رَخُوَ
Root: رخو
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَخُوَI
, Present.T يَرْخُو; and رَخِىَ, Present.T يَرْخَى; Verbal.Noun رَخَاوَةٌ and رَخَآءٌ, (M, K, but in several copies of the latter رَخًا,) or this is a simple subst., and رِخْوَةٌ, with kesr, which is extr., and some add رُخْوَةٌ, and رَخْوَةٌ; It was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; i. q.
صَارَ رِخْوًا, i. e. هَشَّا; or لَانَ; and
استرخى signifies the same.
2 And رَخُوَ, and رَخِىَ, and [رَخَا] like دَعَا [of which the Present.T is يَدْعُو], and [رَخَا] like رَعَى [of which the Present.T is يَرْعَى; in the CK, erroneously, like رُعِىَ]; the Present.T [or the first and third] being يَرْخُو and [that of the second and fourth being] يَرْخَى; said of life (عَيْش),
2 And رَخُوَ, and رَخِىَ, and [رَخَا] like دَعَا [of which the Present.T is يَدْعُو], and [رَخَا] like رَعَى [of which the Present.T is يَرْعَى; in the CK, erroneously, like رُعِىَ]; the Present.T [or the first and third] being يَرْخُو and [that of the second and fourth being] يَرْخَى; said of life (عَيْش),
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