رهم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns persistent, gentle rain and its effects. It extends to related concepts of softness, abundance, and even specific applications like wound dressing. It also encompasses names and tribal affiliations.

Derived headwords

الرَّهْمَةnoun

1.
gentle, persistent rainboth
Light, continuous rain with small drops. It is described as having a stronger impact than 'daymah' but dissipating faster.

رَهْمnoun

1.
gentle rain (plural)classical
Plural of 'ar-rahmah', referring to gentle, persistent rain.

رِهَامnoun

1.
gentle rain (plural)classical
Another plural form for 'ar-rahmah', referring to gentle, persistent rain.
2.
untamable birdsclassical
Birds that cannot be hunted or caught.

أَرْهَمَتْverb

1.
to bring gentle rainboth
Said of a cloud when it brings gentle, persistent rain.

أَرْهَمَverb

1.
to rain gentlyboth
Said of the sky when it rains gently and persistently.

إِرْهَامًاnoun

1.
gentle rainingboth
The act of raining gently and persistently.

مَرْهُومَةadjective

1.
watered by gentle rainclassical
Describing a meadow or pasture that has been watered by gentle, persistent rain.

أَرْهَمَother

1.
most fertile sideclassical
Referring to the most fertile or abundant of two sides, used metaphorically.

المِرْهَمnoun

1.
ointmentboth
A soft medicinal dressing applied to wounds, derived from the gentleness of 'rahmah'. It is also suggested to be a loanword.

رُهَمname

1.
woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman.

رُهَمname

1.
stallion's nameclassical
The name of a male horse (stallion).

بَنُو رُهَمname

1.
Ruhm tribeclassical
A name for a tribe or clan.

Parallel reading

الرَّهْمَة، بالكسر: المطر الضعيف الدائم الصغير القطر

Ar-rahmah, with kasrah: the weak, continuous rain of small drops.

والجمع رهم ورهام

And its plural is rahm and riham.

من الديمة الرهمة، وهي أشد وقعا من الديمة وأسرع ذهابا

From the daymah (heavy rain) is ar-rahmah, which is stronger in impact than the daymah and dissipates faster.

ونستحيل الرهام وهي الأمطار الضعيفة

And we seek refuge in ar-riham, which are the weak rains.

وأرهمت السحابة: أتت بالرهام

And the cloud 'arhamat': it brought ar-riham (gentle rains).

وأرهمت السماء إرهاما: أمطرت

And the sky 'arhamat' (rained gently) 'irhaman': it rained.

وروضة مرهومة، ولم يقولوا مرهمة

And a meadow 'marhumah' (watered by gentle rain), and they did not say 'marhamah'.

أو نفحة من أعالي حنوة معجت ... فيها الصبا موهنا، والروض مرهوم

Or a breeze from the heights of Hanoah, stirred gently ... in it the east wind, and the meadow is watered.

ونزلنا بفلان فكنا في أرهم جانبيه أي أخصبهما

And we stayed with so-and-so, and we were in the 'arham' (most fertile) of its sides, meaning the most fertile of them.

والمرهم: طلاء يطلى به الجرح، وهو ألين ما يكون من الدواء، مشتق من الرهمة للينه

And al-mirham: an ointment with which a wound is dressed, and it is the softest of medicines, derived from ar-rahmah due to its softness.

وقيل: هو معرب

And it is said: it is a loanword.

والرهام: ما لا يصيد من الطير

And ar-riham: that which cannot be hunted of birds.

والرهم جماعته وبه سميت المرأة رهما

And ar-rahm is their جمع (group), and by it a woman was named Ruhmah.

وبنو رهم: بطن

And Banu Ruhm: a clan.

ورهم، بالضم، اسم امرأة

And Ruhm, with dammah, is the name of a woman.

إن سرك الغزر المكود الدائم، ... فاعمد براعيس أبوها الراهم

If the abundant, fertile, continuous (rain) pleases you, then aim for Bara'is, whose father is ar-Rahim (a stallion).

وراهم اسم فحل

And Rahim is the name of a stallion.