مريح

Derived from the active participle of أَرَاحَ (ʔarāḥa, “to let rest, to soothe”) and أَرْوَحَ (ʔarwaḥa, “to stink”), from the root ر و ح (r-w-ḥ); compare رَاحَة (rāḥa, “rest, comfort”) and رِيحَة (rīḥa, “smell”).

مُرِيح • (murīḥ) (feminine مُرِيحَة (murīḥa), masculine plural مُرِيحُونَ (murīḥūna), feminine plural مُرِيحَات (murīḥāt))

1. comfortable (of a thing)
2. soothing
3. restful
4. flatulent

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “روح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُرِيح (murīḥ).

• IPA^(key): /mu.riːħ/,

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مريح • (murīḥ) (feminine مريحة (murīḥa), elative أريح (ʔaryaḥ))

1. convenient, comfortable

Equivalent to the active participle of ريّح (rayyaḥ, “to calm, soothe”).

• IPA^(key): /mraj.jiħ/,

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مريّح • (mrayyeḥ) (feminine مريّحة (mrayyḥa), elative أريح (ʔaryaḥ))

1. convenient, comfortable

• سهل (sahl, “easy, convenient”)