رَاحَةٌ

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رَاحَةٌ Rest, repose, or ease; contr. of تَعَبٌ; cessation of trouble, or inconvenience, and of toil, or fatigue; [or freedom therefrom;] and رَوْحٌ signifies the same as رَاحَةٌ, from الاِسْتِرَاحَةُ; like رَوَاحٌ [mentioned in the first paragraph as an Verbal.Noun in a similar sense, as are also رَاحَةٌ and رَوْحَةٌ and رَوَاحَةٌ and رَوِيحَةٌ , i. e., as meaning the experiencing relief from grief &c.]. You say, مَا لِفُلَانٍ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مِنْ i. e. رَاحَةٍ [There is not, for such a one, in this affair, or case, or event, any rest, &c.]. And ذٰلِكَ فِى سَرَاحٍ وَ اِفْعَلْ Do thou that in a state of ease and rest.
2 See also 4, near the middle of the paragraph.

def.2 A wife; syn. عِرْسٌ: because one trusts to her, or relies upon her, and becomes quiet, or easy, in mind.

def.3 The hand; syn. كَفٌّ: or [rather] the palm of the hand; for the term كَفّ includes the راحة with the fingers: pl. رَاحٌ , [or rather this, said in the K to be syn. with رَاحَاتٌ, is a coll. gen. n., of which رَاحَةٌ is the n. un.,] and [the pl. is] رَاحَاتٌ. You say, دَفَعُوهُ [They pushed him with the palms of the hands]. The saying of a poet, إِذَا دَلَكَتْ شَمْسُ النَّهَارِ is explained as meaning When the sun of day has set, and men, looking towards it, shield themselves from its rays with the palms of their hands: or, accord. to IAar, when the [sun of] day has become dark, by reason of the dust of battle, and it is as though it were setting, and people have found rest from its heat. (L. [See also بَرَاحٌ, in art. برح; where other readings are mentioned.])
2 [Hence, app., as seems to be indicated in the TA,] رَاحَةُ الكَلْبِ A certain plant.
3 And ذُو الرَّاحَةِ A sword of El-Mukhtár Ibn-Abee-' Obeyd Eth-Thakafee.
4 رَاحَةٌ also signifies A court, an open area, or a yard, of a house. One says, تَرَكْتُهُ أَنْقَى مِنَ الرَّاحَةِ i. e. I left him, or it, more clear than the court, open area, or yard, [of a house,] or than the palm of the hand; meaning, without anything.
5 And رَاحٌ signifies also Plain and open tracts of land, producing much herbage, hard, but comprising soft places and [what are termed] جَرَاثِيم [pl. of جُرْثُومَةٌ, q. v.], not forming any part of [the bed of] a torrent nor of a valley; one whereof is termed رَاحَةٌ.
6 Also The plicature of a garment, or piece of cloth: or the original plicature thereof: so in the saying, in a trad., respecting a new garment, or piece of cloth, اِطْوِهِ عَلَى رَاحَتِهِ [Fold thou it in the manner of its original plicature].

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