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رجح

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root رجح (rajaha) primarily relates to the concept of weight, balance, and inclination. It encompasses physical weighing and tipping, as well as metaphorical weightiness in terms of character, intellect, and even physical attributes like a heavy posterior or full platters.

Derived headwords

رجح الميزان يرجحverb
  1. 1.
    the scale tippedboth

    The scale became heavy and tilted, indicating a heavier side.

رجحverb
  1. 1.
    to outweighboth

    To be heavier or more significant than something else.

  2. 2.
    to be heavyboth

    To be weighty or substantial, not light or flimsy.

رجحverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavy (in a seat)classical

    To be weighty and not easily moved or shifted in one's seat.

رجوحاnoun
  1. 1.
    inclinationboth

    The act or state of inclining or tipping, especially of a scale.

  2. 2.
    weightinessboth

    The quality of being heavy or weighty.

رجحاناnoun
  1. 1.
    inclinationboth

    The act or state of inclining or tipping, especially of a scale.

  2. 2.
    weightinessboth

    The quality of being heavy or weighty.

أرجحverb
  1. 1.
    to make heavyboth

    To make something heavy, especially a scale, causing it to tilt.

  2. 2.
    to give weightclassical

    To give something more weight or importance.

راجحadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy-bottomedclassical

    Describing a woman with a heavy or large posterior.

  2. 2.
    weightyboth

    Having significant weight or importance.

  3. 3.
    balancedboth

    Having sound judgment or intellect.

رجاحadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy-bottomedclassical

    Describing a woman with a heavy or large posterior.

رجحnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy-bottomed womenclassical

    Plural of a woman with a heavy posterior.

ترجحverb
  1. 1.
    to swayboth

    To move back and forth or from side to side; to oscillate.

  2. 2.
    to hesitateboth

    To waver or be undecided between two things.

ارتجحverb
  1. 1.
    to shakeboth

    To move or cause to move rapidly and unsteadily; to vibrate.

راجحتهverb
  1. 1.
    to be weightier thanclassical

    To be more substantial, heavier, or more prudent than someone else.

الأرجوحةnoun
  1. 1.
    swing (toy)both

    A seat suspended by ropes or straps, on which one may sit and swing back and forth.

المرجوحةnoun
  1. 1.
    swing (toy)both

    A seat suspended by ropes or straps, on which one may sit and swing back and forth.

الرجاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    swing (toy)classical

    A rope or cord on which children swing.

كالرجاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    swing (toy)classical

    A rope or cord on which children swing.

الأراجيحnoun
  1. 1.
    vast plainsclassical

    Expansive, open lands that seem to toss travelers about.

  2. 2.
    swaying of camelsclassical

    The unsteady, swaying movement of camels.

ارتجاحnoun
  1. 1.
    shakingboth

    The act of shaking or vibrating.

مراجيحnoun
  1. 1.
    calm peopleclassical

    People characterized by their prudence and heavy intellect.

  2. 2.
    heavy palm treesclassical

    Palm trees laden with heavy fruit.

مراجحnoun
  1. 1.
    calm peopleclassical

    People characterized by their prudence and heavy intellect.

مرجحadjective
  1. 1.
    calmclassical

    Possessing a weighty and balanced intellect.

مرجاحadjective
  1. 1.
    calmclassical

    Possessing a weighty and balanced intellect.

رجحnoun
  1. 1.
    calm peopleclassical

    Plural of calm and prudent individuals.

جفان رجحnoun
  1. 1.
    full plattersclassical

    Large platters or bowls filled with food, typically meat and butter.

كتائب رجحnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy battalionsclassical

    Large, weighty, and formidable military formations.

مرححname
  1. 1.
    name for a groupclassical

    A proper noun referring to a group of people.

راجحname
  1. 1.
    name for a groupclassical

    A proper noun referring to a group of people.

مرجحنةadjective
  1. 1.
    round and heavyclassical

    Describing a cloud that is round and heavy, like a millstone.

Parallel reading

رجح الميزان يرجح ويرجح ويرجح.
The scale tipped, it tipped, and it tipped.
رجح الشيء يرجح، مثلثة، رجوحا ورجحانا ورجحانا، الأخيرة محركة.
A thing is heavy, it is heavy, with inclination, weightiness, and weightiness, the last one being vocalized.
وأعط راجحا.
And give a weighty (gift).
وأرجح الميزان: أثقله حتى مال.
And he made the scale heavy: he weighed it down until it tilted.
ورجح في مجلسه يرجح: ثقل فلم يخف، وهو مثل.
And he was heavy in his seat, he was heavy: he was weighty and did not move, and it is a proverb.
امرأة راجح ورجاح كسحاب: عجزاء
A woman, raajih and rajjaah, like sahaab: heavy-hipped.
إلى رجح الأكفال هيف خصورها عذاب الثنايا ريقهن طهور
To heavy-hipped ones, slender of waist, sweet of lips, their saliva pure.
ومن هواي الرجح الأثائث
And among my desires are the heavy, voluminous ones.
ترجحت به الأرجوحة
The swing swayed with him.
فارتجح، أي اهتز.
And he shook, meaning he vibrated.
فرَجَحْناهم، أي كنا أرزن منهم وأحلم.
So we outweighed them, meaning we were more substantial and more patient than them.
وراجحته فرجحته، أي كنت أرزن منه.
And I was weightier than him, so I outweighed him, meaning I was more substantial than him.
وترجح بين شيئين: تذبذب
And he wavered between two things: he oscillated.
وهي خشبة تؤخذ فيوضع وسطها على تل عال، ثم يجلس غلام على أحد طرفيها وغلام آخر على الطرف الآخر، فترجح الخسبة بهما، ويتحركان، فيميل أحدهما بصاحبه الآخر.
It is a plank that is taken and its middle is placed on a high mound, then a boy sits on one of its ends and another boy on the other end, so the plank sways with them, and they move, and one tilts with his companion.
والرجاحة: حبل يعلق ويركبه الصبيان فيرتجح فيه.
And ar-rajaahah: a rope that is hung and children ride on it and swing in it.
الأراجيح الفلوات
The plains are vast.
كأنها تترجح بمن سار فيها، أي تطوح به يمينا وشمالا.
As if they sway with whoever travels in them, meaning they toss him right and left.
أراجيح الإبل: اهتزاز الإبل في رتكانها
The swaying of camels: the camels' swaying in their gait.
وإبل مراجيح: ذات أراجيح
And camels that sway: possessing swaying.
وهو يصفون الحلم بالثقل، كما يصفون ضده بالخفة والعجل.
And they describe forbearance with weightiness, just as they describe its opposite with lightness and haste.
وقوم رجح ورجح ومراجيح ومراجح: حلماء.
And people who are rajah, rajah, marafij, and marajih: forbearing.
من شباب تراهم غير ميل وكهولا مراجحا أحلاما
Of youths you see them not inclined, and of elders, forbearing of intellect.
والحلم الراجح: الذي يزن بصاحبه فلا يخفه شيء.
And the weighty forbearance: that which weighs down its owner so nothing makes him light.
نخل القرى شالت مراجيحه بالوقر فانزالت بأكمامها انزالت
The palm trees of the villages, their heavy branches drooped with the load and sagged with their spathes.
وإذا شتوا عادت على جيرانهم رجح يوفيها مرابع كوم
And when they were hungry, they returned to their neighbors with full platters, overflowing with mounds of food.
بكتائب رجح تعود كبشها نطح الكباش كأنهن نجوم
With heavy battalions whose ram butts the rams, as if they were stars.
وارتجحت روادفها: تذبذبت.
And her hips swayed: they oscillated.
ويقال للجارية إذا ثقلت روادفها فتذبذبت: هي ترتجح عليها.
And it is said of a slave girl when her hips are heavy and sway: she is swaying.
وهاذه رحى مرجحنة: للسحابة المستديرة الثقيلة
And this is a round and heavy millstone: for the round, heavy cloud.