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الرخل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the female young of sheep, specifically lambs. It also extends to include names of horses and tribal lineages.

Derived headwords

الرَّخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    female lambboth

    The female young of sheep, particularly a lamb.

أَرْخُلnoun
  1. 1.
    female lambs (pl.)classical

    Plural of رَخْل (rakhl), referring to female lambs.

رِخَالnoun
  1. 1.
    female lambs (pl.)both

    Plural of رَخْل (rakhl), referring to female lambs.

رُخْلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    female lambs (pl.)classical

    Plural of رَخْل (rakhl), referring to female lambs.

رَخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female lamb (pl.)both

    Plural of رَخْل (rakhl), referring to female lambs.

رُخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female lamb (pl.)classical

    Plural of رَخْل (rakhl), referring to female lambs.

رَخْلَةname
  1. 1.
    forebear of a scholarclassical

    A female ancestor of the scholar Ṣāliḥ ibn Mubārak.

رَخْلname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to the Banū Jaʿfar ibn Kilāb tribe.

رُخَيْلَةname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    The name of a subtribe or clan, similar to the pattern of Juhaynah.

Parallel reading

الرَّخْلُ، بالكَسْرِ، وبهاء، وكَكَتِفٍ: الأُنْثَى مِنْ أَوْلادِ الضَّأْنِ
The rakhl, with a kasra, and with haa', and like katif: the female of the young of sheep.
ج: أَرْخُلٌ ورِخَالٌ
Plural: arkhul and rikhāl.
ويُضَمُّ، ورُخْلَانٌ ورَخْلَةٌ ورُخْلَةٌ
And it is pronounced with damma, and rukhlān, rakhalah, and rukhlah.
وكَزُبَيْرٍ: فَرَسٌ لِبَنِي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ كِلَابٍ
And like Zubayr: a horse belonging to Banū Jaʿfar ibn Kilāb.
وبَنُو رُخَيْلَةَ، كَجُهَيْنَةَ: بَطْنٌ
And Banū Rukhaylah, like Juhaynah: a clan.
والرَّخْلَةُ، بالكَسْرِ: جَدُّ صَالِحِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمُحَدِّثِ
And the rakhlah, with a kasra: the ancestor of Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Mubārak the traditionist.