ارخاهُ
Root: رخو
Form: 4
Full Definition
ارخاهُIV
He made it, or rendered it, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; i. q.
جَعَلَهُ رِخْوًا; as also ↓راخاهُ. You say, ارخى الرِّبَاطَ [He relaxed, or slackened, the tie, or bond]; and ↓راخاهُ, Verbal.Noun مُرَاخَاةٌ. And لَهُ مِنْ خِنَاقِهِ [lit, Relax thou, or slacken thou, his cord with which he is being strangled]; meaning
2 ارخت, said of a she-camel, [app. for ارخت صَلَاهَا, i. e. She relaxed the part on either side of her tail, virtually] means صَلَاهَا ↓اِسْتَرْخَى, i. e. [the part on either side of her tail became relaxed; or] her صَلَوَانِ [or parts on the right and left of her tail] gaped, [or receded from each other,] on the occasion of bringing forth.
3 إِرْخَآءٌ also signifies A sort of running: or vehement running: or running exceeding what is termed تَقْرِيبٌ: (JK, K: [see 2 in art. قرب:]) or running (حُضْرٌ) that is not ardent, or not impetuous: or gentleness in running: accord. to Az, الإِرْخَآءُ الأَعْلَى means The most vehement [running termed] حُصْر; and الإِرْخَآءُ الأَدْنَى is less than that: and ارخى فِى عَدْوِهِ, said of a horse, signifies أَحْضَرَ [app. as meaning He rose in his running]; and is from رُخَآءٌ as an epithet applied to wind.
4 You say also, ارخى دَابَّتَهُ, meaning He made his beast to go the pace, or in the manner, termed إِرْخَآء, explained above: [or,] accord. to A 'Obeyd, الإِرْخَآءُ signifies the leaving a horse to follow his own eager desire in running, without fatiguing him.
2 ارخت, said of a she-camel, [app. for ارخت صَلَاهَا, i. e. She relaxed the part on either side of her tail, virtually] means صَلَاهَا ↓اِسْتَرْخَى, i. e. [the part on either side of her tail became relaxed; or] her صَلَوَانِ [or parts on the right and left of her tail] gaped, [or receded from each other,] on the occasion of bringing forth.
3 إِرْخَآءٌ also signifies A sort of running: or vehement running: or running exceeding what is termed تَقْرِيبٌ: (JK, K: [see 2 in art. قرب:]) or running (حُضْرٌ) that is not ardent, or not impetuous: or gentleness in running: accord. to Az, الإِرْخَآءُ الأَعْلَى means The most vehement [running termed] حُصْر; and الإِرْخَآءُ الأَدْنَى is less than that: and ارخى فِى عَدْوِهِ, said of a horse, signifies أَحْضَرَ [app. as meaning He rose in his running]; and is from رُخَآءٌ as an epithet applied to wind.
4 You say also, ارخى دَابَّتَهُ, meaning He made his beast to go the pace, or in the manner, termed إِرْخَآء, explained above: [or,] accord. to A 'Obeyd, الإِرْخَآءُ signifies the leaving a horse to follow his own eager desire in running, without fatiguing him.
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