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Quranic root

رحق

r · ḥ · q

A term for wine, especially wine distinguished by excellence and purity.

The root's lexical development centers on raḥīq as a name for wine, particularly the finest or purest kind; related Classical usage extends the notion of purity or genuineness adjectivally.

  • Maqāyīs · row 1984
  • Lane · entry 22774
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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

رَحِيق

raḥīq

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Pure, choice wine.

    A noun for wine characterized as pure, clear, excellent, or otherwise of the finest quality; in the Quran it occurs in the expression رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ.

    • Lane · entry 22774
    • Mufradāt · row 539
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 83:25word 3

    a pure wine

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 83:25رَّحِيقٍۢa pure wine
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 3 Classical meanings
  • رَحِيق

    A kind of perfume.

    A Classical Arabic nominal usage distinct from the wine sense.

    • Lane · entry 22774
  • رَحِيق

    Honey.

    A Classical Arabic nominal usage.

    • Lane · entry 22774
  • رَحِيق

    Pure or genuine, used as an epithet for something regarded as unadulterated or authentic.

    An adjectival or epithetical use, attested in expressions for unadulterated musk and for pure or genuine grounds of honor or social standing.

    • Lane · entry 22774