رَاحِلَةٌ

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رَاحِلَةٌ A she-camel that is fit to be saddled; thus some say; as also رَحُولٌ and رَحُولَةٌ : or [generally a saddle-camel, or] a camel that is ridden, male or female: accord. to IKt, a she-camel that is strong to journey and to bear burdens; and such as a man chooses for his riding and his saddle on account of excellence, or generousness, or high breed, or of strength and lightness and swiftness, and of perfectness of make, and beauty of aspect: but this explanation is wrong: it signifies a he-camel, and a she-camel, that is excellent, or generous, or high-bred, or strong and light and swift: the she-camel is not more entitled to this appellation than the he-camel: the ة is added to give intensiveness to the signification; as in دَاهِيَةٌ and بَاقِعَةٌ and عَلَّامَةٌ, epithets applied to a man: or, as some say, the she-camel is so called because she is saddled; and it is like عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ, and مَآءٌ دَافِقٌ meaning مَدْفُوقٌ: or, as others say, because she is ذَاتُ رَحْلٍ [one having a saddle]; and in like manner, عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ means ذَاتُ رَضًى, and مَآءٌ دَافِقٌ means ذُو دَفْقٍ: the pl. is رَوَاحِلُ. It is said in a trad., تَجِدُونَ النَّاسَ بَعْدِى كَإِبِلٍ مِائَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا رَاحِلَةٌ [Thou wilt find the people, or mankind, after me, like a hundred camels among which there is not a راحلة]: because the راحلْ among a herd of camels is conspicuous and known.
2 مَشَتْ رَوَاحِلِى, a phrase used by the poet Dukeyn, means I have become hoary and weak: or, as some say, I have forsaken my ignorant, or foolish, behaviour, and have restrained myself from foul conduct, and become obedient to my censurers; like as the راحلة obeys her chider, and goes.

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