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رَخِيص
cheap /raˈxiːsˤ/
adjectiveB1#2196 most common
Also: inexpensive, low-priced, of poor quality
Example sentences
هٰذا رَخِيص.
This is cheap.
الْخُبْزُ رَخِيصٌ هُنا.
The bread is cheap here.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قَمِيصًا رَخِيصًا مِنَ السُّوقِ.
I bought a cheap shirt from the market.
هٰذا الْفُنْدُقُ رَخِيصٌ لٰكِنَّهُ نَظِيفٌ.
This hotel is cheap but clean.
لا تَشْتَرِ الْأَشْياءَ الرَّخِيصَةَ لِأَنَّها تَنْكَسِرُ بِسُرْعَةٍ.
Do not buy cheap things because they break quickly.
يُفَضِّلُ بَعْضُ النّاسِ الْجَوْدَةَ عَلَى السِّعْرِ الرَّخِيصِ رَغْمَ ضِيقِ الْمِيزانِيَّةِ.
Some people prefer quality over a cheap price despite a tight budget.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَخِيصٌ | رِخاصٌ |
| Genitive | رَخِيصٍ | رِخاصٍ |
| Accusative | رَخِيصًا | رِخاصًا |
| Vocative | يا رَخِيصُ | يا رِخاصُ |
Word family
رُخْصcheapness, low price
رُخْصَةlicense, permitرَخُصَto be or become cheap
أَرْخَصcheaper, cheapest
رَخّاصone who sells cheaply
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root r-kh-ṣ, which carries the sense of softness, ease, and permission. From that base grew the noun rukhṣ, meaning low price, and the adjective rakhīṣ, meaning cheap. The same root gives rukhṣa, a license or dispensation, since both ideas share the notion of something made easy or lightened.
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