راحل

Arabic

Root
ر ح ل (r-ḥ-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb رَحَلَ (raḥala, to depart)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

راحِل • (rāḥil) (feminine راحِلَة (rāḥila), masculine plural راحِلُون (rāḥilūn), feminine plural راحِلات (rāḥilāt))

  1. leaving, outgoing, departing
  2. (euphemistic) late, deceased
    Synonym: مُتَوَفًّى (mutawaffan)
    اَلْأَمِير الرّاحِلal-ʔamīr ar-rāḥilthe late Emir
    • 2008, مُعْجَمُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْمُعَاصِرَةِ (muʕjamu l-luḡati l-ʕarabiyyati l-muʕāṣirati), 1st edition, Cairo, Egypt: Alam Al-Kotob, published 2008, →ISBN, page 7:
      وَقَدْ جَاءَ مُعْجَمُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْمُعَاصِرَةِ- بِالْإِضَافَةِ إِلَى مَعَاجِمِهِ الْأُخْرَى- تَطْبِيقًا لِأَحَدِ الْآرَاءِ النَّظَرِيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُنَادِي بِهَا الْعَالِمُ الرَّاحِلُ، وَهُوَ إِصْدَارُ الْمَعَاجِمِ الْجَمَاعِيَّةِ بِٱلِٱعْتِمَادِ عَلَى فِكْرَةِ فَرِيقِ الْعَمَلِ ذِي الْكَوَادِرِ الْمُدَرَّبَةِ وَتَلَافِي الْفَرْدِيَّةِ كَعَيْبٍ أَسَاسِيٍّ فِي إِنْتَاجِ الْمَعَاجِمِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ؛ []
      waqad jāʔa muʕjamu l-luḡati l-ʕarabiyyati l-muʕāṣirati- bi-l-ʔiḍāfati ʔilā maʕājimihi l-ʔuḵrā- taṭbīqan liʔaḥadi l-ʔārāʔi n-naẓariyyati allatī kāna yunādī bihā l-ʕālimu ar-rāḥilu, wahuwa ʔiṣdāru l-maʕājimi l-jamāʕiyyati bi-l-iʕtimādi ʕalā fikrati farīqi l-ʕamali ḏī l-kawādiri l-mudarrabati watalāfī l-fardiyyati kaʕaybin ʔasāsiyyin fī ʔintāji l-maʕājimi l-ʕarabiyyati; []
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Declension

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