رخم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of gentleness, tenderness, and affection, often associated with softness and pleasantness. It also extends to descriptions of animals, specific places, and a linguistic term for softening or shortening words.

Derived headwords

الرخمةnoun

1.
a mottled bird resembling a vulture in creationboth
a mottled bird resembling a vulture in creation

رَخِمَهverb

1.
to be tender towardsboth
To show gentleness, kindness, or affection towards someone or something.

مدلل يشتمنا ونرخمه — He is pampered, he insults us and we are tender towards him

رخمةnoun

1.
love, affectionboth
A feeling of love, fondness, or familiarity, akin to mercy.

ألقيت عليه رخمة أمه — I cast upon him the affection of his mother

رخماءadjective

1.
white-headedclassical
Describing a sheep whose head is white while the rest of its body is black.

أرخمadjective

1.
gentle-voicedclassical
Describing a horse with a gentle or soft voice/sound.

رخيمadjective

1.
meaning, soft/delicateboth
meaning, soft/delicate

كلام رخيم — Gentle speech

رخامةnoun

1.
gentleness of voiceboth
The quality of having a gentle, soft, or pleasant voice.

وقد رخم صوته رخامة — And his voice became gentle

ترخيمnoun

1.
softening, lenitionboth
The act of making something softer or gentler, particularly in sound or speech.
2.
elision in vocativeclassical
The shortening or elision of one or more letters from the end of a noun when calling out to someone (vocative case).

الترخيم: التليين، ويقال الحذف — Al-tarheem: softening, and it is also said to be elision.

أرخمتverb

1.
to brood, incubateboth
Describing a hen sitting on her eggs to hatch them.

أرخمت الدجاجة على بيضها — The hen brooded on her eggs

مرخمparticiple

1.
brooding (hen)both
A hen that is sitting on her eggs, incubating them.

مرخمةparticiple

1.
brooding (hen)both
A hen that is sitting on her eggs, incubating them. (Synonymous with 'marakham').

ترخمnoun

1.
people, folkclassical
A term referring to people or folk, used in a general sense. It is a variant form of 'jundub'.

ما أدري أي ترخم هو؟ — I don't know what kind of people he is.

ترخمname

1.
Tarkhum tribeclassical
A tribe from the Himyar confederation.

عجبت لآل الحرقتين كأنما رأوني نفيا من إياد وترخم — I marveled at the people of Al-Harqatan as if they saw me as an exile from Iyad and Tarkhum

الرخامnoun

1.
white stoneboth
white stone

رخامname

1.
Rakham (place name)classical
A place name mentioned in classical poetry.

فتضمنتها فردة فرخامها — And Fardah took possession of it and its Rakham

الرخامىnoun

1.
tree speciesclassical
A type of tree similar to the 'dall' tree.

تثير رخاماها وتعلق ضالها — It stirs its 'rakhama' and hangs its 'dall'

Parallel reading

يا رخما قاظ على مطلوب

O vulture-like bird basking over a prey

وقعت عليه رخمته، أي محبته ولينه.

His affection fell upon him, meaning his love and gentleness.

رخمه رخمة، ورحمه رحمة، وهما سواء.

He was tender towards him with tenderness, and merciful with mercy; they are the same.

كأنها أم ساجي الطرف أخدرها مستودع خمر الوعساء مرخوم

As if she were a mother with languid eyes, her womb a repository of hidden wine, tenderly held.

ألقيت عليه رخمة أمه، أي حبها وإلفها.

I cast upon him the affection of his mother, meaning her love and familiarity.

مدلل يشتمنا ونرخمه أطيب شئ نسمه وملثمه

He is pampered, he insults us and we are tender towards him; the most pleasant thing is to breathe him in and kiss him.

وشاة رخماء، إذا ابيض رأسها واسود سائر جسدها.

And a 'rakhmaa' sheep, if its head is white and the rest of its body is black.

وكذلك المخمرة، ولا تقل مرخمة.

And likewise the 'mukhammara', but do not say 'murakhkhama'.

وفرس أرخم.

And a gentle-voiced horse.

وكلام رخيم أي رقيق.

And gentle speech, meaning soft.

وقد رخم صوته رخامة.

And his voice became gentle with gentleness.

الترخيم: التليين، ويقال الحذف.

Al-tarheem: softening, and it is also said to be elision.

ومن ترخيم الاسم في النداء، وهو أن يحذف بمن آخره حرف أو أكثر.

And from the elision of a name in the vocative, which is to omit from its end one letter or more.

أرخمت الدجاجة على بيضها، إذا حضنته، فهي مرخم ومرخمة أيضا.

The hen brooded on her eggs, if she incubated them, she is 'marakham' and also 'marakhkhama'.

ما أدري أي ترخم هو؟ أي أي الناس هو.

I don't know what kind of people he is; meaning, what sort of people is he?

ويقال أي ترخم، هو مثل جندب وجندب، وطحلب وطحلب، وعنصر وعنصر.

And it is said 'ayyu tarkhum', it is like 'jundub' and 'jundub', and 'tuhlab' and 'tuhlab', and 'unsur' and 'unsur'.

وترخم: حى من حمير.

And Tarkhum: a tribe from Himyar.

عجبت لآل الحرقتين كأنما رأوني نفيا من إياد وترخم

I marveled at the people of Al-Harqatan as if they saw me as an exile from Iyad and Tarkhum.

والرخام: حجر أبيض رخو.

And marble: a white, soft stone.

ورخام: موضع.

And Rakham: a place.

فتضمنتها فردة فرخامها

And Fardah took possession of it and its Rakham.

والرخامى: شجر مثل الضال.

And 'al-rakhama': a tree like the 'dall'.

تعاطى فراخ المكر طورا وتارة تثير رخاماها وتعلق ضالها

He engages in the young of cunning sometimes, and at other times stirs its 'rakhama' and hangs its 'dall'.