رح
1 رَحَّ [sec.
Pers\. رَحِحْتَ,]
aor. ـَ [
inf. n.,
app., رَحَحٌ,] It (a solid hoof, &c.,) had the quality termed رَحَحٌ meaning as
expl. below. (
TA.)
R.
Q. 1 رَحْرَحَ He (a man,
TA) did not exceed the usual bounds so as to reach the bottom, or utmost depth, of the object of his desire; (
K,
TA;) as, for instance, of a vessel: (
TA:) [IbrD thinks that it signifies he sought, by his speech, the expression of a meaning which he failed to attain.]
b2: رحرح بِالكَلَامِ He spoke, or expressed himself, obliquely, ambiguously, or equivocally; not plainly. (
K,
TA.)
b3: رحرح عِنْ فُلَانٍ
i. q. سَتَرَدُونَهُ [He protected such a one by intervening, or by interposing something]. (
K.)
R.
Q. 2 تَرَحْرَحَتْ She (a mare) straddled, in order to stale. (
S,
A,
K.) رَحَّةٌ [or حَيَّةٌ رَحَّةٌ] A serpent being, or becoming, like a طَوْق, or neck-ring, (مُتَطَوِّقَةٌ,
K, [see 5 in art. طوق,]) when folding itself: (
TA:) originally رَحْيَةٌ; (
K;) the ى being changed into ح. (
TA.) رَحَحٌ Width in a solid hoof: such is approved; (
S,
K;) being the
contr. of that which is termed مُصْطَرٌّ: but when it spreads out much, it is a fault: (
S:) or a spreading therein: (
A:) or a spreading thereof; and width of a human foot: (
Lth,
TA:) or a spreading of a solid hoof, with thinness: or width of a human foot, with thinness: and in a solid hoof, which is a fault: or excessive width in a solid hoof. (
TA.) رَحْرَحٌ and ↓ رَحْرَاحٌ and ↓ رَحْرَحَانٌ A thing wide and spreading, (
K,
TA,) not deep, like a طسْت and any similar vessel; as also رَهْرَهٌ and رَهْرَهَانٌ: (
TA:) [or ↓ the third of these epithets signifies very wide &c.; as will be seen from what follows: and] ↓ the second signifies a thing wide and thin. (
S.) You say إِنَآءٌ رَحْرَحٌ A wide and low vessel; as also رَهْرَهٌ. (
TA.) And قَدَحٌ رَحْرَحٌ and ↓ رَحْرَاحٌ A wide bowl. (
A.) And قَصْعَةٌ رَحْرَحٌ and ↓ رَحْرَحَانِيَّةٌ A bowl spreading widely [and very widely]. (
AA,
TA.) And it is said in a
trad., بُحْبُوحُةُ الجَنَّةِ
↓ رَحْرَحَانِيَّةٌ The middle of Paradise is [very] wide, or ample: the ا and ن are added to give intensiveness to the signification. (
TA.)
b2: [Hence,] عَيْشٌ رَحْرَحٌ (A) and ↓ رَحْرَاحٌ (
S, A) (
tropical:) An ample and easy state of life. (
S,
TA.) رَحْرَحَانٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, throughout.
رَحْرَحَانِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, throughout.
رَحْرَاحٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, throughout.
أَرَحُّ Spreading, (
Lth,
TA,) or widely expanded; (
TA;) applied to a solid hoof, (
Lth,
TA,) and to a foot such as is termed خُفّ: (
TA:) and wide; applied to anything: thus قَدَمٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide human foot: (
Lth,
TA:) and a human foot having the middle of the sole even with the fore part; (
L,
TA;) flat-soled; i. e. having, in the sole, no hollow part that does not touch the ground: (
S:) and كِرْكِرّةٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide callous protuberance upon the breast of a camel: (
TA:) and جَفْنَةٌ رَحَّآءُ a wide [bowl such as is termed] جِفنة; like رَوْحَآءُ; wide and not deep: (
TA:) and جِفَانٌ رُحُحٌ wide جفان [
pl. of جَفْنَةٌ]. (
IAar,
K.) Having a spreading hoof; (
S,
A,
K;) applied to a horse, (
A,) and to a mountain-goat: (
S,
A,
K:) also, applied to a man, having a wide foot; (A;) or having, in the sole of his foot, no hollow part that does not touch the ground, (
S,
K,) as is the case in the feet of the Zinj; (
S;) having the sole of the foot flat, so that all of it touches the ground:
fem. رَحَّآءُ: you say اِمْرَأَةٌ رَحَّآءُ القَدَمَيْنِ: a high hollow to the sole of the foot is approved in a man and in a woman. (
T,
TA.) Also, applied to a camel, Having one foot cleaving to another. (
TA.)
