رواح

See also: زواج

Arabic

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.waːħ/

Noun

رَوَاح • (rawāḥ) m

1. verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa) (form I)
2. evening, time between sunset and night

   Synonym: عَشِيِّ (ʕašiyyi)

   Coordinate terms: صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ), صُبْح (ṣubḥ)

   يَا أَبَا ذَر: مَا مِن صَبَاحٍ وَلَا رَوَاحٍ إِلَّا وَبِقَاع الَارْضِ يُنَادِي بَعْضَهَا بَعْضَا

   Oh Abu Dharr! No morning or evening pass without every corner on earth calling one another. (part of a Hadith)

3. evening journey

   Coordinate term: غُدُوّ (ḡuduww)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 34:12:

     وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌۭ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۭ ۖ

     And to Solomon ˹We subjected˺ the wind: its morning stride was a month’s journey and so was its evening stride.

Declension

Declension of noun رَوَاح (rawāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوَاح rawāḥ	الرَّوَاح ar-rawāḥ	رَوَاح rawāḥ
Nominative	رَوَاحٌ rawāḥun	الرَّوَاحُ ar-rawāḥu	رَوَاحُ rawāḥu
Accusative	رَوَاحًا rawāḥan	الرَّوَاحَ ar-rawāḥa	رَوَاحَ rawāḥa
Genitive	رَوَاحٍ rawāḥin	الرَّوَاحِ ar-rawāḥi	رَوَاحِ rawāḥi