رخما: لاعبته

And the woman played with her child, playing with him and playing with him.

وإنه لراخم له

And indeed he is affectionate towards him.

وألقت عليه رخمها ورخمتها أي عطفتها

And she cast her affection and her tenderness upon him, meaning her compassion.

حاشكة الدرة ورهاء الرخم اجتال لجبة: أخذ عنزا ذهب لبنها، ورهاء الرخم: رخوة كأنها مجنونة

The ewe with abundant milk and the 'rahaa al-rakham': she took a goat whose milk had gone, and 'rahaa al-rakham': a weakling as if she were mad.

والرخمة أيضا: قريب من الرحمة؛ يقال: وقعت عليه رخمته أي محبته ولينه

And the 'rakhma' is also close to mercy; it is said: his 'rakhma' fell upon him, meaning his love and gentleness.

ويقال رخمان ورحمان؛ قال جرير: أوتتركون إلى القسين هجرتكم، ... ومسحكم صلبهم رخمان قربانا «1» ؟

And it is said 'rakhman' and 'rahman'; Jarir said: Will you leave your emigration to the two priests, ... and your rubbing their backs as 'rakhman' offerings?

ورخمه رخمة: لغة في رحمه رحمة؛ قال ذو الرمة: كأنها أم ساجي الطرف، ... أخدرها مستودع خمر الوعساء، مرخوم

And 'rakhamahu rakmah': a dialectal variant of 'rahimahu rahmah'; Dhu al-Rummah said: As if she were the mother of one with languid eyes, ... her drowsiness from a hidden store of the 'al-wa'saa' wine, 'marghum'.

قال الأصمعي: مرخوم ألقيت عليه رخمة أمه أي حبها له وألفتها إياه

Al-Asma'i said: 'Marghum' is one upon whom his mother's affection has been cast, meaning her love for him and her familiarity with him.

وزعم أبو زيد الأنصاري أن من أهل اليمن من يقول رخمته رخمة بمعنى رحمته

Abu Zayd al-Ansari claimed that some people from Yemen say 'rakhamtuhu rakmah' meaning 'rahimtuhu'.

ويقال: ألقى الله عليك رخمة فلان أي عطفه ورقته

And it is said: May God cast upon you the affection of so-and-so, meaning his compassion and tenderness.

قال اللحياني: وسمعت أعرابيا يقول: هو راخم له

Al-Lihyani said: I heard a Bedouin say: He is affectionate towards him.

وفي نوادر الأعراب: مرة ترخم صبيها «2»

And in the 'Nawadir al-A'rab': Once she showed mercy to her child.

وعلى صبيها وترخمه وتربخه وتربخ عليه إذا رحمته

And upon her child, and showing mercy to him, and showing mercy to him, and showing mercy upon him if you showed mercy to him.

وارتخمت الناقة فصيلها إذا رئمته

And the she-camel became affectionate towards her calf when she nursed it.

والرخم: المحبة، يقال: رخمته أي عطفت عليه

And 'rakham': love, it is said: 'rakhamtuhu' means I was affectionate towards him.

ورخمت بي الغرب أي صاحت؛ قال أبو منصور: ومنه قوله: مستودع خمر الوعساء، مرخوم

And the storm cried out; Abu Mansur said: And from it is his saying: a hidden store of the 'al-wa'saa' wine, 'marghum'.

والرخم: الإشفاق

And 'rakham': compassion.

والرخيم: الحسن الكلام

And 'rakhim': pleasant speech.

والرخامة: لين في المنطق حسن في النساء

And 'rakhama': softness in speech, pleasant in women.

ورخم الكلام والصوت ورخم رخامة، فهو رخيم: لان وسهل

And speech and sound became soft ('rakhama') and became soft ('rakhama'), so it is 'rakhim': it became soft and easy.

وفي حديث مالك بن دينار: بلغنا أن الله تبارك وتعالى يقول لداود يوم القيامة: يا داود، مجدني بذلك الصوت الحسن الرخيم ؛ هو الرقيق الشجي الطيب النغمة

And in the hadith of Malik bin Dinar: It has reached us that God, blessed and exalted, will say to David on the Day of Resurrection: O David, glorify Me with that beautiful, melodious voice; it is the tender, moving, pleasant-toned one.

وكلام رخيم أي رقيق

And 'rakhim' speech means tender speech.

ورخمت الجارية رخامة، فهي رخيمة الصوت ورخيم إذا كانت سهلة المنطق؛ قال قيس بن ذريح: ربعا لواضحة الجبين غريرة، ... كالشمس إذ طلعت، رخيم المنطق

And the girl's voice became soft ('rakhama'), so she is 'rakhimat al-sawt' and 'rakhim' if she is easy in speech; Qays bin Dhurayh said: A young gazelle with a clear forehead, ... like the sun when it rose, pleasant in speech.

وقد رخم كلامها وصوتها، وكذلك رخم

And her speech and her voice became soft, and likewise became soft.

يقال: هي رخيمة الصوت أي مرخومة الصوت، يقال ذلك للمرأة والخشف

It is said: she is 'rakhimat al-sawt' meaning her voice is softened, this is said for a woman and a young deer.

والترخيم: التليين؛ ومنه الترخيم في الأسماء لأنهم إنما يحذفون أواخرها ليسهلوا النطق بها

And 'tarkhim': softening; and from it is 'tarkhim' in names because they omit their endings to make them easier to pronounce.

وقيل: الترخيم الحذف؛ ومنه ترخيم الاسم في النداء، وهو أن يحذف من آخره حرف أو أكثر، كقولك إذا ناديت حرثا: يا حر، ومالكا: يا مال، سمي ترخيما لتليين المنادي صوته بحذف الحرف؛ قال الأصمعي: أخذ عني الخليل معنى الترخيم وذلك أنه لقيني فقال لي: ما تسمي العرب السهل من الكلام؟ فقلت له: العرب تقول جارية رخيمة إذا كانت سهلة المنطق؛ فعمل باب الترخيم على هذا

And it was said: 'Tarkhim' is elision; and from it is the elision of a name in calling, which is to omit a letter or more from its end, like when you call 'Harith': 'Ya Har', and 'Malik': 'Ya Mal', it is called 'tarkhim' to soften the caller's voice by omitting the letter; Al-Asma'i said: Al-Khalil took from me the meaning of 'tarkhim' when he met me and said to me: What do the Arabs call easy speech? I said to him: The Arabs say a girl is 'rakhimah' if she is easy in speech; so he based the chapter on 'tarkhim' on this.

والرخام: حجر أبيض سهل رخو

And 'rukhām': a white, soft, and smooth stone.

والرخمة: بياض في رأس الشاة وغبرة في وجهها وسائرها أي لون كان، يقال: شاة رخماء، ويقال: شاة رخماء إذا ابيض رأسها واسود سائر جسدها، وكذلك المخمرة، ولا تقل مرخمة

And the 'rakhma': a white patch on the head of a sheep and dustiness on its face and the rest of it, whatever the color. It is said: a 'rakhmaa' sheep, and it is said: a 'rakhmaa' sheep if its head is white and the rest of its body is black, and likewise 'mukhammarah', but do not say 'murakhkhimah'.

وفرس أرخم

And an 'arkham' horse.

والرخامى: ضرب من الخلفة؛ قال أبو حنيفة: هي غبراء الخضرة لها زهرة بيضاء نقية، ولها عرق أبيض تحفره الحمر بحوافرها، والوحش كله يأكل ذلك العرق لحلاوته وطيبه، قال: قال بعض الرواة تنبت في الرمل وهي من الجنبة؛ قال عبيد: أو شبب يحفر الرخامى ... تلفه شمأل هبوب «1»

And 'al-rukhama': a type of 'khalafa'; Abu Hanifa said: it is a greenish-green with a pure white flower, and it has a white root that wild asses dig up with their hooves, and all wild animals eat that root for its sweetness and pleasantness. He said: Some narrators said it grows in the sand and is of the 'jinnabah' type; 'Ubayd said: Or a young ram digging the 'rukhama' ... the north wind blows it away.

والرخاء: الريح اللينة، وهي الرخامى أيضا

And 'rakhaa': the gentle wind, and it is also 'rukhama'.

والرخامى: نبت تجذبه السائمة، وهي بقلة غبراء تضرب إلى البياض، وهي حلوة لها أصل أبيض كأنه العنقر، إذا انتزع حلب لبنا، وقيل: هو شجر مثل الضال؛ قال الكميت: تعاطى فراخ المكر طورا، وتارة ... تثير رخاماه وتعلق ضالها

And 'al-rukhama': a plant that grazing animals pull at, it is a greenish-green herb tending towards white, and it is sweet with a white root like 'al-'anqar', if pulled, it yields milk. It was said: it is a tree like the 'dal'; Al-Kumait said: It reaches for the young of the 'makr' sometimes, and at other times ... it stirs its 'rukhama' and clings to its 'dal'.

وقال إمرؤ القيس في الرخامى، وهو نبت، يصف فرسا: إذا نحن قدناه تأود متنه، ... كعرق الرخامى اللدن في الهطلان

And Imru' al-Qays said about 'al-rukhama', which is a plant, describing a horse: When we led him, his back swayed, ... like a supple root of 'al-rukhama' in the rain.

والرخامة، بالهاء: نبت؛ حكاه أبو حنيفة

And 'rakhama', with the 'ha': a plant; Abu Hanifa narrated it.

ابن الأعرابي: والرخم اللبن الغليظ، وقال في موضع آخر: الرخم كتل اللبإ

Ibn al-A'rabi: And 'rakham' is thick milk, and he said elsewhere: 'rakham' are lumps of colostrum.

والرخمة: طائر أبقع على شكل النسر خلقة إلا أنه مبقع بسواد وبياض يقال له الأنوق، والجمع رخم ورخم؛ قال الهذلي: فلعمر جدك ذي العواقب حتى ... انت عند جوالب الرخم

And the 'rakhma': a spotted bird shaped like a vulture, but it is spotted with black and white and is called the 'anūq', and the plural is 'rakham' and 'rakham'; Al-Hudhali said: By your grandfather, the one with consequences, until ... you are among the hunters of the 'rakham'.

ولعمر عرفك ذي الصماح، كما ... عصب السفار بغضبة اللهم وخص اللحياني بالرخم الكثير؛ قال ابن سيده: ولا أدري كيف هذا إلا أن يعني الجنس؛ قال الأعشى: يا رخما قاظ على مطلوب، ... يعجل كف الخارئ المطيب

And by your knowledge, the one with the strong scent, as ... the traveler gathered with anger, O God. And Al-Lihyani specified 'al-rakham' for the many; Ibn Sidah said: I do not know how this is except that it means the species; Al-A'sha said: O 'rakham' who is hot over a sought-after thing, ... hastening the hand of the perfumed defecator.

وفي حديث الشعبي: وذكر الرافضة فقال لو كانوا من الطير لكانوا رخما ؛ الرخم: نوع من الطير، واحدته رخمة، وهو موصوف بالغدر والموق، وقيل بالقذر؛ ومنه قولهم: رخم السقاء إذا أنتن

And in the hadith of Al-Sha'bi: He mentioned the Rafidah and said, 'If they were birds, they would be 'rakham'.' 'Al-rakham': a type of bird, its singular is 'rakhmah', and it is described by treachery and impurity, and it is said to be dirty; and from it is their saying: 'rakhama al-siqa'' when it becomes putrid.

واليرخوم: ذكر الرخم؛ عن كراع

And 'al-yarkhum': the male of the 'rakham'; from Kara'.

وما أدري أي ترخم هو، وقد تضم الخاء مع التاء، وقد تفتح التاء وتضم الخاء، أي أي الناس هو، مثل جندب وجندب وطحلب وطحلب وعنصر وعنصر؛ قال ابن بري: ترخم تفعل مثل ترتب، وترخم مثل ترتب

And I do not know what kind of person he is, and the 'kha' may be pronounced with the 'ta', and the 'ta' may be opened and the 'kha' pronounced, meaning what kind of people he is, like 'jundab' and 'jundab', 'tahlab' and 'tahlab', 'unsur' and 'unsur'; Ibn al-Bri said: 'tarkhum' is like 'tartab', and 'tarkhum' is like 'tartab'.

ورخمان: موضع

And 'Rakhman': a place.

ورخمان: اسم غار ببلاد هذيل فيه رمي تأبط شرا بعد قتله؛ قالت أخته ترثيه «2». نعم الفتى غادرتم برخمان، ... بثابت بن جابر بن سفيان، من يقتل القرن ويروي الندمان

And 'Rakhman': the name of a cave in the land of Hudhayl where Ta'abbata Sharran was thrown after he was killed; his sister said mourning him: What a good young man you left behind at Rakhman, ... with Thabit bin Jabir bin Sufyan, who kills the rival and quenches the thirst of the companions.

وفي الحديث ذكر شعب الرخم بمكة، شرفها الله تعالى

And in the hadith, the valley of 'al-rakham' in Mecca is mentioned, may God ennoble it.

وترخم: حي من حمير؛ قال الأعشى: عجبت لآل الحرقتين، كأنما ... رأوني نقيا من إياد وترخم

And 'Turakhm': a tribe of Himyar; Al-A'sha said: I am amazed by the family of Al-Harqatan, as if ... they saw me pure from Iyad and Turakhm.

ورخام: موضع؛ قال لبيد: بمشارق الجبلين، أو بمحجر، ... فتضمنتها فردة فرخامها

And 'Rukham': a place; Labid said: In the eastern parts of the two mountains, or in Mahjar, ... then Fardah took possession of it and its Rukham.