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ر خ س

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of cheapness or low price, with some derived terms possibly indicating a place name or a personal name.

Derived headwords

أَرْخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to make cheapclassical

    To cause something to become inexpensive or of low value. This verb is mentioned as a linguistic variant.

رَخُصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cheapboth

    To be inexpensive or of low price. This is the basic meaning associated with the root.

رَخْصnoun
  1. 1.
    cheapnessboth

    The state or quality of being inexpensive or of low value.

رَخَسname
  1. 1.
    Rakhsclassical

    A place name, specifically a village in Samarkand.

عُتْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ رَخْسٍname
  1. 1.
    Utbah ibn Sa'id ibn Rakhsclassical

    A Shami (from Syria) traditionist (muhaddith).

الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّخْسِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Abbas ibn Abdullah Al-Rakhsiclassical

    A person from the village of Rakhs in Samarkand.

Parallel reading

أرخس السعر، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
The price became cheap, neglected by Al-Jawhari and Ibn al-Lisan.
وقال ابن عباد: هو لغة في أرخصه، بالصاد.
And Ibn 'Abbad said: It is a dialectal variant of 'arḵaṣahu, with a ṣād.
وعتبة بن سعيد بن رخس، بالفتح: محدث شامي، نقله الحافظ والصاغاني.
And 'Utbah ibn Sa'id ibn Rakhs, with the fatḥah: a Shami traditionist, narrated by Al-Hafiz and Al-Saghani.
ومما يستدرك عليه: أرخس، بضمتين، ويقال: رخس: قرية بسمرقند بينهما أربعة فراسخ.
And among what is to be added to it: Arkhus, with two ḍammas, and it is said: Rakhs: a village in Samarkand, four parasangs between them.
منها العباس بن عبد الله الرخسي.
From it is Al-Abbas ibn Abdullah Al-Rakhsi.