رخــو
1 رَخُــوَ,
aor. ـْ and
رَخِــىَ,
aor. ـْ (
S,
M,
Msb,
K;)
inf. n. رَخَــاوَةٌ (
M,
Msb,
K) and
رَخَــآءٌ, (
M,
K, but in several copies of the latter
رَخًــا,) or this is a simple
subst., (
Msb,) and
رِخْــوَةٌ, with kesr, (
M,
K,) which is
extr., (
M,) and some add
رُخْــوَةٌ, and
رَخْــوَةٌ; (
MF,
TA;) It (a thing,
S) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken;
i. q. صَارَ
رِخْــوًا, (
S,
K,
TA,) i. e. هَشَّا; (
TA;) or لَانَ; (
Msb;) and ↓ استـ
ـرخــى signifies the same. (
S,*
K.)
b2: And
رَخُــوَ, and
رَخِــىَ, (
Msb,
K,) and [
رَخَــا] like دَعَا [of which the
aor. is يَدْعُو], and [
رَخَــا] like رَعَى [of which the
aor. is يَرْعَى; in the
CK, erroneously, like رُعِىَ]; (
K,
TA;) the
aor. [or the first and third] being يَـ
ـرْخُــو and [that of the second and fourth being] يَـ
ـرْخَــى; (
TA;) said of life (عَيْش), (assumed
tropical:) It was, or became, ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, in its means, or circumstances: (
Msb,
K: *) or said of a man,
inf. n. رَخَــآءٌ, (assumed
tropical:) he was, or became, in an ample, an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life. (
TK.) 2 تَـ
ـرْخِــيَةُ الشَّىْءِ بِالشَّىْءِ The mixing of the thing with the thing. (
TA.) [The verb is
رَخَّــى, He mixed; like
رَخَّ, which is mentioned in this sense in the present art. in the
JK,
app. for
رَخَّــى.]
3 راخاهُ: see 4, in three places.
b2: Also,
inf. n. مُرَاخَاةٌ,
i. q. بَاعَدَهُ [He was, or became, distant, remote, &c., from him: or he made, or caused, him, or it, to be, or become, distant, remote, &c.]. (
K.)
A2: And راخت She (a woman,
TA) was, or became, near to bringing forth. (
K,
TA.) 4 ا
رخــاهُ He made it, or rendered it, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken;
i. q. جَعَلَهُ
رِخْــوًا; as also ↓راخاهُ. (
K.) You say, ا
رخــى الرِّبَاطَ [He relaxed, or slackened, the tie, or bond]; (
M,
TA;) and ↓راخاهُ,
inf. n. مُرَاخَاةٌ. (
JK,
TA.) And لَهُ مِنْ خِنَاقِهِ ↓ رَاخِ [lit, Relax thou, or slacken thou, his cord with which he is being strangled]; meaning (assumed
tropical:) make thou his circumstances ample and easy to him; ease him; relieve him; or grant him a delay. (
TA. [See a similar phrase in art. ربو,
conj. 2.]) And أَـ
ـرْخِ لَهُ قَيْدَهُ Make thou his shackle, or shackles, wide, or ample, not strait, to him. (
TA.) And أَـ
ـرْخِ لَهُ الحَبْلَ [
lit. Relax thou, or slacken thou, to him the rope]; meaning (
tropical:) give thou to him ample scope for using his own judgment, or discretion, in the disposal, or management, of his affairs, so that he may go whither he pleases. (
TA.) and ا
رخــى الفَرَسَ and لِلْفَرَسِ He lengthened the horse's rope. (
K.) And ا
رخــى لَهُ الطِّوَلَ [
lit. He relaxed, or slackened, his tether]; meaning (
tropical:) he left him to his own affair. (
A,
TA.) And ا
رخــى عِمَامَتَهُ [
lit. He slackened, or loosened, his turban]; meaning (assumed
tropical:) he became, or felt, in a state of security or safety, tranquil, or at ease; (
K,
TA;) because the turbans are not slackened, or loosened, (لَا تُـ
ـرْخَــى,) in difficulty, or hardship. (
TA.) and ا
رخــى السِّتْرِ (
S,
Msb,
K) وَغَيْرَهُ (
S) He let loose, let down, or lowered, the veil, or curtain, &c. (
S,
K.) And ا
رخــى ثِيَابَهُ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ [He let, or made, his clothes hang down loosely upon his legs] in riding and in sitting [&c.]. (
TA in art. رسل.) [And ا
رخــى دُمُوعًا (assumed
tropical:) He shed tears.] And ا
رخــاهُ خَطْبُهُ (
tropical:) His state, or condition, made him to enjoy an easy, ample, or unstraitened, life, or a life of ease and plenty. (
T,
TA.)
b2: ا
رخــت, said of a she-camel, [
app. for ا
رخــت صَلَاهَا, i. e. She relaxed the part on either side of her tail, virtually] means صَلَاهَا ↓اِسْتَـ
ـرْخَــى, (
S,
K,
TA,) i. e. [the part on either side of her tail became relaxed; or] her صَلَوَانِ [or parts on the right and left of her tail] gaped, [or receded from each other,] on the occasion of bringing forth. (
T,
TA.)
b3: إِـ
ـرْخَــآءٌ also signifies A sort of running: (
S:) or vehement running: (
K:) or running exceeding what is termed تَقْرِيبٌ: (
JK,
K: [see 2 in art. قرب:]) or running (حُضْرٌ) that is not ardent, or not impetuous: (
A,
TA:) or gentleness in running: (
Ham p. 158:)
accord. to
Az, الإِـ
ـرْخَــآءُ الأَعْلَى meansThe most vehement [running termed] حُصْر; and الإِـ
ـرْخَــآءُ الأَدْنَى is less than that: and ا
رخــى فِى
عَدْوِهِ, said of a horse, signifies أَحْضَرَ [
app. as meaning He rose in his running]; and is from
رُخَــآءٌ as an
epithet applied to wind. (
TA.)
b4: Yousay also, ا
رخــى دَابَّتَهُ, meaning He made his beast to go the pace, or in the manner, termed إِـ
ـرْخَــآء, explained above: (
Lth,
K:) [or,]
accord. to A 'Obeyd, الإِـ
ـرْخَــآءُ signifies the leaving a horse to follow his own eager desire in running, without fatiguing him. (
S.) 6 تراخى He (a horse) remitted, or flagged, in his running; or was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein. (
Az,
TA.) And [in like manner]
فِى الأَمْرِ ↓ استـ
ـرخــى [He remitted, or flagged, in the affair; or was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein]. (
K in arts. بنش and فنش, &c.) and تراخى عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ He remitted, or flagged, in the accomplishment of his want; or he was, or became, remiss, or languid, therein. (
TA.)
b2: He drew back, held back, or hung back, (
JK,
K,
TA,) عَنِّى from me, (
TA,) or عَنِ الشَّىْءَ from the thing. (
JK.)
b3: He was, or became, slow, sluggish, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward. (
JK,
TA.) You say also, تراخى السَّمَآءُ The rain delayed; or was tardy, late, or backward. (
S,
K.) [and تراخى الوَقْتُ The time was, or became, late: and it became protracted. And تراخى عَنْهُ It was, or became, after, or later than, it: see مُتَرَاخٍ, below.] And تراخى الأَمْرُ The affair, or case, was, or became, protracted; the time thereof became extended. (
Msb.) And فِى الأَمْرِ تَرَاخٍ
In the affair, or case, is ample time or scope [for action &c.];
syn. فُسْحَةٌ; (
Msb,
TA;) and extension, or protractedness: (
TA:) or remoteness; referring to the case of the resurrection, i. e. the time thereof. (
Mgh in art. نتج.) 10 استـ
ـرخــى: see 1, first sentence. استـ
ـرخــى
صَلَاهَا, said of a she-camel: see 4, in the latter half of the paragraph. استـ
ـرخــى السِّتْرُ [The veil, or curtain, hung down; hung down loosely; was pendent, or pendulous: and in like manner the verb is said of a garment, or a portion thereof, and of hair, or a lock of hair, &c.]. (
Msb.)
b2: استـ
ـرخــى فِى الأَمْرِ: see 6. استـ
ـرخــى فِى رَأْيِهِ بَعْدَ قُوَّةٍ (assumed
tropical:) [He was, or became, weak in his opinion after being strong]. (
IAar,
TA in art. خرع.)
b3: استـ
ـرخــى بِهِ الأَمْرُ, (
JK,
T,
TA,) and استـ
ـرخــت حَالُهُ, (
JK,) or استـ
ـرخــت بِهِ حَالُهُ, (
T,
TA,) (assumed
tropical:) The affair, or case, and his state, or condition, became good with him after straitness; (
JK;) or (
tropical:) he became in a good state, or condition, (
T,
TA,) in ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, circumstances, (
TA in explanation of the first of these phrases,) after straitness. (
T,
TA.) A poet says, (
S,) namely, Tufeyl El-Ghanawee, (
TA,) فَأَبَّلَ وَاسْتَـ
ـرْخَــى بِهِ الخَطْبُ بَعْدَمَا
أَسَافَ وَلَوْلَا سَعْيُنَا لَمْ يُؤَبِّلِ meaning (
tropical:) [And he acquired camels, or numerous camels, and] his state, or condition, became good [after his cattle had perished; and had it not been for our labour, or exertion, he would not have acquired camels, or numerous camels]: (
S,
TA:) or the phrase استـ
ـرخــى به الخطب means أَـ
ـرْخَــاهُ خَطْبُهُ [explained above: see 4]. (
T,
TA.)
رِخْــوٌ and
رَخْــوٌ (
Lth,
S,
M,
Msb,
K) and
رُخْــوٌ; (
M,
Msb,
K;) but
accord. to
As and
Fr, the first is that which is approved, (
TA,) or,
accord. to
Az, it is that used by the Arabs; (
Msb;) the second,
accord. to
As and
Fr (
TA) and
Az, (
Msb,) being
post-classical; (
Msb,
TA;) and the third is of the
dial. of the Kilábees; (
Msb;) applied to a thing (
S,
K) of any kind, (
K,) Soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken;
syn. هَشُّ; (
S,
K;) or لَيَّنٌ سَهْلٌ; (
Msb;) [and ↓ مُسْتَـ
ـرْخٍ signifies the same, as is shown by the explanation of its verb in the first sentence of this art.:] the
fem. is with ة, i. e.
رِخْــوَةٌ and
رَخْــوَةٌ and
رُخْــوَةٌ (
K) [and مُسْتَـ
ـرْخِــيَةٌ]. You say حَجَرٌ
رِخْــوٌ or
رَخْــوٌ or
رُخْــوٌ A stone that is soft, yielding, &c. (
Msb.)
b2: And فَرَسٌ
رِخْــوَةٌ A mare that is easy, and gentle, moderate, deliberate, or leisurely, in pace. (
S.) And فَرَسٌ
رِخْــوُ العِنَانِ A horse that is easy to be led, or tractable. (
A,
TA.) The phrase فَهِىَ
رِخْــوٌ is used in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb instead of فهى
رِخْــوَةٌ because meaning فَهِىَ شَىْءٌ
رِخْــوٌ. (
S.)
b3: الحُرُوفُ الـ
ـرِّخْــوَةُ [which may be rendered The lax letters] is said in the
K, by an anticipation of the pen, to be applied to the letters exclusive of those comprised in the phrase لَمْ يُرْعُونَا [for which some say لَمْ يَرْوِ عَنَّا]:
Sgh says [correctly] that they are the letters exclusive of those termed الشَّدِيدَةُ and of those in the phrase لم يرعونا: as is said in the
M, they are thirteen; namely, ث,ح,خ,ذ,ز,س,ش,ص,ض,ظ,غ,ف, and ه; [to which De Sacy adds, in his Grammar, (2nd ed. i. 29,) ا without ء, and و and ى, which are generally included in an intermediate class between the شديدة and the
رخــوة, namely, in the class consisting of the letters in the phrase لم يرعونا or لم يرو عنّا:] the letter termed
رِخْــوٌ is that in which the sound runs on, as it does, for instance, in the س and ش when you say المَسّ and الرَّشّ. (
TA.)
رُخْــوَةٌ: see what next follows.
رِخْــوَةٌ an
inf. n. of 1: (
M,
K:)
i. q. اِسْتِـ
ـرْخَــآءٌ [i. e. Softness, yieldingness, flaccidity, &c.: see 1, first sentence]; as also ↓
رُخْــوَةٌ: you say, فِيهِ
رِخْــوَةٌ and
رُخْــوَةٌ [In him, or it, is softness, &c.]. (
K.)
b2: See also what next follows.
رَخَــآءٌ [said by some to be an
inf. n. of 1] Ampleness, or freedom from straitness, of the means, or circumstances, of life; (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K;) [and so
رَخَــآءُ البَالِ;] as also ↓
رِخْــوَةٌ. (
JK.)
رَخَــآءُ النَّفْسِ (assumed
tropical:) [An easy, or unstraitened, state of mind]. (
S in art. بول.)
رُخَــآءٌ A soft, or gentle, wind: (
S,
K:) or a soft, or gentle, and quick, wind: (
JK:) or a soft, or gentle, wind, that does not move anything. (
Har p. 38.) It has the first of these meanings in the
Kur xxxviii. 35: (
Bd,
Jel:) or it there means A wind that does not oppose, or contravene, the will of God. (
Bd.)
رَخِــىٌّ (
Msb,
K) and ↓ رَاخٍ, (
K,) applied to life (عَيْش,
Msb,
K), (assumed
tropical:) Ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, in its means, or circumstances: (
Msb,
K:) or both applied to a man, (assumed
tropical:) in an ample, an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life. (
TK.) You say, إِنَّهُ لَفِى عَيْشٍ
رَخِــىٍّ (assumed
tropical:) [Verily he is in an ample, an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life]. (
TA.) And هُوَ
رَخِــىُّ البَالِ (
JK,
S,
Msb,
TA) and البَالِ ↓ رَاخِى (
JK) (assumed
tropical:) He is in an ample, or unstraitened, (
S,) or an easy, or a pleasant, and a plentiful, state, or condition. (
JK,
S, *
Msb,
TA. * [See also other explanations in art. بول.]) And إِنَّ ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرُ لَيَذْهَبُ مِنِّى فِى بَالٍ
رَخِــىٍ [Verily that affair passes away from me, I being in an easy state of mind,] is said when you are not disquieted, rendered anxious, or grieved, by the affair. (
TA.) رَاخٍ, and رَاخِى: see the next preceding paragraph.
أَـ
ـرْخَــى [as meaning More relaxing or slackening or loosening] is used in a verse of Hassán Ibn-
Thábit for the regular expression أَشَدُّ إِـ
ـرْخَــآءً: it is like مَا أَحْوَجَهُ meaning مَا أَشَدَّ حَاجَتَهُ. (El-Hareeree's “ Durrat el-Ghowwás,” in De Sacy's
“ Anthol. Gramm. Ar,” p. 52 of the Ar. text.) أُـ
ـرْخِــيَّةٌ A thing, or part of a thing, (as, for instance, a veil, or curtain,
TK,) that one has let loose, let down, or lowered. (
S,
K.) مِـ
ـرْخَــآءٌ, applied to a beast, (دَابَّة,
K,) or a horse or mare, (فَرَس,
S,) and a she-camel, (
TA,) and a she-ass, (
S,) That runs in the manner termed إِـ
ـرْخَــآء: (
K: [see 4, in the latter part of the paragraph:]) or that runs much in that manner: (
S:)
pl. مَرَاخِىُّ. (
S,
TA.) مُتَرَاخٍ [part.
n. of 6,
q. v.].
b2: You say جَآءَ زَيْدٌ مُتَرَاخِيًا زَمَانُهُ عَنْ زَمَانِ مَجِىْءِ عَمْرٍو [Zeyd came, his time of coming being after, or later than, the time of the coming of 'Amr]; i. e. جَآءَ بَعْدَ عَمْرٍو. (
Msb in art. بعد.) مُسْتَـ
ـرْخٍ;
fem. مُسْتَـ
ـرْخَــيَةٌ: see
رِخْــوٌ, first sentence.
