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طخو ند طخى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طَخْيَاآءُ ذ The darkness of clouds. (Lth, Mgh, TA.) ― -b2- And لَيْلَةٌ طَخْيَاآءُ (S, * ISd, Mgh, K *) A dark night; (S, K;) as also ↓ لَيْلَةٌ طَخْوَاآءُ: (TA:) or a night intensely dark, (ISd, Mgh, TA,) in which the clouds have concealed the moon: (ISd, TA:) and ↓ لَيْلٌ طَاخٍ and طخى [app. ↓ طَخْىٌ, as inf. n. used as an epithet,] dark night: and لَيَالٍ ↓ طَاخِيَاتٌ dark nights. (TA.) ― -b3- And كَلِمَةٌ طَخْيَاآءُ [ A sentence, or an expression, ] not understood. (S, K. *) ― -b4- And [hence, perhaps,] one says [of a he-goat], كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى طَخْيَائِهِ, meaning فى هِبَابِهِ [ i. e. That was in his state of rattling at rutting-time ]. (JK. [See a similar phrase in art. طحو and طحى; in which طَحْيَائِهِ is probably a mistranscription for طَخْيَائِهِ.])

Derived headwords

طَخْيَاآءُ
  1. 1.
لَيْلَةٌ طَخْيَاآءُ
كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى طَخْيَائِهِ
فى هِبَابِهِ