راح

See also: راج and زاح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر و ح (r w ḥ), from Proto-West Semitic *rawaḥ-.

Verb

رَاحَ • (rāḥa) I (non-past يَرُوحُ (yarūḥu), verbal noun رَوَاح (rawāḥ))

1. (narrower sense) to go in the evening
2. (broader sense) to go
3. to go away
4. to begin [with imperfect ‘to do something’]
5. to come to the point where [with imperfect]

Conjugation

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						رَوَاح rawāḥ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						رَائِح rāʔiḥ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَرُوح marūḥ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رُحْتُ ruḥtu	رُحْتَ ruḥta	رَاحَ rāḥa		رُحْتُمَا ruḥtumā	رَاحَا rāḥā		رُحْنَا ruḥnā	رُحْتُمْ ruḥtum	رَاحُوا rāḥū
	f		رُحْتِ ruḥti	رَاحَتْ rāḥat			رَاحَتَا rāḥatā			رُحْتُنَّ ruḥtunna	رُحْنَ ruḥna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَرُوحُ ʔarūḥu	تَرُوحُ tarūḥu	يَرُوحُ yarūḥu		تَرُوحَانِ tarūḥāni	يَرُوحَانِ yarūḥāni		نَرُوحُ narūḥu	تَرُوحُونَ tarūḥūna	يَرُوحُونَ yarūḥūna
	f		تَرُوحِينَ tarūḥīna	تَرُوحُ tarūḥu			تَرُوحَانِ tarūḥāni			تَرُحْنَ taruḥna	يَرُحْنَ yaruḥna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَرُوحَ ʔarūḥa	تَرُوحَ tarūḥa	يَرُوحَ yarūḥa		تَرُوحَا tarūḥā	يَرُوحَا yarūḥā		نَرُوحَ narūḥa	تَرُوحُوا tarūḥū	يَرُوحُوا yarūḥū
	f		تَرُوحِي tarūḥī	تَرُوحَ tarūḥa			تَرُوحَا tarūḥā			تَرُحْنَ taruḥna	يَرُحْنَ yaruḥna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَرُحْ ʔaruḥ	تَرُحْ taruḥ	يَرُحْ yaruḥ		تَرُوحَا tarūḥā	يَرُوحَا yarūḥā		نَرُحْ naruḥ	تَرُوحُوا tarūḥū	يَرُوحُوا yarūḥū
	f		تَرُوحِي tarūḥī	تَرُحْ taruḥ			تَرُوحَا tarūḥā			تَرُحْنَ taruḥna	يَرُحْنَ yaruḥna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		رُحْ ruḥ			رُوحَا rūḥā				رُوحُوا rūḥū
	f		رُوحِي rūḥī							رُحْنَ ruḥna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	رِيحَ rīḥa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُرَاحُ yurāḥu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُرَاحَ yurāḥa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُرَحْ yuraḥ		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

    Conjugation of رَاحَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun رَوَاح)

Noun

رَاح • (rāḥ) m (obsolete)

1. wine

   Synonyms: عُقَار (ʕuqār), دِرْيَاق (diryāq), نَبِيذ (nabīḏ), خَمْر (ḵamr)

   • a. 945, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 825 (fol. 70r,14–v,1), page 963:

     القبج بالفارسية هو الحجل عنه ومن كتاب أهرن وفي اللغة: القبج ذكر الحجل، قال الصنوبري
     يٰأخِي قُمْ فَقَدْ شَجَجْنا لَكَ الرَّاحَ … فَخُذْها مَشْجُوجَةً أيّ شَجّ
     قَطَعَ المَاءُ جِسْمَها قِطَعًا لَمْ … تَغْذِ أَمْثالَها مَناقِيرُ قَبْج

     Al-qabj is Persian for partridge ibidem [in ar-Rāzī’s Ḥāwī]. From ʾAhrun’s book and the lexicographers: It is the male partridge. Aṣ-Ṣanawbarīy said:
     O brother, get up! We have mixed wine for you.
     Take it in a mixed state in whichever fashion!
     The water has stripped down its substance into bits,
     of size smaller than partridge beaks eat.

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَاح rāḥ	الرَّاح ar-rāḥ	رَاح rāḥ
Nominative	رَاحٌ rāḥun	الرَّاحُ ar-rāḥu	رَاحُ rāḥu
Accusative	رَاحًا rāḥan	الرَّاحَ ar-rāḥa	رَاحَ rāḥa
Genitive	رَاحٍ rāḥin	الرَّاحِ ar-rāḥi	رَاحِ rāḥi

Declension of noun رَاح (rāḥ)

Noun

رَاح • (rāḥ) pl

1. plural of رَاحَة (rāḥa)

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ر و ح
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɑːħ]

Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (active participle رايح (rāyiḥ), passive participle متراح (mitrāḥ))

1. (transitive) to go (to a place)

   راح الشغل ― rāḥ iš-šuḡl ― he went to work

2. (auxiliary) to go (to do something)

   راح ياكل ― rāḥ yākul ― he went to eat

3. (transitive with لـ (li-)) to go (to someone)

   راح لأخته ― rāḥ l-uḵtu ― he went to his sister('s)

4. (intransitive) to leave

   Synonym: مشى (maša)

Conjugation

Conjugation of راح

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رحت (ruḥt)	رحت (ruḥt)	راح (rāḥ)		رحنا (ruḥna)	رحتوا (ruḥtu)	روحوا (rūḥu)
	f		رحتي (ruḥti)	راحت (rāḥit)
present subjunctive	m	اروح (arūḥ)	تروح (tirūḥ)	يروح (yirūḥ)		نروح (nirūḥ)	تروحوا (tirūḥu)	يروحوا (yirūḥu)
	f		تروحي (tirūḥi)	تروح (tirūḥ)
present indicative	m	بروح (barūḥ)	بتروح (bitrūḥ)	بيروح (biyrūḥ)		بنروح (binrūḥ)	بتروحوا (bitrūḥu)	بيروحوا (biyrūḥu)
	f		بتروحي (bitrūḥu)	بتروح (bitrūḥ)
future1	m	هروح (harūḥ)	هتروح (hatrūḥ)	هيروح (hayrūḥ)		هنروح (hanrūḥ)	هتروحوا (hatrūḥu)	هيروحوا (hayrūḥu)
	f		هتروحي (hatrūḥu)	هتروح (hatrūḥ)
imperative	m		روح (rūḥ)				روحوا (rūḥu)
	f		روحي (rūḥi)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

Related terms

• روّح (rawwaḥ, “to go home”)

Gulf Arabic

Verb

راح • (rāḥ) (imperfective يروح (yrūḥ), participle روحة (roḥa))

1. to go to (“to move towards”)
2. (phrasal verb) to miss out on something [with على]

   Synonym: طاف (ṭāf)

   راح علي الباص ― rāḥ ʿalay il-bāṣ ― I missed the bus

3. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ر و ح
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːħ/

Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yirūḥ))

1. to go
2. to leave

   Synonym: مِشِي (miši)

   Antonym: جا (jā)

Conjugation

Conjugation of راح

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رحت (ruḥt)	رحت (ruḥt)	راح (rāḥ)		رحنا (ruḥna)	رحتوا (ruḥtu)	راحوا (rāḥu)
	f		رحتي (ruḥti)	راحت (rāḥat)
non-past	m	أروح (ʔarūḥ)	تروح (tirūḥ)	يروح (yirūḥ)		نروح (nirūḥ)	تروحوا (tirūḥu)	يروحوا (yirūḥu)
	f		تروحي (tirūḥi)	تروح (tirūḥ)
imperative	m		روح (rūḥ)				روحوا (rūḥu)
	f		روحي (rūḥi)

Iraqi Arabic

Root
ر و ح
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic راح (rāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːħ/

Verb

راح (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yrūḥ))

1. to go to (“to move towards”)
2. (phrasal verb) to miss out on something
3. (by extension) to leave
4. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

Conjugation

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Conjugation of راح (rāḥ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رحت (riḥit)	رحت (riḥit)	راح (rāḥ)		رحنا (riḥna)	رحتو (riḥtu)	راحو (rāḥaw)
	f		رحتي (riḥti)	راحت (rāḥat)			رحتن (riḥtan)	راحن (rāḥan)
present	m	اروح (arūḥ)	تروح (trūḥ)	يروح (yrūḥ)		نروح (nrūḥ)	تروحون (trūḥūn)	يروحون (yrūḥūn)
	f		تروحين (trūḥīn)	تروح (trūḥ)			تروحن (trūḥan)	يروحن (yrūḥan)
imperative	m		روح (rūḥ)				روحو (rūḥu)
	f		روحي (rūḥi)				روحن (rūḥan)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر و ح
5 terms

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːħ/

• Audio:

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Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yrūḥ))

1. to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of راح

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رحت (ruḥt)	رحتي (ruḥti)	راح (rāḥ)		رحنا (ruḥna)	رحتوا (ruḥtu)	راحوا (rāḥu)
	f			راحت (rāḥet)
non-past	m	نروح (nrūḥ)	تروح (trūḥ)	يروح (yrūḥ)		نروحوا (nrūḥu)	تروحوا (trūḥu)	يروحوا (yrūḥu)
	f		تروحي (trūḥi)	تروح (trūḥ)
imperative	m		روح (rūḥ)				روحوا (rūḥu)
	f		روحي (rūḥi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːħ/, [rˤɑːħ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (present بروح (birūḥ), active participle رايح (rāyeḥ))

1. to go

   Antonym: إجا (ʔija)

   رحتي لعنده مبارح؟ ― ruḥti la-ʕendo mbāreḥ? ― Did you go to his place yesterday?

2. (by extension) to leave

   هو راح من زمان.

   huwwe rāḥ min zamān.

   He left a long time ago.

   (literally, “He went [since] a long time.”)

3. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

Conjugation

Conjugation of راح

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رحت (ruḥt)	رحت (ruḥt)	راح (rāḥ)		رحنا (ruḥna)	رحتو (ruḥtu)	راحو (rāḥu)
	f		رحتي (ruḥti)	راحت (rāḥat)
present	m	بروح (barūḥ)	بتروح (bitrūḥ)	بروح (birūḥ)		منروح (minrūḥ)	بتروحو (bitrūḥu)	بيروحو (birūḥu)
	f		بتروحي (bitrūḥi)	بتروح (bitrūḥ)
subjunctive	m	اروح (arūḥ)	تروح (trūḥ)	يروح (yrūḥ)		نروح (nrūḥ)	تروحو (trūḥu)	يروحو (yrūḥu)
	f		تروحي (trūḥi)	تروح (trūḥ)
imperative	m		روح (rūḥ)				روحو (rūḥu)
	f		روحي (rūḥi)