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رَوَاحٌ

Root: روح

Full Definition

رَوَاحٌ : see رَاحَةٌ, in three places.
2 It is also an Verbal.Noun of رَاحَ, [q. v.,] signifying the contr. of غُدُوٌ.
3 And it signifies also The evening; or the afternoon, from the declining of the sun from the meridian until night. One says, سَارُوا رَوَاحًا [They journeyed in the evening, or afternoon]. And لَقِيتُهُ I met him in the evening, or afternoon. And خَرَجْوا بِرَوَاحٍ مِنَ العَشِىِّ, and من العشىّ, or , and من العشىّ, using a pl. form, meaning the same, or They went forth in the beginning of the evening, or when there were yet some remains of the evening. And رِيَاحٌ أَتَى فُلَانٌ وَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النَّهَارِ, and [Such a one came when there were yet some remains for him of day].
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