womb, uterus relative (n.) 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme raḥim-
Meaning 1 womb
Direction
Meaning 2 relationship, nearness of kin ḏū r-raḥim-I ‘the possessor of relationship’; ḏū raḥim-in maḥrim-in ‘a relation whom it is unlawful to marry’
Reference
Comment (Lane 1056), from Proto-Semitic *raḥ(i)m-, *riḥm- 'womb', cf. SED I No. 231).