Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ر و ح (r w ḥ)
23 terms

Compare رَاحَة (rāḥa, rest, comfort).

Verb

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أَرَاحَ (ʔarāḥa) IV (non-past يُرِيحُ (yurīḥu), verbal noun إِرَاحَة (ʔirāḥa))

  1. to let (someone) rest
  2. to free (someone مِن (min) from)
  3. to release (someone مِن (min) from)
  4. to gladden (someone بِ (bi) with)
  5. to soothe, to comfort
    نجد في الكتاب المقدس نصائح تريحنا وتعطينا أملًا.
    In the Bible we find advice that comforts us and gives us hope.
  6. to disburden, to relieve
    وتُريحُ البَشَرَ مِنَ الخَطِيَّةِ والمَوت.
    And it relieves human beings from sin and death.

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “روح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN