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ورخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of wetness, moisture, and softness, particularly in relation to land and dough. It also extends to the idea of being relaxed or yielding, and metaphorically to the dating of documents.

Derived headwords

الورخnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A tree resembling the Marakh tree in its growth, but grayish, with fine leaves like or larger than tarragon leaves.

الوريخةnoun
  1. 1.
    wet landboth

    Moist or wet land.

  2. 2.
    relaxed doughboth

    Dough that is relaxed or loose due to an excess of water.

استورختverb
  1. 1.
    became wetboth

    To become moist or wet, referring to land.

تورختverb
  1. 1.
    became wetboth

    To become moist or wet, referring to land.

  2. 2.
    became relaxedboth

    To become relaxed or loose, referring to dough.

ورخverb
  1. 1.
    to become relaxedboth

    To become relaxed or loose, referring to dough.

يورخverb
  1. 1.
    to become relaxedboth

    To become relaxed or loose, referring to dough.

ورخاnoun
  1. 1.
    relaxationboth

    The state of being relaxed or loose, referring to dough.

أورختهverb
  1. 1.
    to add waterboth

    To add water to dough to make it relaxed or loose.

ورخةadjective
  1. 1.
    lush grassboth

    Describing land that is covered with abundant, dense grass.

ورخ الكتابverb
  1. 1.
    to date a bookclassical

    To date a book or document on a specific day; a variant pronunciation of أرّخ (arrkh).

Parallel reading

الورخ: شجر يشبه المرخ في نباته غير أنه أغبر، له ورق دقيق مثل ورق الطرخون أو أكبر.
Al-Warakh: A tree resembling the Marakh in its growth, but it is grayish, with fine leaves like tarragon leaves or larger.
والوريخة: الأرض المبتلة
And Al-Waryakha: The moist land.
وقد استورخت وتورخت: ابتلت.
And it became wet (istawrakhat and tawrakhat): it became moist.
والوريخة: المسترخي من العجين لكثرة الماء
And Al-Waryakha: The relaxed dough due to excess water.
وقد ورخ العجين، كوجل، يورخ ورخا وتورخ.
And the dough became relaxed (warakha), like wajala, it becomes relaxed (yawarukhu) warakhan and tawarakha.
وأورخته: أكقرت ماءه ليسترخي.
And I made it relaxed (awrakhtuhu): I added water to it so it would become relaxed.
وأرض ورخة: ملتفة العشب.
And a lush land (warikha): covered with grass.
ورخ الكتاب في يوم كذا، لغة في أرخه، عن يعقوب.
He dated the book on such-and-such a day (warakha al-kitab), a dialectal variant of arrkhahu, according to Ya'qub.