ضَرِيحٌ
Root: ضرح
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ضَرِيحٌ
Distant, or remote: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ.
2 Also A trench, or an oblong excavation, in the middle of a grave; and so ضَرِيحَةٌ : in this sense [likewise] of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: what is termed لَحْدٌ is in the side: or a grave altogether: or a grave without a لَحْد: pl. ضَرَائِحُ. One says, نَوَّرَ ٱللّٰهُ ضَرِيحَهُ i. e. [May God illumine] his grave.
3 See also الضُّرَاحُ.
2 Also A trench, or an oblong excavation, in the middle of a grave; and so ضَرِيحَةٌ : in this sense [likewise] of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: what is termed لَحْدٌ is in the side: or a grave altogether: or a grave without a لَحْد: pl. ضَرَائِحُ. One says, نَوَّرَ ٱللّٰهُ ضَرِيحَهُ i. e. [May God illumine] his grave.
3 See also الضُّرَاحُ.
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