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رخخ

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to softness, looseness, and ease, particularly concerning living conditions, land, and physical substances. It extends to concepts of abundance, spaciousness, and even the movement of opinions or the mixing of liquids. Figurative uses include a chess piece and a mythical bird.

Derived headwords

الرَّخاخnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance, easeboth

    Abundant and easy living, characterized by spaciousness and comfort.

  2. 2.
    soft landboth

    Soft, yielding land that is spacious and comfortable to traverse.

رَخاخاًadjective
  1. 1.
    most abundantclassical

    Describing someone whose life is most abundant and easy.

الرَّخاءnoun
  1. 1.
    spaciousness, easeboth

    Spaciousness and ease, similar to 'rakhakh'. It can also refer to land that is expansive or puffed up and breaks underfoot.

رخاخيnoun
  1. 1.
    spacious landsclassical

    Plural of 'rakhaa', referring to expansive or puffed-up lands.

الرَّخّnoun
  1. 1.
    soft plantclassical

    A soft, brittle plant.

  2. 2.
    chess pieceboth

    A piece in chess, likely derived from a Persian word for a mythical bird.

  3. 3.
    large birdclassical

    A large bird capable of carrying a rhinoceros.

  4. 4.
    districtclassical

    A quarter or district in Nishapur.

رخخةnoun
  1. 1.
    chess pieceboth

    Plural of 'rakh', referring to the chess piece.

الرِّخاخnoun
  1. 1.
    chess piecesboth

    Plural of 'rakh', referring to the chess pieces.

الإرخاخnoun
  1. 1.
    exaggerationclassical

    To exaggerate or go to extremes in something.

الارتخاخnoun
  1. 1.
    looseningboth

    The act of becoming loose or relaxed, as with dough.

  2. 2.
    instability of opinionclassical

    The fluctuation or instability of one's opinion or judgment.

الاسترخاخnoun
  1. 1.
    looseningclassical

    The act of becoming loose or relaxed.

الاسترخاءnoun
  1. 1.
    looseningboth

    The act of becoming loose or relaxed.

رَخْرَخadjective
  1. 1.
    thin, softclassical

    Describing mud or clay that is thin and soft.

رَخْراخadjective
  1. 1.
    thin, softclassical

    Describing mud or clay that is thin and soft.

مُرْتَخٍadjective
  1. 1.
    overflowingclassical

    Describing a drunk person who is overflowing or unsteady.

مُلْتَخٍadjective
  1. 1.
    overflowingclassical

    Describing a drunk person who is overflowing or unsteady.

رَخَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to tread uponclassical

    To tread upon something, possibly crushing it.

رَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to mixclassical

    To mix a drink.

  2. 2.
    to be wateryclassical

    Describing dough that has too much water.

أَرْخَخَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make wateryclassical

    To make dough watery.

رَخَّnoun
  1. 1.
    watery doughclassical

    Dough that is watery.

رَخاخُ الثَّرىnoun
  1. 1.
    soft earthclassical

    The soft, yielding parts of the earth or ground.

Parallel reading

الرَّخاخُ، كسحابٍ، من العيشِ الواسعِ اللَّينِ.
Ar-rakhakh, like 'hasab', refers to abundant, soft living.
ورَخاخُ العيشِ: خَفْضُهُ ورَغَدُهُ.
And 'rakhakh al-'aysh' means its ease and abundance.
ويُوصَفُ بهِ فيُقالُ عيشٌ رَخاخٌ، أي واسعٌ ناعِمٌ.
And it is used as a description, so one says 'ayshun rakhakhun', meaning abundant and soft.
يأتي على الناسِ زمانٌ أفضلُهُمْ رَخاخاً أقْصَدُهُمْ عيشاً.
There will come upon people a time when the best among them will be those most abundant in provision and most moderate in living.
والرَّخاخُ من الأرضِ: الرَّخْوَةُ اللَّيِّنَةُ.
And 'ar-rakhakh' from the land means the soft, yielding earth.
رَخاخُ الأرضِ: ما اتَّسَعَ منها ولانَ ولا يَضُرُّكَ أسْتَوَى أو لم يَسْتَوِ.
'Rakhakh al-ardh': what is expansive and soft in it, and it does not harm you whether it is level or not.
والرَّخاءُ، بالتشديدِ والمدِّ: مِثْلُها.
And 'ar-rakhaa'', with shadda and madd, is similar to it (referring to soft land).
الرَّخاءُ: الأرضُ المُتَّسِعَةُ، أو هي المُتَّفِخَةُ التي تَتَكَسَّرُ تحتَ الوَطْءِ.
'Ar-rakhaa'': the expansive land, or it is the puffed-up land that breaks underfoot.
الرَّخُّ: نباتٌ لَيِّنٌ هَشٌّ، كالرَّخاخِ، بالفتحِ.
'Ar-rakh': a soft, brittle plant, like 'ar-rakhakh' (with fatha).
الرُّخُّ: من أدواتِ الشِّطْرَنْجِ.
'Ar-rukh': a piece from the tools of chess.
من حَقِّ الأشياخِ، أن لا يَجُولُوا جَوْلَ الرَّخاخِ.
It is fitting for elders not to move with the impetuosity of the 'rakhakh' (chess pieces).
الرُّخُّ: طائرٌ كبيرٌ يَحْمِلُ الكِرْكِدَّنَ.
'Ar-rukh': a large bird that carries the rhinoceros.
الإرْخاخُ: المُبالَغَةُ في الشيءِ.
'Al-irkhakh': exaggeration in something.
ارتَخَّ العَجينُ ارْتِخاخاً إذا اسْتَرخَى.
The dough became loose with looseness if it became relaxed.
ارتِخاخُ الرَّأيِ: اضْطِرابُهُ، وقد ارْتَخَّ رأيُهُ.
'Irtikhakh ar-ra'y': its instability; his opinion has become unstable.
وطينٌ رَخْرَخٌ ورَخْراخٌ: رَقيقٌ لَيِّنٌ.
And mud that is 'rakhrakh' and 'rakhrakh': thin and soft.
سَكْرانٌ مُرْتَخٍ ومُلْتَخٍ بالراءِ واللامِ، أي طافِحٌ.
Drunk and 'murtakhin' and 'multakhin' with ra and lam, meaning overflowing.
رَخَّهُ: وطِئَهُ فأرْخاهُ، وقيلَ: شَدَخَهُ فأرْخاهُ.
'Rakhakhahu': to tread upon it and make it loose; and it was said: to crush it and make it loose.
رَخَّ الشَّرابُ: مَزَجَهُ.
'Rakhkha ash-sharaabu': he mixed the drink.
ورَخَّ العَجينُ: كَثُرَ ماؤُهُ.
And 'rakhakha al-'ajeenu': its water became abundant.
وأرَخَّهُ هو.
And he made it watery.
رَخاخُ الثَّرى: ما لانَ مِنْهُ.
'Rakhakh ath-thara': what is soft of it.