رحح

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root رحح primarily relates to wideness, spaciousness, and flatness, particularly concerning hooves, feet, and containers. It can also describe a lack of depth or a wide, open space, and in a figurative sense, vagueness or indirectness in speech.

Derived headwords

الرَّحْحُnoun

1.
wideness of a hoofclassical
A wideness and thinness in the hoof of an animal, considered desirable as it is the opposite of constriction.
2.
flatness of a footclassical
The wideness of the sole of the foot, especially when it is flat and touches the ground.

رَحَّverb

1.
to be wideclassical
Used to describe hooves or feet that are wide and flat.

الأَرْحُnoun

1.
person with flat feetclassical
A person whose feet are flat and wide, with the arch of the foot not raised, causing the entire sole to touch the ground.
2.
animal with wide hoovesclassical
An animal, like a mountain goat (wa'l), with wide, splayed hooves or feet.

رَحَّاءadjective

1.
wide (foot/container)classical
Describing a foot that is flat and wide, or a container that is wide and shallow.

تَرَحْرَحَتْverb

1.
to splay legs (to urinate)classical
Used to describe a horse splaying its legs wide apart, typically when preparing to urinate.

رَحْرَحٌnoun

1.
wide and shallow containerclassical
A wide, shallow container, like a basin or platter, lacking depth.

رَحْرَاحٌadjective

1.
wide and shallowclassical
Describing something that is wide and shallow, without a deep bottom, like a container or a spacious area.
2.
spacious (area)classical
Referring to a wide and expansive area, such as the middle of a garden or paradise.

رَحْرَحَانٌnoun

1.
wide valleyclassical
A name for a wide valley.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain near a historical battle site.

الرَّحَةُnoun

1.
coiled snakeclassical
A snake that is coiled or has coiled itself, derived from a word meaning 'to coil'.

رَحْرَحَverb

1.
to not reach the bottomclassical
To fail to reach the intended depth, like a container that is too shallow for its width.
2.
to speak vaguelyclassical
To speak indirectly or vaguely, without being clear or explicit.
3.
to screen or hideclassical
To place something as a screen or barrier to hide something else.

أَرْحٌadjective

1.
wide-hoofedclassical
Describing an animal with wide, splayed hooves.
2.
flat-footedclassical
Describing a person with flat feet that touch the ground.
3.
close-hoofedclassical
Describing a camel whose hooves are close together.

كِرْكِرَةٌ رَحَّاءnoun phrase

1.
wide bellyclassical
A wide belly, used metaphorically.

عَيْشٌ رَحْرَاحٌnoun phrase

1.
abundant lifeclassical
A wide and abundant life, implying prosperity and ease.

Parallel reading

الرَّحْحُ، محركة: سعة في الحافر

Ar-rahh, with vowels, is wideness in the hoof.

وإنما كان الرحح محمودا لأنه خلاف المصطر، وإذا انبطح جدا فهو عيب.

And the wideness (of the hoof) was desirable because it is the opposite of constriction; if it is too flat, it is a defect.

لا {رحح فيها ولا اصطرار ولم يقلب أرضها البيطار

There is no excessive wideness nor constriction in it, and the farrier did not turn its ground.

والرحح انبساط الحافر في رقة.

And ar-rahh is the splaying of the hoof in thinness.

والرحح: انبساط الحافر وعرض القدم.

And ar-rahh is the splaying of the hoof and the wideness of the foot.

والأرح: من لا أخمص لقدميه

And al-arhu: one who has no arch to his feet.

وترحرحت الفرس، إذا فحجت قوائمها لتبول

And the mare truhruhat, if she splayed her legs to urinate.

وشيء رحرح ورحراح ورحرحان: واسع منبسط لا قعر له كالطست

And something rahrah, rahrah, and rahrahan: wide and expansive with no bottom, like a basin.

وبحبوحتها رحرحانية

And its middle (of paradise) is rahrahaniyyah (spacious).

فأتي بقدح رحراح فوضع فيه أصابعه

A wide and shallow cup was brought, and he put his fingers in it.

ورحرح الرجل، إذا لم يبالغ قعر ما يريد

And a man rahraha, if he did not reach the depth of what he intended.

ورحرح بالكلام، إذا عرض له تعريضا ولم يبين.

And he rahraha with speech, if he alluded to it indirectly and did not clarify.

ورحرح عن فلان، إذا ستر دونه

And he rahraha from someone, if he screened it from him.

بعير أر ح: لاصق الخف بالخف.

A camel arhu: its hooves sticking to each other.

عيش رحراح ورحرح، أي واسع

A life rahrah and rahrah, meaning wide/abundant.