Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَاحٌ

Root: روح

Full Definition

رَاحٌ Windy; applied to a day: or, so applied, violently-windy; as also رَائِحٌ , which is the original form, or may be so: fem. of the former with ة, applied to a night (لَيْلَةٌ). [See also رَيِّحٌ.] One says, هٰذِهِ لَيْلَةٌ رَاحَةٌ لِلْمَكْرُوبِ فِيهَا رَاحَةٌ [This is a windy night: the oppressed in mind has rest therein].

def.2 It is also syn. with اِرْتِيَاحٌ.
2 And [hence,] Wine; as also رَيَاحٌ : so called because the drinker thereof becomes brisk, lively, or sprightly; or, accord. to IHsh, because he becomes affected with briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, disposing him to generous actions: in the L, [which mentions these two words in art. ريح,] the ا in the former word is said to be substituted for ى [and hence the ى in the latter if such be the case].

def.3 See also رَاحَةٌ, in four places.


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