See also: رحیم

Arabic

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Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
10 terms

Etymology

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فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَحِمَ (raḥima, to be merciful).

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Adjective

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رَحِيم (raḥīm) (feminine رَحِيمَة (raḥīma), masculine plural رَحِيمُون (raḥīmūn) or رُحَمَاء (ruḥamāʔ), feminine plural رَحِيمَات (raḥīmāt), elative أَرْحَم (ʔarḥam))

  1. merciful [with بِـ (bi-) ‘to’]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:98:
      اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
      iʕlamū ʔanna l-laha šadīdu l-ʕiqābi waʔanna l-laha ḡafūrun raḥīmun
      Know that Allah is severe in punishment and that Allah is forgiving and merciful
    هل الله رحيم بالصالحين فحسب؟
    Is God only merciful to the righteous?
  2. compassionate
  3. beneficent
  4. related by blood
  5. sincere in friendship

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Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm).

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Adjective

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رحيم (raḥīm) (masculine plural رحما (ruḥamā))

  1. merciful
  2. compassionate

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