رَحْلٌ
Root: رحل
Full Definition
رَحْلٌ
A saddle for a camel; as also
رَاحُولٌ ; for a he-camel and a she-camel; the thing for the camel that is like the
سَرْج
for the horse or similar beast; the thing that is put upon the camel for the purpose of riding thereon; smaller than the
قَتَب; one of the vehicles of men, exclusively of women: [this seems to be regarded as the primary signification by the authors of the Mgh and the K and by Er-Rághib: but see what follows:] or it signifies the camel's saddle together with his [girths called] رَبَض
and
حَقَب
and his [cloth called] حِلْس [that is put beneath the saddle], and all its other appertenances: and is applied also to the pieces of wood of the
رَحْل, without any apparatus: or it signifies anything, or everything, that a man prepares for removing, or journeying; such as a bag, or receptacle, for goods or utensils or apparatus, and a camel's saddle, and a [cloth such as is called] حِلْس [that is put beneath the saddle], and a
رَسَن [or rope for leading his camel]: or it signifies as first explained above, and also the goods, or utensils, or apparatus, which a man takes with him [during a journey]: [but accord. to the Msb, this signification is from another, mentioned below; and the same seems to be indicated in the S, which reverses the order in which I have mentioned the three significations that I quote from it:] this last signification is disapproved by El-Hareeree, in the “ Durrat el-Ghowwás: ” [but see two exs. voce حُذَافَةٌ:] the pl. is أَرْحُلٌ and رِحَالٌ; the former a pl. of pauc.; the latter, of mult. One says, حَطَّ رَحْلَهُ and أَلْقَى رَحْلَهُ [He put down his camel's saddle]; meaning he stayed, or abode. And هٰذَا مَحَطُّ الرِّحَالِ [This is the place where the camels' saddles are put down]. And in reviling, one says, يَا ٱبْنَ مُلْقَىأَرْحُلِ الرُّكْبَانِ [O son of the place in which are thrown down the camels' saddles of the riders; as though the person thus addressed were there begotten]; meaning
2 Er-Rághib, after giving the explanation mentioned as on his authority above, says that it is then sometimes applied to The camel [itself]: and is sometimes used in the sense next following; i. e.
3 A part, of a place of alighting or abode, upon which on sits: or a man's dwelling, or habitation; [in the first of which, this commences the art., app. showing that the author held this to be the primary signification;]) his house or tent; and his place of alighting or abode: a place to which a man betakes himself, or repairs, for lodging, covert, or refuge; a man's place of resort; in a region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land: and then applied to the goods, utensils, or apparatus, of a traveller; because they are, in travelling, the things to which he betakes himself: pl. أَرْحُلٌ and رِحَالٌ [as above]. One says, دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ رَحْلَهُ, i. e. [I went in to the man in] his dwelling, or place of abode. And it is said in a trad., إِذَا ٱبْتَلَّتِ النِّعَالُ فَصَلُّوا فِى الرِّحَالِ, or فِىلصَّلَاةُ فِى الرِّحَالِ, (Mgh, and so in the TA in art. نعل,) i. e. [When the نِعَال are moistened by rain, then pray ye, or then prayer shall be performed,] in the houses, or habitations, or places of abode; the نعال meaning here the حِرَار; or rugged and hard tracts of ground; which are here particularized because the least wet moistens them, whereas the soft tracts dry up the water: (IAth, TA in art. نعل:) Az says that the meaning is, when the hard grounds are rained upon, they become slippery to him who walks upon them; therefore pray ye in your abodes, and there shall not be anything brought against you for your not being present at the prayer in the mosques of the congregations: or the trad. may mean, then pray ye [on the camels' saddles, i. e.] riding.
4 In another trad., it is related that 'Omar said to the Prophet, حَوَّلْتُ رَحْلِىَ البَارِحَةَ; by the word رَحْل, as signifying [properly] either the “ place of abode and resort ” or the “ saddle upon which camels are ridden, ” alluding to his wife; meaning غِشْيَانُهَا فِى قُبُلِهَا مِنْ جِهَةِ ظَهْرِهَا
5 رَحْلُ المُصْحَفِ means The thing [or desk] upon which the مصحف [or copy of the Kur-án] is put, in shape [somewhat] like the saddle. [It is generally a small desk of which the front and back have the form of the letter X; commonly made of palm-sticks.]
def.2 [The pl.] رَحَالٌ also signifies [Carpets, or cloths, or the like, such as are called] طَنَافِس, of the fabric of El-Heereh.
2 Er-Rághib, after giving the explanation mentioned as on his authority above, says that it is then sometimes applied to The camel [itself]: and is sometimes used in the sense next following; i. e.
3 A part, of a place of alighting or abode, upon which on sits: or a man's dwelling, or habitation; [in the first of which, this commences the art., app. showing that the author held this to be the primary signification;]) his house or tent; and his place of alighting or abode: a place to which a man betakes himself, or repairs, for lodging, covert, or refuge; a man's place of resort; in a region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land: and then applied to the goods, utensils, or apparatus, of a traveller; because they are, in travelling, the things to which he betakes himself: pl. أَرْحُلٌ and رِحَالٌ [as above]. One says, دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ رَحْلَهُ, i. e. [I went in to the man in] his dwelling, or place of abode. And it is said in a trad., إِذَا ٱبْتَلَّتِ النِّعَالُ فَصَلُّوا فِى الرِّحَالِ, or فِىلصَّلَاةُ فِى الرِّحَالِ, (Mgh, and so in the TA in art. نعل,) i. e. [When the نِعَال are moistened by rain, then pray ye, or then prayer shall be performed,] in the houses, or habitations, or places of abode; the نعال meaning here the حِرَار; or rugged and hard tracts of ground; which are here particularized because the least wet moistens them, whereas the soft tracts dry up the water: (IAth, TA in art. نعل:) Az says that the meaning is, when the hard grounds are rained upon, they become slippery to him who walks upon them; therefore pray ye in your abodes, and there shall not be anything brought against you for your not being present at the prayer in the mosques of the congregations: or the trad. may mean, then pray ye [on the camels' saddles, i. e.] riding.
4 In another trad., it is related that 'Omar said to the Prophet, حَوَّلْتُ رَحْلِىَ البَارِحَةَ; by the word رَحْل, as signifying [properly] either the “ place of abode and resort ” or the “ saddle upon which camels are ridden, ” alluding to his wife; meaning غِشْيَانُهَا فِى قُبُلِهَا مِنْ جِهَةِ ظَهْرِهَا
5 رَحْلُ المُصْحَفِ means The thing [or desk] upon which the مصحف [or copy of the Kur-án] is put, in shape [somewhat] like the saddle. [It is generally a small desk of which the front and back have the form of the letter X; commonly made of palm-sticks.]
def.2 [The pl.] رَحَالٌ also signifies [Carpets, or cloths, or the like, such as are called] طَنَافِس, of the fabric of El-Heereh.
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