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Also written رحل: رَحَّلَ (to make depart)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
رَحَلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to saddle, to mount
- to set out
- to leave, depart
ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا وَنَزَلْنَا قَرْيَةً تُعْرَفُ بِالْمُوَيْلِحَةِ. ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْهَا وَنَزَلْنَا جَزِيرَةَ ٱبْنِ عُمَرَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ، مُحِيطٌ بِهَا الْوَادِي، وَلِذٰلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ جَزِيرَةً، وَأَكْثَرُهَا خَرَابٌ.Journeying on, we halted at a village called al-Muwailiha, and from there alighted at Jazirat Ibn ‘Omar, a large and beautiful city surrounded by the river [Tigris], which is the reason why it is called Jazira [‘island’]. The greater part of it is in ruins.a. 1369, Ibn Battuta, “العراق وفارس”, in رحلة ابن بطوطة, volume 1, →ISBN, page 211
- to emigrate
- to die
Word origin
Form I verb from the root ر ح ل (r ḥ l).
Words from the root ر-ح-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
رَحَلَ
· present يَرْحَلُ
Form I · The plain action
to saddle, to mount; to set out; to leave, depart
رَحَّلَ
· present يُرَحِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make depart
تَرْحِيل
مُرَحِّل
مُرَحَّل
phase
رَحَّال
journeying much
رَحَّال
voyager
رِحَالَة
what one arranges for voyage
رَحَّالَة
voyager
رَحَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | رَحَلْتُ | أَرْحَلُ | أَرْحَلَ | أَرْحَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | رَحَلْتَ | تَرْحَلُ | تَرْحَلَ | تَرْحَلْ | اِرْحَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | رَحَلْتِ | تَرْحَلِينَ | تَرْحَلِي | تَرْحَلِي | اِرْحَلِي |
| هُوَ he | رَحَلَ | يَرْحَلُ | يَرْحَلَ | يَرْحَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | رَحَلَتْ | تَرْحَلُ | تَرْحَلَ | تَرْحَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | رَحَلْتُمَا | تَرْحَلَانِ | تَرْحَلَا | تَرْحَلَا | اِرْحَلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | رَحَلَا | يَرْحَلَانِ | يَرْحَلَا | يَرْحَلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | رَحَلَتَا | تَرْحَلَانِ | تَرْحَلَا | تَرْحَلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | رَحَلْنَا | نَرْحَلُ | نَرْحَلَ | نَرْحَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | رَحَلْتُمْ | تَرْحَلُونَ | تَرْحَلُوا | تَرْحَلُوا | اِرْحَلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | رَحَلْتُنَّ | تَرْحَلْنَ | تَرْحَلْنَ | تَرْحَلْنَ | اِرْحَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | رَحَلُوا | يَرْحَلُونَ | يَرْحَلُوا | يَرْحَلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | رَحَلْنَ | يَرْحَلْنَ | يَرْحَلْنَ | يَرْحَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | رَحْل، رَحِيل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | رَاحِل |
| Passive participle | مَرْحُول |
رَحَلَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to leave
ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا وَنَزَلْنَا قَرْيَةً تُعْرَفُ بِالْمُوَيْلِحَةِ. ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْهَا وَنَزَلْنَا جَزِيرَةَ ٱبْنِ عُمَرَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ، مُحِيطٌ بِهَا الْوَادِي، وَلِذٰلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ جَزِيرَةً، وَأَكْثَرُهَا خَرَابٌ.Journeying on, we halted at a village called al-Muwailiha, and from there alighted at Jazirat Ibn ‘Omar, a large and beautiful city surrounded by the river [Tigris], which is the reason why it is called Jazira [‘island’]. The greater part of it is in ruins.a. 1369, Ibn Battuta, “العراق وفارس”, in رحلة ابن بطوطة, volume 1, →ISBN, page 211
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