# راح
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root ر و ح (r w ḥ), from Proto-West Semitic *rawaḥ-.

### Verb

رَاحَ • (rāḥa) I (non-past يَرُوحُ (yarūḥu), verbal noun رَوَاح (rawāḥ))
* (narrower sense) to go in the evening
* (broader sense) to go
* to go away
* to begin [with imperfect ‘to do something’]
* to come to the point where [with imperfect]

#### Conjugation
### Noun

رَاح • (rāḥ) m (obsolete)
* wine
    Synonyms: عُقَار (ʕuqār), دِرْيَاق (diryāq), نَبِيذ (nabīḏ), خَمْر (ḵamr)
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#### Declension
### Noun

رَاح • (rāḥ) pl
* plural of رَاحَة (rāḥa)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɑːħ]

### Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (active participle رايح (rāyiḥ), passive participle متراح (mitrāḥ))
* (transitive) to go (to a place)
    راح الشغل ― rāḥ iš-šuḡl ― he went to work
* (auxiliary) to go (to do something)
    راح ياكل ― rāḥ yākul ― he went to eat
* (transitive with لـ (li-)) to go (to someone)
    راح لأخته ― rāḥ l-uḵtu ― he went to his sister('s)
* (intransitive) to leave
    Synonym: مشى (maša)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

#### Related terms

* روّح (rawwaḥ, “to go home”)

## Gulf Arabic
### Verb

راح • (rāḥ) (imperfective يروح (yrūḥ), participle روحة (roḥa))
* to go to (“to move towards”)
* (phrasal verb) to miss out on something [with على]
    Synonym: طاف (ṭāf)
    راح علي الباص ― rāḥ ʿalay il-bāṣ ― I missed the bus
* (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːħ/

### Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yirūḥ))
* to go
* to leave
    Synonym: مِشِي (miši)
    Antonym: جا (jā)

#### Conjugation
## Iraqi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic راح (rāḥ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːħ/

### Verb

راح (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yrūḥ))
* to go to (“to move towards”)
* (phrasal verb) to miss out on something
* (by extension) to leave
* (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of راح (rāḥ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | رحت (riḥit) | رحت (riḥit) | راح (rāḥ) | رحنا (riḥna) | رحتو (riḥtu) | راحو (rāḥaw) |
| past | f | رحت (riḥit) | رحتي (riḥti) | راحت (rāḥat) | رحنا (riḥna) | رحتن (riḥtan) | راحن (rāḥan) |
| present | m | اروح (arūḥ) | تروح (trūḥ) | يروح (yrūḥ) | نروح (nrūḥ) | تروحون (trūḥūn) | يروحون (yrūḥūn) |
| present | f | اروح (arūḥ) | تروحين (trūḥīn) | تروح (trūḥ) | نروح (nrūḥ) | تروحن (trūḥan) | يروحن (yrūḥan) |
| imperative | m | | روح (rūḥ) | | | روحو (rūḥu) | |
| imperative | f | | روحي (rūḥi) | | | روحن (rūḥan) | |

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːħ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (non-past يروح (yrūḥ))
* to go

#### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːħ/, [rˤɑːħ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

راح • (rāḥ) I (present بروح (birūḥ), active participle رايح (rāyeḥ))
* to go
    Antonym: إجا (ʔija)
    رحتي لعنده مبارح؟ ― ruḥti la-ʕendo mbāreḥ? ― Did you go to his place yesterday?
* (by extension) to leave
    هو راح من زمان.huwwe rāḥ min zamān.He left a long time ago.(literally, “He went [since] a long time.”)
* (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense