رهج

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lhk' /⁠rahag⁠/, “vein”), also [Book Pahlavi needed] (lk' /⁠rag⁠/, “vein”) whence Persian رگ (rag, “vein”). It must have meant aside from a blood-vessel a “streak, haze in the air”. Persian رگ ابر (rag-i abr) means “streak of a cloud”. Compare the transferred use in mineralogy رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, “realgar”), رَهَج أَصْفَر (rahaj ʔaṣfar, “orpiment”) and Old Armenian երակ (erak, “vein or streak of a metal or mineral”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.had͡ʒ/ and IPA^(key): /rahd͡ʒ/

Noun

رَهَج or رَهْج • (rahaj or rahj) m

1. dust, haze
2. (meteorology) stratus

Declension

Declension of noun رَهَج (rahaj)‎; رَهْج (rahj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَهَج‎; رَهْج rahaj‎; rahj	الرَّهَج‎; الرَّهْج ar-rahaj‎; ar-rahj	رَهَج‎; رَهْج rahaj‎; rahj
Nominative	رَهَجٌ‎; رَهْجٌ rahajun‎; rahjun	الرَّهَجُ‎; الرَّهْجُ ar-rahaju‎; ar-rahju	رَهَجُ‎; رَهْجُ rahaju‎; rahju
Accusative	رَهَجًا‎; رَهْجًا rahajan‎; rahjan	الرَّهَجَ‎; الرَّهْجَ ar-rahaja‎; ar-rahja	رَهَجَ‎; رَهْجَ rahaja‎; rahja
Genitive	رَهَجٍ‎; رَهْجٍ rahajin‎; rahjin	الرَّهَجِ‎; الرَّهْجِ ar-rahaji‎; ar-rahji	رَهَجِ‎; رَهْجِ rahaji‎; rahji

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “رهج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 200
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “رهج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1169
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “رهج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 503