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Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of spaciousness, ease, and gentleness, extending to actions like spreading, settling, and approaching. It also encompasses specific geographical locations, tribal names, and a type of food preparation.

Derived headwords

الرَّهْوnoun
  1. 1.
    opening between legsclassical

    The space or opening between a man's legs.

  2. 2.
    easy paceboth

    A smooth, easy, and unhurried pace of walking or traveling.

  3. 3.
    high placeclassical

    An elevated or high place.

  4. 4.
    low placeclassical

    A low-lying or depressed place.

  5. 5.
    wide vulvaclassical

    A woman with a wide vulva.

  6. 6.
    crane (bird)classical

    The crane, a large bird.

  7. 7.
    group of peopleclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people.

  8. 8.
    spreading wingsclassical

    The act of a bird spreading its wings.

  9. 9.
    stillnessboth

    A state of quietness, stillness, or calm.

الرَّهْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    high or low placeclassical

    Similar to 'ar-rahw', referring to an elevated or a low-lying place.

الرَّهْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    wide vulvaclassical

    A woman with a wide vulva, similar to 'ar-rahw'.

الرَّهِيnoun
  1. 1.
    wide vulvaclassical

    A woman with a wide vulva, similar to 'ar-rahw'.

أَرْهَىverb
  1. 1.
    to marry a womanclassical

    To marry a woman described as having a wide vulva.

  2. 2.
    to persist in eatingclassical

    To continue eating crane meat.

  3. 3.
    to find a placeclassical

    To encounter or find a place that is wide or spacious.

  4. 4.
    to prolong food/drinkclassical

    To make food and drink last or to prolong their consumption.

الرَّاهِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beeclassical

    A bee, so named for its stillness in flight.

تَرَاهَيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to become friendsclassical

    To become amicable or to mutually befriend each other.

رَاهَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to approachclassical

    To come close to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to be foolishclassical

    To act foolishly or to be silly towards someone.

مِرْهَاةadjective
  1. 1.
    swift (horse)classical

    A swift or fast horse.

مَرَاهِيnoun
  1. 1.
    swift horsesclassical

    Plural of 'mirhaah', referring to swift horses.

رَهْوَىname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name.

رَهْوَاءname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    A name for a tribe, specifically a branch of the Madhhij tribe.

الرَّهَاوِيُّونname
  1. 1.
    people from Rahwaclassical

    People belonging to the tribe of Rahwa.

رَهَاوِيname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, often referring to a location associated with the tribe.

أَرِهْverb
  1. 1.
    be gentleclassical

    An imperative verb meaning 'be gentle' or 'be kind' to yourself.

رَاهٍadjective
  1. 1.
    easy (life)classical

    Describing a life that is easy, comfortable, and pleasant.

ارْتَهَوْاverb
  1. 1.
    to mingleclassical

    To become mixed or mingled together.

  2. 2.
    to prepare foodclassical

    To prepare a specific dish by rubbing ears of grain, pounding them, adding milk, and cooking.

الرَّهِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    prepared dishclassical

    A dish prepared by the method described under 'irtahew'.

Parallel reading

الرهو: الفتح بين الرجلين
Ar-rahw: The opening between the legs.
والسير السهل
And an easy pace.
والمكان المرتفع، والمنخفض، كالرهوة فيهما، ضد
And the high place, and the low place, like ar-rahwah in both, opposites.
والواسعة الهن، كالرهوى والرهى
And the wide-hipped, like ar-rahwa and ar-rahi.
والكركي
And the crane.
والجماعة من الناس
And the group of people.
ونشر الطائر جناحيه
And the bird spreading its wings.
والسكون
And stillness.
وأرهى: تزوج واسعة
And arha: he married a wide-hipped woman.
ودام على أكل الكركي
And he persisted in eating crane meat.
وصادف موضعا رهاء، كسماء، أي: واسعا
And he encountered a wide place, like 'rahaa', meaning: spacious.
ولهم الطعام والشراب: أدامه
And for them, the food and drink: he prolonged it.
والراهية: النحلة، لسكونها في طيرانها
And ar-raahiyah: the bee, for its stillness in its flight.
وتراهيا: توادعا
And tarahaya: they became amicable.
وراهَاهُ: قاربه، وحامقه
And raahahu: he approached him, and he acted foolishly towards him.
وفرس مرهاة، بالكسر: سريعة ج: مراهي
And a mirhaah horse, with kasr: swift, pl: miraahi.
وأره على نفسك: ارفق
And erh upon yourself: be gentle.
وعيش راه: رافه
And a raah life: pleasant.
وارتهوا: اختلطوا
And irtahew: they mingled.
وأخذوا السنبل فادلكوه بأيديهم، ثم دقوه، فألقوا عليه لبنا، فطبخ، فتلك: الرهية
And they took the ears of grain and rubbed them with their hands, then pounded them, threw milk on them, and it was cooked, and that is: ar-rahiyah.