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راخ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of relaxation, loosening, and separation. It also encompasses terms for a specific type of mineral pigment and a geographical location.

Derived headwords

راخَverb
  1. 1.
    to relaxboth

    To become relaxed or to loosen up. It can also describe the separation of the thighs to the point where they cannot be brought together.

يَرِيخُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to relaxclassical

    To cause something or someone to become relaxed or to loosen up.

استرخىverb
  1. 1.
    to relaxmodern

    To become relaxed, to rest, or to ease tension.

الترييخnoun
  1. 1.
    weakeningclassical

    The act or process of making something weak or causing it to become feeble.

المريخnoun
  1. 1.
    red leadclassical

    A mineral pigment, specifically red lead (minium), which is a heavy, reddish-orange powder.

  2. 2.
    inner part of the hornclassical

    The soft, spongy interior part found within the horn of an animal.

المريخnoun
  1. 1.
    red leadclassical

    A mineral pigment, specifically red lead (minium), which is a heavy, reddish-orange powder.

أمرخةnoun
  1. 1.
    red lead (plural)classical

    Plural form of 'al-mirīkh', referring to multiple instances or types of red lead.

ريخname
  1. 1.
    city in Khorasanclassical

    A place name, referring to a city located in Khorasan, or a region near Nishapur.

الريخيّونnoun
  1. 1.
    people from Rukhclassical

    A nisba (attribution) referring to people from the city or region of Rukh, particularly scholars and hadith narrators.

Parallel reading

راخ يريخ: استرخى، أو تباعد ما بين فخذيه حتى عجز عن ضمهما.
Rākha yareekhu: to relax, or for the space between one's thighs to widen until one is unable to bring them together.
والترييخ: التوهين.
And al-taryīkh: is weakening.
والمريخ، كمعظم: المرداسنج، والعظيم الهش الوالج في جوف القرن، كالمريخ، ج: أمرخة.
And al-mirīkh, like muʿẓam: is red lead, and the soft, brittle large thing that enters the hollow of the horn, like al-mirīkh, pl.: amrakhah.
ورخ، بالكسر: ع بخراسان، أو ناحية بنيسابور، منها: محمد بن القاسم بن حبيب الصفار، وذريته المحدثون الريخيون.
And Rukh, with kasrah: is a city in Khorasan, or a region near Nishapur, from whom is Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Habib al-Saffar, and his descendants the hadith scholars al-Rīkhīyūn.