رحيم

See also: رحیم

Arabic

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
12 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَحِمَ (raḥima, “to be merciful”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.ħiːm/
Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

رَحِيم • (raḥīm) (feminine رَحِيمَة (raḥīma), masculine plural رَحِيمُون (raḥīmūn) or رُحَمَاء (ruḥamāʔ), feminine plural رَحِيمَات (raḥīmāt), elative أَرْحَم (ʔarḥam))

merciful [with بِـ (bi-) ‘to’]
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:98:
  اِعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
  iʕlamū ʔanna l-laha šadīdu l-ʕiqābi waʔanna l-laha ḡafūrun raḥīmun
  Know that Allah is severe in punishment and that Allah is forgiving and merciful
compassionate
beneficent
related by blood
sincere in friendship

Declension

Declension of adjective **رَحِيم** (raḥīm)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رَحِيم raḥīm	الرَّحِيم ar-raḥīm	رَحِيمَة raḥīma	الرَّحِيمَة ar-raḥīma
nominative	رَحِيمٌ raḥīmun	الرَّحِيمُ ar-raḥīmu	رَحِيمَةٌ raḥīmatun	الرَّحِيمَةُ ar-raḥīmatu
accusative	رَحِيمًا raḥīman	الرَّحِيمَ ar-raḥīma	رَحِيمَةً raḥīmatan	الرَّحِيمَةَ ar-raḥīmata
genitive	رَحِيمٍ raḥīmin	الرَّحِيمِ ar-raḥīmi	رَحِيمَةٍ raḥīmatin	الرَّحِيمَةِ ar-raḥīmati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رَحِيمَيْن raḥīmayn	الرَّحِيمَيْن ar-raḥīmayn	رَحِيمَتَيْن raḥīmatayn	الرَّحِيمَتَيْن ar-raḥīmatayn
nominative	رَحِيمَانِ raḥīmāni	الرَّحِيمَانِ ar-raḥīmāni	رَحِيمَتَانِ raḥīmatāni	الرَّحِيمَتَانِ ar-raḥīmatāni
accusative	رَحِيمَيْنِ raḥīmayni	الرَّحِيمَيْنِ ar-raḥīmayni	رَحِيمَتَيْنِ raḥīmatayni	الرَّحِيمَتَيْنِ ar-raḥīmatayni
genitive	رَحِيمَيْنِ raḥīmayni	الرَّحِيمَيْنِ ar-raḥīmayni	رَحِيمَتَيْنِ raḥīmatayni	الرَّحِيمَتَيْنِ ar-raḥīmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رَحِيمِين‎; رُحَمَاء raḥīmīn‎; ruḥamāʔ	الرَّحِيمِين‎; الرُّحَمَاء ar-raḥīmīn‎; ar-ruḥamāʔ	رَحِيمَات raḥīmāt	الرَّحِيمَات ar-raḥīmāt
nominative	رَحِيمُونَ‎; رُحَمَاءُ raḥīmūna‎; ruḥamāʔu	الرَّحِيمُونَ‎; الرُّحَمَاءُ ar-raḥīmūna‎; ar-ruḥamāʔu	رَحِيمَاتٌ raḥīmātun	الرَّحِيمَاتُ ar-raḥīmātu
accusative	رَحِيمِينَ‎; رُحَمَاءَ raḥīmīna‎; ruḥamāʔa	الرَّحِيمِينَ‎; الرُّحَمَاءَ ar-raḥīmīna‎; ar-ruḥamāʔa	رَحِيمَاتٍ raḥīmātin	الرَّحِيمَاتِ ar-raḥīmāti
genitive	رَحِيمِينَ‎; رُحَمَاءَ raḥīmīna‎; ruḥamāʔa	الرَّحِيمِينَ‎; الرُّحَمَاءِ ar-raḥīmīna‎; ar-ruḥamāʔi	رَحِيمَاتٍ raḥīmātin	الرَّحِيمَاتِ ar-raḥīmāti

Derived terms

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رحيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “رحم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

رحيم • (raḥīm) (masculine plural رحما (ruḥamā))

References

Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ر ح م”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 330