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الورخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically a type of tree resembling the Marakh tree. It also extends to describe moist or wet land, and by extension, something soft or yielding like dough. A secondary, distinct meaning relates to dating or chronologizing texts.

Derived headwords

الورخnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A tree that resembles the Marakh tree in its growth and appearance.

المرخnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A tree mentioned for comparison to the 'Warakh' tree.

الوريخةnoun
  1. 1.
    Moist landclassical

    Land that is wet or damp.

استورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become moistclassical

    To become wet or damp, referring to land.

تورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become moistclassical

    To become wet or damp, referring to land.

المسترخيadjective
  1. 1.
    Relaxed, yielding

    Describing something that is relaxed, soft, or yielding, like dough.

ورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become moistclassical

    To become wet or damp, referring to land.

  2. 2.
    To date (a document)classical

    To assign a date to a written document.

تأرخverb
  1. 1.
    To date (a document)

    To assign a date to a written document; to chronologize.

أورخverb
  1. 1.
    To date (a document)classical

    To assign a date to a written document.

ورخةadjective
  1. 1.
    Moist, lush

    Describing land that is covered in abundant, lush grass.

ورّخverb
  1. 1.
    To date (a document)classical

    To assign a date to a written document.

Parallel reading

الورخ: شجر يشبه المرخ في نباته.
Al-Warakh: a tree that resembles Al-Markh in its growth.
والوريخة: الأرض المبتلة
And Al-Warīkhah: the moist land.
واستورخت وتورخت
And it became moist (land), and it became moist (land).
والمسترخي من العجين.
And the relaxed (soft) of the dough.
وقد ورخ، كوجل، وتورخ
And it became moist, like it became wet, and it became moist.
وأورخته.
And I dated it.
وأرض ورخة: ملتفة العشب.
And a moist land: covered in grass.
وورخ الكتاب: أرخه.
And to date the book: to chronologize it.