[1]
رَحِمَهُ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor.
رَحَمَ , (K,) inf. n.
رَحْمَةٌ and رُحْمٌ [and رَحَمَةٌ and رُحُمٌ] and مَرْحَمَةٌ,
(S, * Msb, K, *) [He had mercy, or pity, or compassion, on him; or he treated him, or regarded
him, with mercy or pity or compassion; i. e.] he
was, or became, tender [or tender-hearted] towards
him; and inclined to favour him [and to benefit
him]: (S, Msb, K: [see also رَخِمَهُ and رَخَمَهُ:])
and he pardoned him, or forgave him: (K:) said
of a man: (S, Msb, K:) and also of God [in the
former sense, but tropically, or anthropopathically:
or as meaning He favoured him, or benefited him;
or pardoned, or forgave, him: see explanations
of رَحْمَةٌ below]: (Msb, K:) and ترحّم ↓ عَلَيْهِ signifies the same, (MA, [and the same seems to be
indicated in the S,]) said of a man: (S:) [and so
does ↓ ترحّمهُ, (occurring in the S and K in art.
رعى, &c.,) accord. to Ibn-Maaroof, for he says
that] تَرَحُّمٌ signifies the regarding [another] with
mercy or pity or compassion; or pardoning [him],
or forgiving [him]: and also the being merciful
or pitiful or compassionate or favourably inclined
[عَلَى غَيْرِهِ to another]. (KL: but respecting this
latter verb, see 2.) ＝
1-A2- رَحُمَتْ, and رَحِمَتْ, (S, K,)
and رُحِمَتْ, (K,) inf. n. رَحَامَةٌ, (S, K,) which is
of the first, (S, TA,) and رَحَمٌ, (S, K,) which is
of the second, (S, TA,) and رَحْمٌ, (K,) which is
of the third, (TA,) She had a complaint of her
womb after bringing forth, (S, K,) and died in
consequence thereof: (K:) said of a camel, (S,
TA,) and of a ewe or goat, and of a woman, and
of any animal having a womb: (TA:) or she had
a disease in her womb, in consequence of which
she did not receive impregnation: or she brought
forth without letting fall her secundine: (K,
TA:) or, accord. to Lh, the bringing forth without letting fall her secundine, by a sheep or goat,
is termed ↓ رُحَامٌ. (TA.) ―
2-b2- رَحِمَ, aor.
رَحَمَ , inf. n.
رَحَمٌ, is also said of a water-skin, meaning It was
left, or neglected, by its owners, after its being
seasoned with rob, [for غيته, in the phrase بعد
غيته, an evident mistranscription, I read, conjecturally, تَمْتِينِهِ, as the only word at all resembling غيته, that I can call to mind, having an
apposite signification,] and they did not anoint it,
or grease it, so that it became spoilt, or in a bad
state, and did not retain the water: the epithet
applied to it in this case is ↓ رَحِمٌ. (TA.) ―
2-b3- And
رَحَامَةٌ is also an inf. n. [of which the verb, if it
have one, is app. رَحُمَ,] signifying The being connected by relationship. (TA.)