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الرخص

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of low cost or cheapness, contrasting with high prices. It also extends to meanings of softness, gentleness, and divine dispensations or concessions.

Derived headwords

رَخِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    cheapboth

    Low in price; not expensive. This is the most common meaning in modern Arabic.

  2. 2.
    soft, tenderboth

    Describing something that is soft, delicate, or tender to the touch, such as fabric.

  3. 3.
    widespread deathclassical

    Referring to a swift and extensive mortality or death.

رَخُصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cheapboth

    To become low in price; to decrease in cost.

  2. 2.
    to be softboth

    To become soft, tender, or delicate.

رُخْصnoun
  1. 1.
    cheapnessboth

    The state or quality of being cheap; low price.

رَخَاصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cheapnessboth

    The state of being cheap or inexpensive.

  2. 2.
    softnessboth

    The quality of being soft, tender, or delicate.

رُخُوصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cheapnessboth

    The state of being cheap or inexpensive.

  2. 2.
    softnessboth

    The quality of being soft, tender, or delicate.

رُخْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dispensation, concessionboth

    A divine allowance or concession granted by God to a servant, making things easier for them.

  2. 2.
    ease, facilitationboth

    The act of making something easy or facilitating a matter.

  3. 3.
    turn, shiftclassical

    A turn or a period of time, specifically in the context of drinking.

أَرْخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to make cheapboth

    To cause something to become cheap or inexpensive.

  2. 2.
    to find cheapboth

    To perceive or discover something to be cheap.

  3. 3.
    to buy cheapboth

    To purchase something at a low price.

اسْتَرْخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider cheapboth

    To view or regard something as cheap or inexpensive.

ارْتَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider cheapboth

    To deem or count something as cheap.

تَرَخَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to take advantage of a concessionboth

    To avail oneself of a divine dispensation or concession, especially by not being overly strict or demanding.

  2. 2.
    to not be thoroughboth

    To not investigate or pursue something exhaustively; to be lenient or less strict.

تَرْخِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    permission, licenseboth

    The act of permitting or granting a license; authorization.

  2. 2.
    concessionboth

    The act of granting a dispensation or concession.

رُخَاصname
  1. 1.
    name for womenclassical

    A name used for women.

رَخَاصِصnoun
  1. 1.
    soft thingsclassical

    Plural of 'rakhisa', referring to soft or tender items.

Parallel reading

الرخص، بالضم: ضد الغلاء
Ar-rukhs, with dammah: the opposite of high prices.
وقد رخص، ككرم
And it became cheap, like karuma (to be noble).
والشيء الناعم، وقد رخص، ككرم
And the soft thing, and it became soft, like karuma (to be noble).
وأصابع رخصة: غير كزة
And soft fingers: not stiff.
والرخصة، بضمة وبضمتين: ترخيص الله للعبد فيما يخففه عليه
And ar-rukhsah, with one dammah or two: God's concession to the servant in what He lightens for him.
والتسهيل
And facilitation.
والنوبة في الشرب
And the turn in drinking.
والرخيص: الناعم من الثياب
And ar-rakhis: the soft of garments.
والموت الذريع
And widespread death.
وأرخصه: جعله رخيصا
And to make it cheap: to make it inexpensive.
ووجده رخيصا، واشتراه كذلك
And to find it cheap, and to buy it as such.
واسترخصه: رآه كذلك
And to consider it cheap: to see it as such.
وارتخصه: عده كذلك
And to deem it cheap: to count it as such.
ورخص له في كذا ترخيصا فترخص هو، أي: لم يستقص
And he was granted a concession for such and such, so he took advantage of the concession, meaning: he did not investigate thoroughly.
ورخاص، بالضم: من أسمائهن
And Rukhas, with dammah: among their names (referring to women).