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رشح

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root رشح primarily relates to the emission of moisture, such as sweat or dew, and by extension, to nurturing, preparing, or qualifying someone or something for a task or role. It also encompasses concepts of growth, sustenance, and the slow movement of liquids or small creatures.

Derived headwords

رَشَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweatboth

    To emit sweat, particularly from the forehead, or for the body to be dewy with sweat.

  2. 2.
    to leap and be proudclassical

    Used to describe a gazelle when it leaps and appears proud or spirited.

  3. 3.
    to be nurturedclassical

    To be raised or prepared for something, often in a metaphorical sense.

  4. 4.
    to be little in waterclassical

    Describing a well that has little water.

  5. 5.
    to be moistclassical

    Describing a waterskin or other container that leaks moisture.

جبينه (كمنع: عرق) — his forehead (like 'man'a: sweat)
رَشْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatboth

    The dew of sweat on the body.

  2. 2.
    moistureclassical

    A small amount of water, like that from a leaking container or a small spring.

والرشح: ندى العرق على الجسد — And ar-rashḥ: the dew of sweat on the body.
أَرْشَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweatboth

    To sweat, similar to the basic form of the verb.

  2. 2.
    to be accompanied by youngclassical

    Used for a she-camel or woman when her young is with her, walking with her, or following her.

(كأرشح) عرقا — (like arshaḥa) sweat
وأرشحت الناقة والمرأة، وهي مرشح: إذا خالطها ولدها، ومشى معها، وسعى خلفها، ولم يعيها. — And the she-camel and the woman are arshaḥat (and she is murashshaḥah): if her young is with her, walks with her, runs after her, and does not tire her.
تَرشَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweatboth

    To be dewy with sweat.

  2. 2.
    to be nurtured or preparedboth

    To be nurtured, educated, or prepared for a task or position.

  3. 3.
    to lickclassical

    Used metaphorically for a female gazelle licking the dew from her young after birth.

  4. 4.
    to grow strongclassical

    Used for a young camel (faṣīl) when it becomes strong enough to walk with its mother.

وترشح عرقا — and tarashshaḥa sweat
وترشح الفصيل، إذا قوي على المشي مع أمه. — And the young camel tarashshaḥa, if it becomes strong enough to walk with its mother.
والترشح والترشيح: لحس الظبية ما على ولدها من الندوة، بالضم، ساعة تلده — And at-tarashshuḥ and at-tarshīḥ: the gazelle licking the dew from her young, when she gives birth to it.
رُشْحَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatingboth

    The act or state of sweating or being dewy with sweat.

يرشح رشحا ورشحانا: ندي بالعرق. — He sweats, rashḥan and rushḥānan: he is dewy with sweat.
مُرَشَّحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sweatyboth

    Dewy with sweat.

  2. 2.
    nurtured or qualifiedboth

    One who is being nurtured, prepared, or qualified for a position or task.

  3. 3.
    mother of a strong youngclassical

    Used for a she-camel or woman whose young is strong and active with her.

وهي مرشح: إذا خالطها ولدها، ومشى معها، وسعى خلفها، ولم يعيها. — And she is murashshaḥah: if her young is with her, walks with her, runs after her, and does not tire her.
فهو راشح، وأمه مرشح — He is a rāshiḥ, and his mother is murashshaḥah.
مِرْشَحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle liningclassical

    The lining beneath the felt of a saddle, so named because it absorbs sweat.

  2. 2.
    under the saddle padclassical

    What is beneath the saddle pad or cushion.

والمرشحة، بكسرهما البطانة التى تحت لبد السرج، سميت بذالك لأنها تنشف الرشح، يعني العرق. — And al-mirshaḥah, with both vowels short: the lining beneath the felt of the saddle, so named because it absorbs the rashḥ, meaning sweat.
رَشِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatclassical

    The sweat itself.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A plant.

  3. 3.
    ground vegetationclassical

    What grows on the surface of the earth.

(والرشيح) كأمير: (العرق) نفسه؛ عن أبي عمر و. — And ar-rashīḥ, like 'amīr: the sweat itself; from Abu Amr.
(والرشيح) نبت. — And ar-rashīḥ: a plant.
والرشيح ما على وجه الأرض من النبات. — And ar-rashīḥ is what grows on the surface of the earth.
تَرْشِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nurturing and preparationboth

    The act of nurturing, educating, or preparing someone or something for a task or role.

  2. 2.
    good management of wealthclassical

    Metaphorically, the good care and management of property or wealth.

  3. 3.
    licking youngclassical

    Metaphorically, the act of a female gazelle licking the dew from her newborn young.

  4. 4.
    feeding youngclassical

    The act of a mother feeding her young small amounts of milk to strengthen them.

والترشيح: التربية والتهيئة للشيء. — And at-tarshīḥ: nurturing and preparing for something.
وفي حديث ظبيان: (يأكلون حصيدها، ويرشحون خضيدها). ترشيحهم له: قيامهم عليه وإصلاحهم له إلى أن تعود ثمرته تطلع كما يفعل بشجر الأعناب والنخيل. — And in the hadith of the gazelles: (They eat its harvested produce, and they nurture its young shoots). Their tarshīḥ of it: their taking care of it and improving it until its fruit returns to emerge, as is done with grapevines and date palms.
وهو الترشيح. — And this is at-tarshīḥ.
رَاشِحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crawling creatureclassical

    Metaphorically, what crawls on the earth, such as insects or small creatures.

  2. 2.
    mountain with moist baseclassical

    A mountain whose base is moist, sometimes collecting a small amount of water.

  3. 3.
    water vein in rocksclassical

    What appears like a vein of water running through stones.

  4. 4.
    strong young animalclassical

    A young camel or similar animal that has become strong and can walk with its mother.

(والراشح؛ ما دب على الأرض من خشاشها وأحناشها) — And ar-rāshiḥ; what crawls on the earth from its vermin and small creatures.
والراشح: الجبل يندى أصله فربما اجتمع فيه ماء قليل، فإن كثر سمي وشلا، ج رواشح. — And ar-rāshiḥ: the mountain whose base is moist, so a small amount of water may gather there; if it is abundant, it is called 'washa', plural rawāshiḥ.
وهو راشح وأمه مرشح — He is a rāshiḥ, and his mother is murashshaḥah.
رَشُوحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    little in waterclassical

    Describing a waterskin or well that contains little water or is leaky.

وبئر رشوح: قليلة الماء. — And a rashūḥ well: little in water.
رَوَاشِحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sheep's uddersclassical

    Specifically, the udders of a sheep, considered its 'doctors'.

والرواشح: ثعل الشاة خاصة، وهي أطباؤها. — And ar-rawāshiḥ: specifically the udders of a sheep, which are its 'doctors'.
أَرْشَحُadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligentclassical

    Metaphorically, having an intelligent or sharp mind, as if radiating intelligence.

هو أرشح فؤادا أي أذكى، كأنه يرشح ذكاء. — He is arshaḥu of heart, meaning more intelligent, as if radiating intelligence.
يَسْتَرْشِحُونَverb
  1. 1.
    awaiting growthclassical

    Metaphorically, waiting for plants (like grass or clover) to grow tall enough to be grazed.

  2. 2.
    raising young animalsclassical

    Raising young animals (like lambs or kids) until they grow larger.

بنو فلان يسترشحون البقل، أي ينتظرون أن يطول فيرعوه. — So-and-so's children are yastarshiḥūn the grass, meaning they wait for it to grow tall so they can graze it.
ويسترشحون البهم: يربونه ليكبر. — And they yastarshiḥūn the young animals: they raise them until they grow.
مُسْتَرْشَحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    grown tallclassical

    Metaphorically, a place where plants have grown tall and high.

والذالك الموضع مسترشح، بضم الميم وفتح الشين. — And that place is mustarshiḥ, with the first vowel short and the second open.
بمسترشح البهمى من الصخر صردح — in mustarshiḥ al-bahmā from the rock, a plateau
اسْتَرْشَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow tallclassical

    Used for plants, especially al-bahmā, when they grow tall and high.

واسترشح البهمى: إذا علا وارتفع. — And al-bahmā is istarshaḥa: if it grows tall and high.
يُرَشَّحُverb
  1. 1.
    to be nurtured or qualifiedboth

    To be nurtured, educated, or prepared for a position or task, often as a successor or heir.

هو يرشح للملك — He is being prepared for kingship.
ورشح للأمر: ربي له وأهل. — And he was prepared for the matter: he was nurtured and qualified for it.
وفلان يرشح للخلافة، إذا جعل ولي العهد. — And so-and-so is being prepared for the caliphate, if he is made the crown prince.
رَشْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a trace of sweatclassical

    A small amount of sweat or moisture.

  2. 2.
    a hint or traceclassical

    A small amount or trace of something, like a scent or a gift.

وأصابني بنفحة من عطائه، ورشحة من شمائه. — And I was struck by a whiff of his generosity, and a trace of his scent.

Parallel reading

جبينه (كمنع: عرق)
his forehead (like 'man'a: sweat)
والرشح: ندى العرق على الجسد
And ar-rashḥ: the dew of sweat on the body.
(كأرشح) عرقا، وترشح عرقا، قاله الفراء، وقد رشح، بالكسر، يرشح رشحا ورشحانا: ندي بالعرق.
(like arshaḥa) sweat, and tarashshaḥa sweat, said Al-Farra', and he has rashḥa, with kasra, yarshuḥu rashḥan and rushḥānan: he is dewy with sweat.
ورشح (الظبي): إذا قفز وأشر.
And rashḥa (the gazelle): if it leaps and is spirited.
(و) تقول: (لم يرشح له بشيء): إذا (لم يعطه).
And you say: (He was not given anything for it): if (he was not given it).
والمرشحة، بكسرهما البطانة التى تحت لبد السرج، سميت بذالك لأنها تنشف الرشح، يعني العرق.
And al-mirshaḥah, with both vowels short: the lining beneath the felt of the saddle, so named because it absorbs the rashḥ, meaning sweat.
وقيل: هي (ما تحت الميثرة).
And it was said: it is (what is beneath the saddle cushion).
(والرشيح) كأمير: (العرق) نفسه؛ عن أبي عمر و.
And ar-rashīḥ, like 'amīr: the sweat itself; from Abu Amr.
(و) الرشيح (نبت).
And ar-rashīḥ: a plant.
والذي في (اللسان): الرشيح ما على وجه الأرض من النبات.
And what is in (Al-Lisan): ar-rashīḥ is what grows on the surface of the earth.
(والترشيح: التربية والتهيئة للشيء).
And at-tarshīḥ: nurturing and preparing for something.
وفي حديث ظبيان: (يأكلون حصيدها، ويرشحون خضيدها).
And in the hadith of the gazelles: (They eat its harvested produce, and they nurture its young shoots).
ترشيحهم له: قيامهم عليه وإصلاحهم له إلى أن تعود ثمرته تطلع كما يفعل بشجر الأعناب والنخيل.
Their tarshīḥ of it: their taking care of it and improving it until its fruit returns to emerge, as is done with grapevines and date palms.
والترشح والترشيح: لحس الظبية ما على ولدها من الندوة، بالضم، ساعة تلده
And at-tarashshuḥ and at-tarshīḥ: the gazelle licking the dew from her young, when she gives birth to it.
وترشح الأم ولدها باللبن القليل إذا جعلته في فيه شيئا بعد شيء حتى يقوى على المص، وهو الترشيح.
And the mother tarashshaḥa her young with a little milk if she puts it in its mouth bit by bit until it becomes strong enough to suck, and this is at-tarshīḥ.
وترشح الفصيل، إذا قوي على المشي مع أمه.
And the young camel tarashshaḥa, if it becomes strong enough to walk with its mother.
وأرشحت الناقة والمرأة، وهي مرشح: إذا خالطها ولدها، ومشى معها، وسعى خلفها، ولم يعيها.
And the she-camel and the woman are arshaḥat (and she is murashshaḥah): if her young is with her, walks with her, runs after her, and does not tire her.
وقيل إذا قوي ولد الناقة، فهو راشح، وأمه مرشح، وقد رشح رشوحا.
And it is said if the young camel is strong, it is a rāshiḥ, and its mother is murashshaḥah, and she has rashḥa rashūḥan.
والجمع رشح.
And the plural is rushḥ.
إذا وضعت الناقة ولدها فهو سليل، فإذا قوي ومشى فهو راشح وأمه مرشح، فإذا ارتفع الراشح فهو خال.
If the she-camel gives birth to her young, it is a salīl; if it becomes strong and walks, it is a rāshiḥ and its mother is murashshaḥah; if the rāshiḥ grows older, it is a khāl.
وهو أن تحك أصل ذنبه وتدفعه برأسها وتقدمه، وتقف عليه حتى يلحقها.
It is that she rubs the base of its tail and pushes it with her head and precedes it, and stops for it until it catches up with her.
وتزجيه أحيانا أي تقدمه وتتبعه، وهي راشح ومرشح؛ كل ذالك على النسب.
And she sometimes urges it forward, meaning she precedes it and follows it, and she is rāshiḥ and murashshaḥah; all of that is by relation.
(و) من المجاز: (الراشح؛ ما دب على الأرض من خشاشها وأحناشها)
And from metaphor: (ar-rāshiḥ; what crawls on the earth from its vermin and small creatures).
(و) الراشح: (الجبل يندى أصله) فربما اجتمع فيه ماء قليل، فإن كثر سمي وشلا، (ج رواشح.
And ar-rāshiḥ: (the mountain whose base is moist) so a small amount of water may gather there; if it is abundant, it is called 'washa', plural rawāshiḥ.
(و) الراشح أيضا: ما رأيته (كالعرق يجري خلال الحجارة).
And ar-rāshiḥ also: what you see (like a vein running through stones).
وتقول: كم بين الفرات الطافح، والوشل الراشح.
And you say: How far between the overflowing Euphrates and the trickling spring.
(والرواشح: ثعل الشاة خاصة)، وهي أطباؤها.
And ar-rawāshiḥ: specifically the udders of a sheep, which are its 'doctors'.
(و) من المجاز: (هو أرشح فؤادا) أي (أذكى)، كأنه يرشح ذكاء.
And from metaphor: (He is arshaḥu of heart) meaning (more intelligent), as if radiating intelligence.
(و) من المجاز: بنو فلان (يسترشحون البقل)، هاكذا في سائر النسخ، وفي بعضها: النفل، (أي ينتظرون أن يطول فيرعوه.
And from metaphor: So-and-so's children (yastarshiḥūn the grass), thus in all copies, and in some: al-nafal, (meaning they wait for it to grow tall so they can graze it).
ويسترشحون (البهم: يربونه ليكبر).
And they yastarshiḥūn (the young animals): they raise them until they grow.
وفي غالب النسخ: البهمى، (و) ذالك (الموضع مسترشح)، بضم الميم وفتح الشين.
And in most copies: al-bahmā, and (that place is mustarshiḥ), with the first vowel short and the second open.
(واسترشح البهمى): إذا (علا وارتفع).
And al-bahmā (istarshaḥa): if it grows tall and high.
يقلب أشباها كأن ظهورها بمسترشح البهمى من الصخر صردح
It turns over likenesses as if their backs are on the plateau of the tall grass from the rock.
يعني بحيث رشحت (الأرض) البهمى يعني ربتها.
Meaning where the land nurtured the grass, meaning it raised it.
(و) من المجاز: (هو يرشح للملك) وفي (الصحاح) و (اللسان): للوزارة أي (يربى ويؤهل له).
And from metaphor: (He is being prepared for kingship) and in (Al-Ṣiḥāḥ) and (Al-Lisān): for the viziership, meaning (he is nurtured and qualified for it).
ورشح للأمر: ربي له وأهل.
And he was prepared for the matter: he was nurtured and qualified for it.
وفلان يرشح للخلافة، إذا جعل ولي العهد.
And so-and-so is being prepared for the caliphate, if he is made the crown prince.
وفي حدثي خالد بن الوليد (أنه رشح ولده لولاية العهد) أي أهله لها.
And in the account of Khalid bin Al-Walid (that he prepared his son for the succession) meaning he qualified him for it.
وأصله ترشيح الظبية ولدها تعوده المشي فترشح وغزال راشح ورشح: مشى.
And its origin is the gazelle preparing her young to get used to walking, so she prepares it, and a gazelle is rāshiḥ and rashḥa: it walked.
ورشح فلان لكذا وترشح، وكل ذالك مجاز.
And so-and-so was prepared for such-and-such, and tarashshaḥa, and all of that is metaphorical.
وبئر رشوح: قليلة الماء.
And a rashūḥ well: little in water.
ورشح النحي بما فيه، كذالك.
And the waterskin was rashḥa with what was in it, likewise.
رشح الغيث النبات: رباه.
The rain rashḥa the plants: it nurtured them.
ورشت القربة بالماء؛ والكوز.
And the waterskin was rashḥa with water; and the jug.
وكل إناء يرشح بما فيه.
And every container rashḥa with what was in it.
وأصابني بنفحة من عطائه، ورشحة من شمائه.
And I was struck by a whiff of his generosity, and a trace of his scent.