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رهم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gentle, continuous rain and its effects. It also extends to concepts of abundance, fertility, and a specific type of medicinal application.

Derived headwords

الرَّهْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gentle, lasting rainboth

    A light rain that falls continuously for an extended period.

رَهْمnoun
  1. 1.
    gentle, lasting rain (pl.)both

    The plural form of 'rahmah', referring to multiple instances of gentle, continuous rain.

رِهَامnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of ruhmaboth

    plural of ruhma

مَرْهُومَةadjective
  1. 1.
    watered by gentle rainboth

    Describes a meadow or pasture that has been watered by continuous, gentle rain.

أَرْهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to bring gentle rainclassical

    Said of a cloud when it produces continuous, gentle rain.

أَرْهَمَnoun
  1. 1.
    most fertile sideclassical

    Refers to the most fertile or abundant side of something, often used in the context of land or a place.

رَهَمname
  1. 1.
    woman's nameclassical

    A proper name for a female.

المِرْهَمnoun
  1. 1.
    that which is placed on woundsboth

    that which is placed on wounds

Parallel reading

المطرة الضعيفة الدائمة
The gentle, lasting rain.
والجمع رهم ورهام
And the plural is 'rahm' and 'riham'.
روضة مرهومة
A meadow watered by gentle rain.
ومن الديمة الرهمة، وهي أشد وقعا من الديمة وأسرع ذهابا
And among the continuous rain is the 'rahmah', which is heavier in impact than the 'daymah' and dissipates faster.
أرهمت السحابة: أتت بالرهام
The cloud brought gentle rain: it produced continuous, light rain.
نزلنا بفلان فكنا في أرهم جانبيه، أي أخصبهما
We stayed with so-and-so, and we were in the most fertile of his sides, meaning the most fertile of them.
المرهم: الذى يوضع على الجراحات، معرب
The 'mirham': that which is placed on wounds, it is an Arabized word.