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رحضه

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to washing, cleansing, and the physical act of sweating, especially after fever. It also extends to objects used for washing and even metaphorical concepts like disgrace.

Derived headwords

رَحَضَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To cleanse something, typically with water.

أَرْحَضَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To cause something to be washed; to wash it.

رَحِيضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing something that has been washed.

مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing something that has been washed.

مِرْحَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washing boardclassical

    A wooden board used to beat clothes while washing them.

  2. 2.
    washbasinboth

    A basin or place for washing.

  3. 3.
    latrineclassical

    A place for relieving oneself, a toilet.

رَحْضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    waterskinclassical

    An old or worn-out waterskin.

  2. 2.
    curdled milkclassical

    A type of fermented milk product, possibly curdled milk.

رَحْضِيَّةٌname
  1. 1.
    Al-Rahiḍiyyahclassical

    A place near Medina inhabited by the Ansar and Banu Sulaym tribes.

رَحْضَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweat after feverboth

    Perspiration that occurs after a fever has broken.

  2. 2.
    profuse sweatboth

    Sweat that profusely washes over the skin.

رَحِضَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweat profuselyboth

    To sweat excessively, especially after a fever.

رَحَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatclassical

    A name for sweat, particularly the sweat associated with fever.

ارْتَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be disgracedclassical

    To become exposed and shamed; to be disgraced.

رَحْضَةname
  1. 1.
    Raḥḍahclassical

    A name, possibly of a person or place, mentioned in relation to a companion.

Parallel reading

غسله، كأرحضه
He washed it, as he caused it to be washed.
فهو رحيض ومرحوض
And he is washed and washed.
والمرحاض، بالكسر: خشبة يضرب بها الثوب
And the mirḥāḍ, with kasra: a wooden board by which the garment is beaten.
والمغتسل، وقد يكنى به عن مطرح العذرة وكمكنسة: شيء يتوضأ فيه مثل الكنيف
And the place of washing, and it may be a euphemism for the place of excrement and like a privy: something in which one performs ablution, like a latrine.
والرحض: الشنة، والمزادة الخلق
And al-raḥḍ: the waterskin, and the old waterskin.
والرحضية، بالكسر: ة قرب المدينة للأنصار وبني سليم
And al-Raḥḍiyyah, with kasra: a place near Medina for the Ansar and Banu Sulaym.
والرحضاء، كالخششاء: العرق إثر الحمى، أو عرق يغسل الجلد كثرة
And al-raḥḍāʾ, like al-khushshāʾ: sweat after fever, or sweat that washes the skin profusely.
وقد رحض المحموم، كعني
And the feverish person has sweated profusely, as if he suffered.
والرحاض، بالضم: اسم منه
And al-raḥāḍ, with damma: a name for it.
وسموا: رحاضا، ككتان
And they named them: Raḥāḍ, like Kuttān.
وارتحض: افتضح
And he became disgraced: he was exposed.
وخفاف بن إيماء بن رحضة: صحابي
And Khuffaf ibn Imāʾ ibn Raḥḍah: a Companion.