رَاحَ
Root: روح
Form: 1
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رَاحَI
, sec. pers. رِحْتَ, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رِيحٌ; and Present.T يَرُوحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ, or رُؤُوحٌ; It was violently windy. And راح, Present.T يَرُوحُ, Verbal.Noun رُؤُوحٌ, It was one of good, or pleasant, wind.
2 راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ, It was, or became, cool and pleasant [by means of the wind]. It [was, or became, aired by the wind; or] was entered by the wind.
3 راح الشَّجَرُ The trees felt the wind. [See also another meaning below.]
4 [Hence, perhaps,] راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَاحٌ,
5 رَاحَ, Present.T يَرُوحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ; and تروّح ; both signify the same; contr. of غَدَا; said of a man, and of a company of men, He, and they, went, or journeyed, or worked, or did a thing, in the evening, or in the afternoon, i. e., from the declining of the sun from the meridian until night: this is said to be the primary meaning: but they also mean he, or they, returned: and went, or journeyed, at any time: [for] الرَّوَاحُ is not, as some imagine it to be, only [the going, or journeying,] in the last, or latter, part of the day; but is used by the Arabs as meaning the going, or journeying, at any time of the night or day; as also الغُدُوُّ: so say Az and others: or راح, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ, signifies he came, or went, after the declining of the sun from the meridian: but is sometimes used as meaning he went in an absolute sense: and thus it means in the trad. commencing مَنْ رَاحَ إِلَى الجُمُعَةِ [mentioned above, where a different explanation of the verb is given]: and [in like manner] one says to his companion or companions, or تَرَوَّحُوا as meaning Go, or journey: but رَاحَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T تَرُوحُ and تَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ and رَائِحَةٌ, signifies only The camels returned in the evening, or afternoon, when their pastors drove or brought them back to their owners: so says Az. You say, رُحْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ and عِنْدَهُمْ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ and رَوَاحٌ, I went, and I came, to them in the evening, or afternoon; [or at any time, as appears from what has been said above;] and so رُحْتُهُمْ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ; and , Verbal.Noun تَرْوِيحٌ; and : and أَنَا أُغَادِيهِ وَ [I go, or come, to him early in the morning, in the first part of the day, or between the time of the prayer of daybreak and sunrise, and I go, or come, to him in the evening, or afternoon, app. he doing the like to me]. And رَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِبِلُهُ, and غَنَمُهُ, and مَالُهُ, His camels, and his sheep or goats, and his cattle, returned to him after the declining of the sun from the meridian; only at that time: and may perhaps be a dial. var. thereof: or راحت بِالعَشِىِّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا they returned from the place of pasture in the evening, or afternoon, to their owners.
6 راح الشَّجَرُ, Present.T يَزَاحُ; and تروّح ; [said in the TA to be tropical, but not so in the A;] The trees broke forth with leaves: or the former, the trees broke forth with leaves before the winter, when the night became cold, without rain; and so the latter: or the latter, the trees broke forth with leaves after the close of the صَيْف [or summer]: and تروّح الغُصْنُ The branch put forth leaves after other leaves had fallen from it. [See another meaning of راح الشجر near the beginning of this art.]
7 راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَاحَةٌ, said of a horse, [perhaps from the same verb as signifying “ he was, or became, brisk, lively, ” &c.,] He became a stallion, or fit to cover.
def.2 رَاحَتْهُ الرِّيحُ, Present.T تَرَاحُ, The wind smote it; namely, a thing; as, for instance, a tree, and said of a tempestuous wind. And رِيحَ, said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It was smitten [or blown upon] by the wind. In like manner also it is said of other things. One says, رِيحَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree was blown upon by the wind: or was blown about, or shaken, by the wind, so that its leaves were made to fall: or had the dust scattered upon it by the wind. And رِيحُوا They were smitten and destroyed by the wind: or they entered upon [a time of] wind; as also, in this latter sense, , or .
2 راح الشَّىْءَ, first pers. رِحْتُ, Present.T يَرَاحُ and يَرِيحُ, [Verbal.Noun, app., of the former رَوْحٌ and of the latter رِيحٌ as in the phrase of similar meaning following;] and , and ; He smelt the thing; perceived its smell, or odour; as also and : and راح الرِّيحَ, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ; and Present.T يَرِيحُ, Verbal.Noun رِيحٌ; and ; He smelt the odour. You say of an object of the chase, , and , Verbal.Noun of the latter إِرْوَاحٌ, He smelt me; perceived my smell, or odour: and of the same, اراح , and , and اِسْتَرْوَحَ , and , He smelt a human being; perceived his smell, or odour: and the second of these four, and the third and fourth, he smelt gently, that he might perceive the odour of a thing: or the third and fourth of the same, he smelt, or perceived, odour: and these two, said of a stallion, he perceived the smell of the female: and of a beast of prey you say, الرِّيحَ, and , and , and , meaning he smelt, or perceived, the odour; and accord. to Lh, some say, رَاحَهَا; but this is seldom used. [It is asserted that is only from الرَّاحَةُ; but this assertion is of no weight against the authorities cited above.] It is said in a trad., مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهِدَةً لَمْ يَرَحٌ رَائِحَةَ الجَنَّةِ, or لم يَرِحْ, or لم , i. e. [He who slays a person with whom he is on terms of
3 [And hence, app.,] راح مِنْكَ مَعْرُوفًا, and ,
def.3 رَوِحَ, Present.T يَرْوَحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَحٌ, He had the quality termed رَوَحٌ, [explained below, i. e. width in the space between the thighs or legs; &c.; or] a spreading in the fore part of each foot. And رَوِحَتْ قَدَمُهُ His foot had the quality so termed.
2 راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ, It was, or became, cool and pleasant [by means of the wind]. It [was, or became, aired by the wind; or] was entered by the wind.
3 راح الشَّجَرُ The trees felt the wind. [See also another meaning below.]
4 [Hence, perhaps,] راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَاحٌ,
[وَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَرَاحُ إِلَى النِّسَا
5 رَاحَ, Present.T يَرُوحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ; and تروّح ; both signify the same; contr. of غَدَا; said of a man, and of a company of men, He, and they, went, or journeyed, or worked, or did a thing, in the evening, or in the afternoon, i. e., from the declining of the sun from the meridian until night: this is said to be the primary meaning: but they also mean he, or they, returned: and went, or journeyed, at any time: [for] الرَّوَاحُ is not, as some imagine it to be, only [the going, or journeying,] in the last, or latter, part of the day; but is used by the Arabs as meaning the going, or journeying, at any time of the night or day; as also الغُدُوُّ: so say Az and others: or راح, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ, signifies he came, or went, after the declining of the sun from the meridian: but is sometimes used as meaning he went in an absolute sense: and thus it means in the trad. commencing مَنْ رَاحَ إِلَى الجُمُعَةِ [mentioned above, where a different explanation of the verb is given]: and [in like manner] one says to his companion or companions, or تَرَوَّحُوا as meaning Go, or journey: but رَاحَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T تَرُوحُ and تَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَاحٌ and رَائِحَةٌ, signifies only The camels returned in the evening, or afternoon, when their pastors drove or brought them back to their owners: so says Az. You say, رُحْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ and عِنْدَهُمْ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ and رَوَاحٌ, I went, and I came, to them in the evening, or afternoon; [or at any time, as appears from what has been said above;] and so رُحْتُهُمْ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ; and , Verbal.Noun تَرْوِيحٌ; and : and أَنَا أُغَادِيهِ وَ [I go, or come, to him early in the morning, in the first part of the day, or between the time of the prayer of daybreak and sunrise, and I go, or come, to him in the evening, or afternoon, app. he doing the like to me]. And رَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِبِلُهُ, and غَنَمُهُ, and مَالُهُ, His camels, and his sheep or goats, and his cattle, returned to him after the declining of the sun from the meridian; only at that time: and may perhaps be a dial. var. thereof: or راحت بِالعَشِىِّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا they returned from the place of pasture in the evening, or afternoon, to their owners.
6 راح الشَّجَرُ, Present.T يَزَاحُ; and تروّح ; [said in the TA to be tropical, but not so in the A;] The trees broke forth with leaves: or the former, the trees broke forth with leaves before the winter, when the night became cold, without rain; and so the latter: or the latter, the trees broke forth with leaves after the close of the صَيْف [or summer]: and تروّح الغُصْنُ The branch put forth leaves after other leaves had fallen from it. [See another meaning of راح الشجر near the beginning of this art.]
7 راح, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَاحَةٌ, said of a horse, [perhaps from the same verb as signifying “ he was, or became, brisk, lively, ” &c.,] He became a stallion, or fit to cover.
def.2 رَاحَتْهُ الرِّيحُ, Present.T تَرَاحُ, The wind smote it; namely, a thing; as, for instance, a tree, and said of a tempestuous wind. And رِيحَ, said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It was smitten [or blown upon] by the wind. In like manner also it is said of other things. One says, رِيحَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree was blown upon by the wind: or was blown about, or shaken, by the wind, so that its leaves were made to fall: or had the dust scattered upon it by the wind. And رِيحُوا They were smitten and destroyed by the wind: or they entered upon [a time of] wind; as also, in this latter sense, , or .
2 راح الشَّىْءَ, first pers. رِحْتُ, Present.T يَرَاحُ and يَرِيحُ, [Verbal.Noun, app., of the former رَوْحٌ and of the latter رِيحٌ as in the phrase of similar meaning following;] and , and ; He smelt the thing; perceived its smell, or odour; as also and : and راح الرِّيحَ, Present.T يَرَاحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْحٌ; and Present.T يَرِيحُ, Verbal.Noun رِيحٌ; and ; He smelt the odour. You say of an object of the chase, , and , Verbal.Noun of the latter إِرْوَاحٌ, He smelt me; perceived my smell, or odour: and of the same, اراح , and , and اِسْتَرْوَحَ , and , He smelt a human being; perceived his smell, or odour: and the second of these four, and the third and fourth, he smelt gently, that he might perceive the odour of a thing: or the third and fourth of the same, he smelt, or perceived, odour: and these two, said of a stallion, he perceived the smell of the female: and of a beast of prey you say, الرِّيحَ, and , and , and , meaning he smelt, or perceived, the odour; and accord. to Lh, some say, رَاحَهَا; but this is seldom used. [It is asserted that is only from الرَّاحَةُ; but this assertion is of no weight against the authorities cited above.] It is said in a trad., مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهِدَةً لَمْ يَرَحٌ رَائِحَةَ الجَنَّةِ, or لم يَرِحْ, or لم , i. e. [He who slays a person with whom he is on terms of
3 [And hence, app.,] راح مِنْكَ مَعْرُوفًا, and ,
def.3 رَوِحَ, Present.T يَرْوَحُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَحٌ, He had the quality termed رَوَحٌ, [explained below, i. e. width in the space between the thighs or legs; &c.; or] a spreading in the fore part of each foot. And رَوِحَتْ قَدَمُهُ His foot had the quality so termed.
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