רִיחוּק m. (רָחַק) 1) removal, distance. Y. Maas. Sh. I, end, 53ᵃ בר׳ מקום when one lives far away (from Jerusalem, Deut. XIV, 24). Y. B. Mets. V, 10ᶜ bot. קירוב שכר ור׳ הפסד an enterprise in which he who advances the money secures to himself the advantages of profit without the corresponding share in the eventual losses. —2) separation, loathsomeness. Lam. R. to I, 17 (expl. לנדה ib.) לר׳ היתה she became an object of disgust.