أَرَحُّ

Root: رح

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أَرَحُّ Spreading, or widely expanded; applied to a solid hoof, and to a foot such as is termed خُفّ: and wide; applied to anything: thus قَدَمٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide human foot: and a human foot having the middle of the sole even with the fore part; flat-soled; i. e. having, in the sole, no hollow part that does not touch the ground: and كِرْكِرّةٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide callous protuberance upon the breast of a camel: and جَفْنَةٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide [bowl such as is termed] جِفنة; like رَوْحَآءُ; wide and not deep: and جِفَانٌ رُحُحٌ wide جفان [pl. of جَفْنَةٌ]. Having a spreading hoof; applied to a horse, and to a mountain-goat: also, applied to a man, having a wide foot; or having, in the sole of his foot, no hollow part that does not touch the ground, as is the case in the feet of the Zinj; having the sole of the foot flat, so that all of it touches the ground: fem. رَحَّآءُ: you say اِمْرَأَةٌ رَحَّآءُ القَدَمَيْنِ: a high hollow to the sole of the foot is approved in a man and in a woman. Also, applied to a camel, Having one foot cleaving to another.

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