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رحض

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of washing, particularly clothes or hands. It extends to related concepts like the place of washing, tools used for washing, and even the sweat that results from fever, implying a cleansing or purification aspect.

Derived headwords

رَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    he washed his hand and his garmentboth

    he washed his hand and his garment

رحضت يدي وثوبي أرحضه رحضا — I washed my hand and my garment, washing it.
رَحْضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    he washed his hand and his garmentboth

    he washed his hand and his garment

رحضت يدي وثوبي أرحضه رحضا — I washed my hand and my garment, washing it.
رَحِيضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a washed garmentboth

    a washed garment

والثوب رحيض ومرحوض — And the garment is washed and washed.
مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Describing a garment that has been washed.

والثوب رحيض ومرحوض — And the garment is washed and washed.
مِرْحَاضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a washing placeboth

    a washing place

والمرحاض: خشبة يضرب بها الثوب إذا غسل — And the washing board: a piece of wood by which the garment is beaten when washed.
والمرحاض: المغتسل — And the place of washing: the place of bathing.
وجدنا مراحيضهم استقبل بها القبلة — We found their latrines oriented towards the Qibla.
رَحْضَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatclassical

    Perspiration, especially the sweat that appears after a fever.

والرحضاء: العرق في أثر الحمى — And the sweat: the perspiration in the aftermath of a fever.
مَرْحُوضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    feverishclassical

    Suffering from a fever, characterized by sweating.

وقد رحض المحموم، فهو مرحوض — And the feverish person has sweated, so he is sweaty.

Parallel reading

رحضت يدي وثوبي أرحضه رحضا
I washed my hand and my garment, washing it.
غسلته
I washed it.
والثوب رحيض ومرحوض
And the garment is washed and washed.
والمرحاض: خشبة يضرب بها الثوب إذا غسل
And the washing board: a piece of wood by which the garment is beaten when washed.
والمرحاض: المغتسل
And the place of washing: the place of bathing.
وجدنا مراحيضهم استقبل بها القبلة
We found their latrines oriented towards the Qibla.
يعنى الشأم
Meaning Syria.
والرحضاء: العرق في أثر الحمى
And the sweat: the perspiration in the aftermath of a fever.
وقد رحض المحموم، فهو مرحوض
And the feverish person has sweated, so he is sweaty.