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رَحَل
to depart, to leave /ˈra.ħa.la/
verbA1#392 most common
Also: to travel, journey, to migrate, move away, to set off
Example sentences
رَحَلَ أَبي صَباحاً.
My father left in the morning.
رَحَلْنا إِلى القَريةِ.
We traveled to the village.
رَحَلَ جارُنا إِلى مَدينةٍ أُخْرى بَحْثاً عَنِ العَمَلِ.
Our neighbor moved to another city in search of work.
عِنْدَما رَحَلَ الشِّتاءُ، عادَتِ الطُّيورُ إِلى الحُقولِ.
When winter departed, the birds returned to the fields.
رَحَلَ الشّاعِرُ الكَبيرُ تارِكاً وَراءَهُ إِرْثاً أَدَبِيّاً خالِداً.
The great poet passed away, leaving behind a lasting literary legacy.
ما إِنْ رَحَلَتِ القَبيلَةُ عَنِ الواحَةِ حَتّى جَفَّتْ آبارُها وَطَمَرَتْها الرِّمالُ.
No sooner had the tribe left the oasis than its wells dried up and the sands buried them.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْحَلُ | رَحَلْتُ | سَأَرْحَلُ |
| 2sg | تَرْحَلُ | رَحَلْتَ | سَتَرْحَلُ |
| 3sg | يَرْحَلُ | رَحَلَ | سَيَرْحَلُ |
| 1pl | نَرْحَلُ | رَحَلْنا | سَنَرْحَلُ |
| 2pl | تَرْحَلونَ | رَحَلْتُمْ | سَتَرْحَلونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْحَلونَ | رَحَلوا | سَيَرْحَلونَ |
Word family
رِحْلةjourney, trip
رَحيلdeparture
رَحّالةgreat traveler, explorer
رَحْلsaddle, traveler's pack
مَرْحَلةstage, phase
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral root r-ḥ-l, which carries the sense of travel and departure. The same root gives رَحْل, the saddle and pack a traveler loads onto a mount, and رِحْلة, a journey. The underlying image is concrete: to saddle up and set off.
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