رحض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ح ض (r-ḥ-ḍ). Cognate to Hebrew רָחַץ (to wash).

Verb

رَحِضَ (raḥiḍa) I, non-past يَرْحَضُ‎ (yarḥaḍu)

  1. to wash, to clean
    Synonym: غَسَلَ (ḡasala)
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), رحض”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 131
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), رحض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 383
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