mirḥāḍ

lavatory, toilet

مِرْحاض

Word

Noun · pattern مِفْعال

Root

ر ح ض

Forms

Plural
مَراحِيض

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المراحيض، والهلع: جباية الأسواق، والولع: القمار.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • رَحَضَ Form I He washed
    , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. , (A, Msb, K,) or , (so in two copies of the S,) or both, (L, TA,) inf. n. رَحْضٌ, (S, Msb) and تَرْحَاضٌ, [but this is an intensive form,] (TA,) He washed (S, A, Msb, K) a thing, (A, K,) or garment, (S, A, Msb,) and his hand; (S;) as also ↓ ارحض (IDrd, K,) which latter is of the dial. of El- Hijáz. (IDrd.) You say also, هٰذِهِ سَوْءَةٌ لَا عَنْكَ شَىْءٌ ↓ يُرْحِضُهَا (tropical:) [This is a disgrace which nothing will wash from thee]. (A: [but the last word is not in the copy from which I quote.]) ― -b2- رُحِضَ, (inf. n. as above, AZ, AAF,) (tropical:) He (a person suffering from fever) was, or became, affected with what is termed رُحَضَآء [q. v.]: (Lth, S, A, K:) or he sweated, and his sweat became abundant upon the sides of his forehead above the temples, in his sleeping or waking, but only in consequence of disease. (AZ, AAF.)
  • أَرْحَضَ Form IV Open entry
    see above, in two places.
  • ارتحض Form VIII He became disgraced, or put to shame
    (tropical:) He became disgraced, or put to shame. (AA, O, K.)
  • رَحْضٌ washed until it has become worn out
    A garment, or piece of cloth, washed until it has become worn out. (IAar.) ― -b2- A small worn-out skin: a worn-out مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag]. (Sgh, K.)
  • رُحَضَآءُ Sweat
    (tropical:) Sweat; absolutely: (TA:) or the sweat of fever: (Lth, A, TA:) or sweat following fever: (S, K:) or fever with sweating: (TA:) or sweat that washed the skin by reason of its abundance: (K:) often used to signify the sweat of fever and of disease. (TA.)
  • رُحَاضٌ state of being affected with what is termed رُحَضَآء
    (tropical:) [The state of being affected with what is termed رُحَضَآء;] a subst. from رُحِضَ, (K,) or from رُحَضَآء. (IDrd.)
  • رَحِيضٌ Washed
    Washed; (S, A, Msb, K;) applied to a garment [&c.]; (S, A;) as also ↓ مَرْحُوضٌ (S, K) and ↓ مُرْحَضٌ. (TA.)
  • رُحَاضَةٌ Washings
    Washings. (Lh.)
  • مُرْحَضٌ Open entry
    : see رَحِيضٌ.
  • مِرْحَضَةٌ A place
    A place [or tank] in which one washes his limbs, performing the ablution termed وُضُوْء: (A, TA: *) or a thing in which one performs that ablution, like the كَنِيف: (Lth, K:) and ↓ مِرْحَاضَةٌ a thing with which one performs that ablution, like the [kind of vessel called] تَوْر. (IAar.) ― -b2- See also مِرْحَاضٌ.
  • مِرْحَاضٌ A piece of wood with which a garment, or piece of cloth, is beaten
    A piece of wood with which a garment, or piece of cloth, is beaten (S, A, * K) when it is washed. (S, A. *) ― -b2- A vessel of the kind called إِجَّانَة, or of the kind called طَسْت, in which clothes are washed: (A:) and ↓ مِرْحَضَةٌ signifies a vessel of the kind called إِجَّانَة; because clothes are washed in it. (Lh.) ― -b3- A place of washing: (Mgh, Msb:) or a place in which one washes himself. (S, K.) ― -b4- And hence, (tropical:) A privy: (S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K:) pl. مَرَاحِيضُ (S, Mgh) and مَرَاحِضُ. (TA.)
  • مَرْحُوضٌ Open entry
    : see رَحِيضٌ. ― -b2- Also part. n. of رُحِضَ [q. v.]. (AZ, AAF, S.)

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