رحيم

See also: رحیم

Arabic

Root
ر ح م (r-ḥ-m)

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))

1. merciful [+ بِـ (object) = 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

2. compassionate
3. beneficent
4. related by blood
5. 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
	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).

Adjective

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

1. merciful
2. compassionate

References

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