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1 رَاحَ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) sec. pers. رِحْتَ, (Msb,) aor. يَرَاحُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. رِيحٌ; (K;) and aor. يَرُوحُ, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. رَوْحٌ, (Msb,) or رُؤُوحٌ; (TA;) It (a day) was violently windy. (S, Msb, K.) And راح, aor. يَرُوحُ, inf. n. رُؤُوحٌ, It (a day) was one of good, or pleasant, wind. (TA.) ― -b2- راح, aor. يَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَوْحٌ, It was, or became, cool and pleasant [by means of the wind]. (L.) It (a house, or tent, the door being opened,) [was, or became, aired by the wind; or] was entered by the wind. (L.) ― -b3- راح الشَّجَرُ The trees felt the wind. (AHn, K.) [See also another meaning below.] ― -b4- [Hence, perhaps,] راح, aor. يَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَاحٌ, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, or quick; [as though he felt the wind and was refreshed by it;] (L;) as also ↓ ارتاح : (S, A, L, K:) رَاحٌ and ↓ اِرْتِيَاحٌ signify the same: (S, L, K: [in the CK, الاِرْتِياحِ is erroneously put for الاِرْتِيَاحُ:]) and ↓ اِسْتَرْوَحَ (assumed tropical:) he (a man) became light, or active, and quick; syn. شَمَّرَ. (Msb.) You say, راح لِلشَّىْءِ [and إِِلَى الشَّىْءِ] and ↓ ارتاح [and ارتاح بِهِ] (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, brisk, lively, &c, as above, at the thing, [or betook himself with briskness, liveliness, &c., to the thing,] and was rejoiced by it. (Lth, TA.) A poet says, “ وَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَرَاحُ إِِلَى النِّسَا
” [(assumed tropical:) And thou assertedst that thou dost not, or wilt not, betake thyself with briskness, &c., to women, nor be rejoiced by them]. (Lth, TA.) And راح لِلْأَمْرِ i. q. ↓ ارتاح [He betook himself with briskness, &c., to the thing, or affair; or was brisk, &c., to do it]. (TA.) And راح لِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ, (L, K,) and إِِلَيْهِ, (L,) aor. يَرَاحٌ, inf. n. رَوَاحٌ and رُؤُوحٌ and رَاحٌ and رِيَاحَةٌ (L, K) and رَاحَةٌ and أَرْيَحِيَّةٌ, (L,) (assumed tropical:) He brightened in countenance at that thing, (L, [there explained by أَشْرَقَ لَهُ, and this I regard as the right reading, rather than that which I find in the copies of the K, which is أَشْرَفَ لَهُ, perhaps meaning the same as أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ, i. e. he became acquainted with that thing, or knew it, syn. اِطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ,]) and rejoiced in it, or at it, (L, K,) and was thereby affected with alacrity, cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, disposing him to promptness in acts of kindness or beneficence: said of a generous man when he is asked to confer a gift; and sometimes, metaphorically, of dogs when called by their owner, and of other animals. (L.) [It is also said that] رَوَاحٌ and رَوَاحَةٌ and رَاحَةٌ and رَوْحَةٌ and رَوِيحَةٌ [all app. inf. ns. of رَاحَ, or some of them may be simple substs.,] and مُرَايَحَةٌ [as though inf. n. of ↓ رَايَحَ ] (L, K) signify (assumed tropical:) The experiencing relief from grief or sorrow, after suffering therefrom: (L:) or the experiencing the joy, or happiness, arising from certainty. (K. [See also رَوْحٌ, below.]) You say also, إِِلَى حَدِيثِهِ ↓ اِسْتَرْوَحْتُ [app. meaning (assumed tropical:) I was affected with cheerfulness, liveliness, or the like, at his discourse, or narration; as seems to be indicated by the context in the place where it is mentioned: or perhaps, he trusted to his discourse, and became quiet, or easy, in mind; agreeably with an explanation of the verb which see below]: (A:) or الى حديثه ↓ استراح (assumed tropical:) he inclined to his discourse. (MA.) And راح لِلْمَعْرُوفِ, (S, A, L, K,) sec. pers. رِحْتَ, (L,) aor. يَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَاحَةٌ (S, L, K) and رِيحٌ; (L;) and له ↓ ارتاح ; (A, L;) (tropical:) He was affected with alacrity, cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, disposing him to promptness to do what was kind or beneficent: (As, S, L, K:) he inclined to, and loved, kindness or beneficence. (L.) And لِلنَّدَى ↓ ارتاح (assumed tropical:) [He was affected with alacrity, &c., and so disposed to bounty or liberality]. (S, K.) And نَزَلَتْ ا@للّٰهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ فَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْهَا ↓ بِهِ بَلِيَّةٌ فَا@رْتَاحَ (tropical:) [A trial, or an affliction, befell him, and God was active and prompt with his mercy, and delivered him from it]: (T:) but ISd disapproves of thus speaking of God; and El-Fárisee says that it is an instance of the rudeness of speech characteristic of Arabs of the desert. (TA.) [Hence seems to have originated, as is app. implied in the TA, the assertion that] ↓ الاِرْتِيَاحُ signifies (assumed tropical:) The being merciful: and ا@للّٰهُ لَهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ ↓ ارتاح , (assumed tropical:) God delivered him from trial, or affliction: (K:) or ا@للّٰهُ لِفُلَانٍ ↓ ارتاح (assumed tropical:) God was merciful to such a one. (S.) One also says, راحت يَدُهُ لِكَذَا, (K,) or بِكَذَا, (S L,) (tropical:) His hand was active, prompt, or quick, (S, L, K, TA,) to do such a thing, (K, TA,) or with such a thing; (S, L, TA;) as, for instance, with a sword, to strike with it. (L.) Hence the saying of the Prophet, مَنْ رَاحَ إِِلَى الجُمُعَةِ فِى السَّاعَةِ الأُولَى فَكَأَنَّمَا قَدَّمَ بَدَنَةً (tropical:) [Whosoever is brisk, or prompt, or quick, in repairing to the Friday-prayers in the first hour, he is as though he offered a camel, or a cow or bull, for sacrifice at Mekkeh]: (K, * TA:) the meaning is, خَفَّ إِِلَيْهَا, (K, TA,) and مَضَى; (TA;) not the going in the latter part of the day. (K, * TA.) [See also what follows.] ― -b5- رَاحَ, aor. يَرُوحُ, inf. n. رَوَاحٌ; and ↓ تروّح ; both signify the same; (S, Msb, K, &c.;) contr. of غَدَا; (S;) said of a man, (TA,) and of a company of men, (K, TA,) He, and they, went, or journeyed, or worked, or did a thing, in the evening, (K, TA,) or in the afternoon, i. e., from the declining of the sun from the meridian until night: (IF, Msb, K, TA:) this is said to be the primary meaning: (TA:) but they also mean he, or they, returned: (Msb:) and went, or journeyed, at any time: (Msb, * TA:) [for] الرَّوَاحُ is not, as some imagine it to be, only [the going, or journeying,] in the last, or latter, part of the day; but is used by the Arabs as meaning the going, or journeying, at any time of the night or day; as also الغُدُوُّ: so say Az and others: (Msb:) or راح, inf. n. رَوَاحٌ, signifies he came, or went, after the declining of the sun from the meridian: but is sometimes used as meaning he went in an absolute sense: (Mgh:) and thus it means in the trad. commencing مَنْ رَاحَ إِِلَى الجُمُعَةِ [mentioned above, where a different explanation of the verb is given]: (Mgh, * Msb:) and [in like manner] one says to his companion or companions, ↓ تَرَوَّحْ or تَرَوَّحُوا as meaning Go, or journey: (TA:) but رَاحَتِ الإِِبِلُ, (S, L, K,) aor. تَرُوحُ and تَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَوَاحٌ (L) and رَائِحَةٌ, (AZ, L, K,) signifies only The camels returned in the evening, or afternoon, (S, * Msb,) when their pastors drove or brought them back to their owners: so says Az. (Msb.) You say, رُحْتُ إِِلَيْهِمْ and عِنْدَهُمْ, inf. n. رَوْحٌ and رَوَاحٌ, I went, (K, TA,) and I came, (TA,) to them in the evening, or afternoon; [or at any time, as appears from what has been said above;] and so رُحْتُهُمْ, (K, TA,) inf. n. رَوْحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ رَوَّحْتُهُمْ , (K, TA,) inf. n. تَرْوِيحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ تَرَوَّحْتُهُمْ : (K, TA:) and ↓ أَنَا أُغَادِيهِ وَ أُرَاوِحُهُ [I go, or come, to him early in the morning, in the first part of the day, or between the time of the prayer of daybreak and sunrise, and I go, or come, to him in the evening, or afternoon, app. he doing the like to me]. (A. [See also 6.]) And رَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِِبِلُهُ, and غَنَمُهُ, and مَالُهُ, His camels, and his sheep or goats, and his cattle, returned to him after the declining of the sun from the meridian; only at that time: and ↓ اراحت may perhaps be a dial. var. thereof: (L, TA:) or راحت بِالعَشِىِّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا they (i. e. camels) returned from the place of pasture in the evening, or afternoon, to their owners. (S, * Msb.) ― -b6- راح الشَّجَرُ, (S, A, K,) aor. يَزَاحُ; (S, A;) and ↓ تروّح ; (S, A;) [said in the TA to be tropical, but not so in the A;] The trees broke forth with leaves: (S, A, K:) or the former, the trees broke forth with leaves before the winter, when the night became cold, without rain; (As, TA;) and so the latter: (L:) or the latter, the trees broke forth with leaves after the close of the صَيْف [or summer]: (S, TA:) and الغُصْنُ ↓ تروّح The branch put forth leaves after other leaves had fallen from it. (R, TA.) [See another meaning of راح الشجر near the beginning of this art.] ― -b7- راح, (S, K,) aor. يَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَاحَةٌ, (S,) said of a horse, [perhaps from the same verb as signifying “ he was, or became, brisk, lively, ” &c.,] He became a stallion, or fit to cover. (S, K.) -A2- رَاحَتْهُ الرِّيحُ, aor. تَرَاحُ, The wind smote it; namely, a thing; (L, K;) as, for instance, a tree, and said of a tempestuous wind. (L.) And رِيحَ, said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It was smitten [or blown upon] by the wind. (S, A, K.) In like manner also it is said of other things. (TA.) One says, رِيحَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree was blown upon by the wind: or was blown about, or shaken, by the wind, so that its leaves were made to fall: or had the dust scattered upon it by the wind. (L.) And رِيحُوا They (a people, or party,) were smitten and destroyed by the wind: (K, TA:) or they entered upon [a time of] wind; (K;) as also, in this latter sense, ↓ أَرَاحُوا , (S, K,) or ↓ أَرْوَحُوا . (A.) ― -b2- راح الشَّىْءَ, (A 'Obeyd, S, K,) first pers. رِحْتُ, (A 'Obeyd, S,) aor. يَرَاحُ (A 'Obeyd, S, K,) and يَرِيحُ, (AA, S, K,) [inf. n., app., of the former رَوْحٌ and of the latter رِيحٌ as in the phrase of similar meaning following;] and ↓ أَرَاحَهُ , (Ks, S, K,) and ↓ أَرْوَحَهُ ; (AZ, K;) He smelt the thing; perceived its smell, or odour; (S, K, &c.;) as also ↓ استراحهُ and ↓ اِسْتَرْوَحَهُ : (Ham p. 228:) and راح الرِّيحَ, aor. يَرَاحُ, inf. n. رَوْحٌ; and aor. يَرِيحُ, inf. n. رِيحٌ; and ↓ أَرَاحَهَا ; He smelt the odour. (Msb.) You say of an object of the chase, ↓ أَرَاحَنِى , (S,) and ↓ أَرْوَحَنِى , (AZ, S, A,) inf. n. of the latter إِِرْوَاحٌ, (AZ, TA,) He smelt me; perceived my smell, or odour: (AZ, S, A, TA:) and of the same, ↓ اراح , (K,) and ↓ أَرْوَحَ , (T, S, K,) and ↓ اِسْتَرْوَحَ , and ↓ استراح , (T, S,) He smelt a human being; perceived his smell, or odour: (T, S, K:) and the second of these four, (K, TA,) and the third and fourth, (TA,) he smelt gently, that he might perceive the odour of a thing: (K, TA:) or the third and fourth of the same, he smelt, or perceived, odour: (A:) and these two, said of a stallion, he perceived the smell of the female: and of a beast of prey you say, الرِّيحَ ↓ أَرْوَحَ , and ↓ أَرَاحَهَا , and ↓ استراحها , and ↓ اِسْتَرْوَحَهَا , meaning he smelt, or perceived, the odour; and accord. to Lh, some say, رَاحَهَا; but this is seldom used. (TA) [It is asserted (in Har p. 324) that ↓ استراح is only from الرَّاحَةُ; but this assertion is of no weight against the authorities cited above.] It is said in a trad., مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهِدَةً لَمْ يَرَحٌ رَائِحَةَ الجَنَّةِ, (A 'Obeyd, S, Mgh, * Msb, *) or لم يَرِحْ, (AA, S, Msb,) or ↓ لم يُرِحْ , (Ks, S, Mgh, Msb,) i. e. [He who slays a person with whom he is on terms of peace, (or, as in' the TA, مُؤْمِنًا, i. e. a believer,）] he will not perceive the odour of Paradise: (S, Mgh, Msb:) As says, I know not whether it be from رِحْتُ or from أَرَحْتُ. (S.) You say also, مِنْهُ طِيبًا ↓ أَرْوَحْتُ I perceived from him (a man, S) a sweet odour. (S, A.) ― -b3- [And hence, app.,] راح مِنْكَ مَعْرُوفًا, and ↓ اراحهُ , (assumed tropical:) He obtained from thee a favour, or benefit. (K.) -A3- رَوِحَ, aor. يَرْوَحُ, inf. n. رَوَحٌ, He (a man) had the quality termed رَوَحٌ, [explained below, i. e. width in the space between the thighs or legs; &c.; or] a spreading in the fore part of each foot. (Lth, TA.) And رَوِحَتْ قَدَمُهُ His foot had the quality so termed. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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