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أَرَّخَ

Root: ارخ

Form: 2

Full Definition

أَرَّخَII , Verbal.Noun تَأْرِيخٌ; and , Verbal.Noun أَرْخٌ; but the former is the more common, and the latter is by some rejected, though correct accord. to IKtt and others; and , Verbal.Noun مُؤَارَخَةٌ; as also وَرَّخَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَوْرِيخٌ; in which the و is a substitute for the ء; a form seldom used; He dated the writing, or letter; inscribed it with a date, or note of the time when it was written. You say also, أَرَّخَ الكِتَابَ بِيَوْمِ كَذَا He inscribed the writing, or letter, with the date of such a day. And أَرَّخَ البَيِّنَةَ He dated, or mentioned the date of, the evidence, proof, or voucher: in the contr. case saying, أَطْلَقَ. Some say that تأريخ is an arabicized word, borrowed by the Muslims from the people of the Bible: [i. e., from the Jews or Christians; app. from the Hebr. יָרֵחַ the “moon,” or יֶרַח “a month;“ or from the Chald. יְרַח “a month;” as observed by Golius:] others say that it is [pure] Arabic: some, that it is formed by transposition from تَأْخِيرٌ.


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