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أَرْيَحِيَّةٌ

Root: روح

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أَرْيَحِيَّةٌ Largeness, or liberality, of disposition; alacrity, cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, disposing one to promptness in acts of liberality, kindness, or beneficence: the former ى is said by AAF to be substituted for و: , accord. to Lh, signifies the same, and ISd thinks it to be an Verbal.Noun, of which the verb is تَرَيَّحَ. (L: in which these two ns. are mentioned in the present art. and in art. ريح. [See also رَاحٌ: and see 1.]) You say, أَخَذَتْهُ الأَرْيَحِيَّةُ, or أَرْيَحِيَّةٌ إِلَى النَّدَى, i. e. Alacrity, cheerfulness, &c., disposing him to promptness in acts of liberality, affected him. [See also 1, near the begin ning, where it is mentioned as an Verbal.Noun]
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