Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَرْحُومٌ

Root: رحم

Full Definition

مَرْحُومٌ : see رَحِيمٌ.
2 المَرْحُومَةُ is a name of El-Medeeneh.
3 [And المَرْحُومُ, which may be rendered The object of God's mercy, is commonly used in the present day as an epithet applied to the person, whoever he be, that has died in what is believed to be the true faith; as though meaning merely the deceased.]


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