رحمة

See also: زخمه and زحمة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
10 terms

Compare Hebrew רַחֲמִים (raḥămīm, “mercy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raħ.ma/

Noun

رَحْمَة • (raḥma) f (plural رَحَمَات (raḥamāt))

1. verbal noun of رَحِمَ (raḥima) (form I)
2. instance noun of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
3. mercy, compassion, commiseration
4. pardon

Declension

Declension of noun رَحْمَة (raḥma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَحْمَة raḥma	الرَّحْمَة ar-raḥma	رَحْمَة raḥmat
Nominative	رَحْمَةٌ raḥmatun	الرَّحْمَةُ ar-raḥmatu	رَحْمَةُ raḥmatu
Accusative	رَحْمَةً raḥmatan	الرَّحْمَةَ ar-raḥmata	رَحْمَةَ raḥmata
Genitive	رَحْمَةٍ raḥmatin	الرَّحْمَةِ ar-raḥmati	رَحْمَةِ raḥmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَحْمَتَيْن raḥmatayn	الرَّحْمَتَيْن ar-raḥmatayn	رَحْمَتَيْ raḥmatay
Nominative	رَحْمَتَانِ raḥmatāni	الرَّحْمَتَانِ ar-raḥmatāni	رَحْمَتَا raḥmatā
Accusative	رَحْمَتَيْنِ raḥmatayni	الرَّحْمَتَيْنِ ar-raḥmatayni	رَحْمَتَيْ raḥmatay
Genitive	رَحْمَتَيْنِ raḥmatayni	الرَّحْمَتَيْنِ ar-raḥmatayni	رَحْمَتَيْ raḥmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَحَمَات raḥamāt	الرَّحَمَات ar-raḥamāt	رَحَمَات raḥamāt
Nominative	رَحَمَاتٌ raḥamātun	الرَّحَمَاتُ ar-raḥamātu	رَحَمَاتُ raḥamātu
Accusative	رَحَمَاتٍ raḥamātin	الرَّحَمَاتِ ar-raḥamāti	رَحَمَاتِ raḥamāti
Genitive	رَحَمَاتٍ raḥamātin	الرَّحَمَاتِ ar-raḥamāti	رَحَمَاتِ raḥamāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rəhmət
• → Bashkir: рәхмәт (rəxmət)
• → Hausa: r̃ahamā̀
• → Malay: rahmat
• → Maranao: rahmat
• → Ottoman Turkish: رحمت (rahmet)

  > Turkish: rahmet (inherited)

• → Persian: رحمت (rahmat)
  • → Bengali: রহমত (rohomot)
• → Swahili: rehema
• → Tatar: рәхмәт (räxmät), räxmät
• → Uyghur: رەھمەت (rehmet)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رحمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Malay

Noun

رحمة (plural رحمة-رحمة or رحمة۲, informal 1st possessive رحمةکو, 2nd possessive رحمةمو, 3rd possessive رحمةڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of rahmat