رَيْحَانٌ

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رَيْحَانٌ a word respecting the formation of which there are different opinions; many saying that its medial radical letter is و, and its original form رَيْوَحَانٌ, as may be argued from the form of its dim., mentioned below; others, that its original form is رَوْيَحَانٌ; and others, that its medial radical letter is ى, and that it is of the same measure as شَيْطَانٌ, as may be argued from the form of its pl., mentioned below; A certain plant, well known, of sweet odour; the شَاهَسْفَرَم [or شَاهِسْفَرَم, i. e. basil-royal, or common sweet basil, ocimum basilicum, the seed of which (called بِزْرُ الرَّيْحَانِ) is used in medicine]: (Mgh: [see also حَبَقٌ:]) or any sweet-smelling plant; but when used absolutely by the vulgar, a particular plant [that mentioned above] is meant thereby: or the extremities thereof; i. e. the extremities of any sweet-smelling herb, when the first of its blossoms come forth upon it: or the leaves thereof: or the leaves of seed-produce: so, accord. to Fr, in the Kur lv. 11: [it is a coll. gen. n.:] the n. un. is with ة; and is applied to a bunch (طَاقَةٌ) of رَيْحَان; and, with the article ال, the حَنْوَة [a certain plant respecting which authors differ]: the dim. of رَيْحَانٌ is رُوَيْحِينٌ: and the pl. is رَيَاحِينُ. رَيْحَانُ الحَبَاحِمِ: and رَيْحَانُ الشُّيُوخِ: see حَبَقٌ. رَيْحَانُ القُبُورِ is a name of The مِرْسِين [or myrtle-tree]. (TA in art. مرس.)
2 Offspring; from the same word as signifying “ any sweet-smelling plant; or from the same word in the sense next following: [a coll. gen. n.: n. un. with ة; whence,] رِيْحَانَنَىَّ [meaning My two descendants] occurs in a saying of Mohammad as applied to El-Hasan and El-Hoseyn.
3 A bounty, or gift, of God; such as the means of subsistence, &c.; syn. رِزْقٌ: said to be of the dial. of Himyer. So in the saying, خَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِى رَيْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ [I went forth seeking, or seeking diligently, the bounty, &c., of God]. And in a verse of En-Nemir Ibn-Towlab cited voce دِرَّةٌ. And in the saying, in a trad., الوَلَدُ مِنْ رَيْحَانِ ٱللّٰهِ [Offspring are of the bounty of God].
4 It is also used in the accus. case as an Verbal.Noun [forming an absolute complement of a verb understood], in the sense of اِسْتِرْزَاق: so in the saying, سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ وَ رَيْحَانَهُ [I extol, or celebrate, or declare, the absolute perfection, or glory, or purity, of God, and beg his bounty, or his supply of the means of subsistence].
5 See also رَوْحٌ.

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