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.)