# Ra-Kh-Vav — رخو (rxw)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/rxw

- **Meaning:** To be soft and flabby, brittle, remiss, be gentle, let run (sails), loose (the reins). Rukha'an - light soft and gentle breeze. Mirkhat - running quickly and gently.
- **Derived forms:** رُخَاء (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** رُخَآءً — rukhāan · "gently"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرّ۪يحَ تَجْر۪ي بِاَمْرِه۪ رُخَٓاءً حَيْثُ اَصَابَۙ

Fasakhkharna lahu arreehatajree bi-amrihi rukhaan haythu asab

So We made subject to him the wind — running by his command gently whithersoever he directed —

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-36.md_

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