أرحم

See also: ارحم, ازحم, and أزحم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
10 terms

Elative of رَحِيم (raḥīm, “kind, merciful, compassionate, beneficent”).

Adjective

أَرْحَم • (ʔarḥam)

1. elative degree of رَحِيم (raḥīm):
   1. kinder, more merciful, more compassionate, more beneficent; kindest, most merciful, most compassionate, most beneficent
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:92:

        قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ ۖ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

        qāla lā taṯrība ʕalaykumu l-yawma yaḡfiru l-lahu lakum wahuwa ʔarḥamu ar-rāḥimīna

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective أَرْحَم (ʔarḥam)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْحَم ʔarḥam	الْأَرْحَم al-ʔarḥam	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرْحَمُ ʔarḥamu	الْأَرْحَمُ al-ʔarḥamu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرْحَمَ ʔarḥama	الْأَرْحَمَ al-ʔarḥama	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرْحَمَ ʔarḥama	الْأَرْحَمِ al-ʔarḥami	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَرْحَمَيْن ʔarḥamayn	الْأَرْحَمَيْن al-ʔarḥamayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَرْحَمَانِ ʔarḥamāni	الْأَرْحَمَانِ al-ʔarḥamāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَرْحَمَيْنِ ʔarḥamayni	الْأَرْحَمَيْنِ al-ʔarḥamayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَرْحَمَيْنِ ʔarḥamayni	الْأَرْحَمَيْنِ al-ʔarḥamayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أرحم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

أرحم (form I)

1. أَرْحَمُ (ʔarḥamu) /ʔar.ħa.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
2. أُرْحَمُ (ʔurḥamu) /ʔur.ħa.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
3. أَرْحَمَ (ʔarḥama) /ʔar.ħa.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
4. أُرْحَمَ (ʔurḥama) /ʔur.ħa.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
5. أَرْحَمْ (ʔarḥam) /ʔar.ħam/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
6. أُرْحَمْ (ʔurḥam) /ʔur.ħam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَحِمَ (raḥima)

Etymology 3

Verb

أرحم (form II)

1. أُرَحِّمُ (ʔuraḥḥimu) /ʔu.raħ.ħi.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)
2. أُرَحَّمُ (ʔuraḥḥamu) /ʔu.raħ.ħa.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)
3. أُرَحِّمَ (ʔuraḥḥima) /ʔu.raħ.ħi.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)
4. أُرَحَّمَ (ʔuraḥḥama) /ʔu.raħ.ħa.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)
5. أُرَحِّمْ (ʔuraḥḥim) /ʔu.raħ.ħim/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)
6. أُرَحَّمْ (ʔuraḥḥam) /ʔu.raħ.ħam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama)