رحمة

See also: زخمه‎ and زحمة‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ح م‎ (r-ḥ-m). Compare Hebrew רַחֲמִים‎ (raḥamim, “mercy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raħ.ma/

Noun

رَحْمَة • (raḥma) f

verbal noun of رَحِمَ‎ (raḥima) (form I)
compassion, commiseration, mercy
pardon

Declension

Declension of noun رَحْمَة (raḥma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَحْمَة raḥma	الرَّحْمَة‎ ar-raḥma	رَحْمَة raḥmat
Nominative	رَحْمَةٌ raḥmatun	الرَّحْمَةُ‎ ar-raḥmatu	رَحْمَةُ raḥmatu
Accusative	رَحْمَةً raḥmatan	الرَّحْمَةَ‎ ar-raḥmata	رَحْمَةَ raḥmata
Genitive	رَحْمَةٍ raḥmatin	الرَّحْمَةِ‎ ar-raḥmati	رَحْمَةِ raḥmati

Descendants

Bashkir: рәхмәт (räxmät)
Hausa: r̃ahamā̀
Swahili: rehema

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رحمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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