رَائِحٌ

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رَائِحٌ , applied to a day; and رَائِحَةٌ, applied to a night (لَيْلَةٌ): see رَاحٌ; and رَيِّحٌ. [In each case it probably has both of the meanings assigned under these two heads.]
2 Also Going, or returning, [or journeying, or working, or doing a thing, ] in the evening, or in the afternoon: [and going, or journeying, at any time of the night or day: ] and in like manner, [but in an intensive sense,] رَؤُوحٌ , of which the pl. is رُوحٌ; and رَوَّاحٌ , of which the pl. is رَوَّاحُونَ, it having no broken pl.: رَوَحٌ is pl., or [rather] a quasi-pl. n., of رَائِحٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ. قَوْمُكَ رَائِحٌ [Thy people, or party, are, or is, going, &c.] is a phrase of the Arabs mentioned by Lh on the authority of Ks; but he says that it is only used thus, with a determinate noun; i. e., that one does not say قَوْمٌ رَائِحٌ [though this is agreeable with analogy, as well as قَوْمٌ رَائِحَةٌ and قَوْمٌ رَائِحُونَ]: one says also قَوْمٌ رَوَحٌ and رُوحٌ. And one says إِبِلٌ رَائِحَةٌ Camels returning in the evening, or afternoon, from pasture. [Hence,] مَا لَهُ سَارِحَةٌ وَ لَا رَائِحَةٌ [lit. He has not any camels, &c., that go away to pasture, nor any that return from pasture], meaning he has not anything: and sometimes it means he has not any people, or party. (Lh, TA in art. سرح.) أَعْطَانِى رَائِحَةٍ زَوْجًا occurs in a trad. as meaning He gave me, of every kind of cattle that returned to him from pasture, a portion, or sort: and in another, مَالٌ رَائِحٌ, as meaning [Property, or cattle,] of which the profit and recompense return to one: or in each, as some relate it, the word is with ب [i. e. رَابِحَة and رَابِح]. طَيْرٌ رَوَحٌ means Birds in a state of dispersion: or returning in the evening, or afternoon, to their places, or to their nests: or, accord. to the T, رَوَحٌ in this case is for رَوَحَةٌ, [a pl. of رَائِحٌ,] like كَفَرَةٌ and فَجَرَةٌ, [pls. of كَافِرٌ and فَاجِرٌ,] and means, in this instance, in a state of dispersion.
3 Also, [used as a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] A wild bull: so in the saying of El-' Ajjáj, عَالَيْتُ أَنْسَاعِى وَ جُِلْبَ الكُورِ عَلَى سَرَاةِ رَائِحٍ مَمْطُورِ i. e. [I put my plaited thongs, and the curved pieces of wood, or the cover, of the camel's saddle, upon the back of ] a wild bull rained upon; for when he is rained upon, he runs vehemently: but the reading commonly known is, بَلْ خِلْتُ أَعْلَاقِى وَ جُِلْبَ كُورِ [Nay, or nay rather, I fancied my bags for travelling-provisions &c. that were hung upon my camel, and the curved pieces of wood of my camel's saddle]. (IB, TA in art. جلب. [اعلاقى is there explained as meaning “ my things that I held in high estimation: ” but the rendering that I have given I consider preferable.])

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