Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَخِيمٌ

Root: رخم

Full Definition

رَخِيمٌ , applied to speech, &c., Soft, or gentle, and easy: or [simply] easy: and, applied to the voice, soft, or gentle, plaintive, and melodious.
2 Also, applied to a girl, and so رَخِيمَةٌ, Easy [and soft or gentle] in speech: and in like manner, الصَّوْتِ [a girl soft, or gentle, &c., in voice]: and in like manner also the first and second are applied to a [young gazelle such as is termed] خِشْف.
3 رَخِيمُ الحَوَاشِى Gentle, gracious, or courteous, to his associates.


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