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رحض

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of washing, cleaning, or rinsing. It extends to the state of being washed, the tools used for washing, and places associated with washing. Metaphorically, it can refer to removing blame or shame, and also to sweating profusely, especially due to illness.

Derived headwords

رَحَضَهُ، يَرْحَضُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To wash something, to clean it by rinsing or scrubbing.

أَرْحَضَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to washclassical

    An alternative form of the verb meaning to wash.

رَحْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    washingboth

    The act or process of washing.

مَرْحَضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washing placeboth

    A place where one washes, similar to a latrine or a place for ablution.

  2. 2.
    washing basinclassical

    A basin or vessel used for washing, like a tub or a washbowl.

مَرْحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    toiletboth

    A place for relieving oneself, a latrine or privy.

  2. 2.
    washing stickclassical

    A stick used to beat clothes while washing them.

مَرَاحِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    toiletsboth

    Plural of 'مرحاض', referring to multiple latrines or privies.

رَحِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Washed clean, especially referring to a garment or a person.

مَرْحُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Passive participle, meaning washed or cleaned.

رَحْضِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Al-Rahiḍiyyahclassical

    A place name, possibly a village or area near Medina, associated with the Ansar and Banu Sulaym.

رَحْضَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatboth

    Sweat, especially profuse sweat, often associated with fever or illness.

  2. 2.
    fever sweatclassical

    The sweat that breaks out during or after a fever.

رَحِضَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweat profuselyclassical

    To sweat heavily, particularly from illness or distress.

مَرْحُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    sweating profuselyclassical

    Describing someone who is sweating heavily, especially due to sickness.

رَحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    sweatclassical

    A name for sweat, derived from the root's meaning of profuse sweating.

ارْتَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be disgracedclassical

    To become disgraced or exposed, to fall into shame.

رَحْضَةname
  1. 1.
    Raḥḍahclassical

    A name of a person, possibly a companion (Sahabi).

رَحَاضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washingsclassical

    The liquid residue from washing, the washings.

رَحْضnoun
  1. 1.
    sour milkclassical

    A type of sour milk or fermented milk product.

  2. 2.
    worn-out waterskinclassical

    An old, worn-out waterskin.

ثَوْبٌ رَحْضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    worn-out washed garmentclassical

    A garment that has been washed so much it has become worn out and old.

مِرْحَاضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washing vesselclassical

    A vessel used for washing, similar to a basin or a 'tawr' (washstand).

تَرْحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    washingclassical

    The act of washing or rinsing.

أَرْحَضِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    Al-Arḥaḍiyyahclassical

    A valley located between Ablah and Qaran, in the region of the two holy cities.

Parallel reading

إذا الحسناء لم ترحض يديها ... ولم يقصر لها بصر بستر
If the beautiful woman does not wash her hands... and her sight does not avert itself with veiling.
وعليهم قمص مرحضة أي مغسولة
And upon them were shirts, washed, meaning cleaned.
لن يرحض السوءات عن أحسابكم ... نعم الحواثر إذ تساق لمعبد
The evils will not be washed away from your lineages... Indeed, the strong women when brought to Ma'bad.
حتى إذا ما تركوه كالثوب الرحيض أحالوا عليه فقتلوه
Until when they left him like a washed garment, they turned against him and killed him.
مهامه أشباه كأن سرابها ... ملاء بأيدي الغاسلات رحيض
Vast plains resembling each other, as if their mirages... filled the hands of the washers with washed water.
والمرحاض، بالكسر: خشبة يضرب بها الثوب إذا غسل.
And al-mirḥāḍ, with a kasra: a stick with which the garment is beaten when washed.
هو أيضا المغتسل
It is also the place of washing (the bath).
المرحاض في الأصل: موضع الرحض، وقد يكنى به عن مطرح العذرة
Al-mirḥāḍ in origin: the place of washing, and it may be used metaphorically for the place where excrement is deposited.
فوجدنا مراحيضهم استقبل بها القبلة، فكنا ننحرف ونستغفر الله
And we found their toilets facing the Qibla, so we would turn away and seek forgiveness from God.
هي الميضأة
It is the place of ablution.
فمسح عنه الرحضاء
And he wiped away the sweat from him.
رحض المحموم، كعني: أخذته الرحضاء
The feverish person sweated profusely, as in 'he was overcome by sweat'.
إذا عرق المحموم من الحمى فهي الرحضاء
If the feverish person sweats from the fever, it is al-raḥḍā'.
ارتحض الرجل: افتضح
A man became disgraced: he was exposed.
كرحض قديم فالتيمن أروح
Like an old washed garment, so the good omen is more fitting.
لأنه يغسل فيها الثياب
Because clothes are washed in it.
من الحلوء صادق الإمضاض في العين لا يذهب بالترحاض
From the sweetening, truthful in its astringency in the eye, it does not go away with washing.