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خن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَخَنٌّ ذ i. q. أَغَنٌّ [as meaning Having a nasal twang ]; (S, K, TA;) who snuffles; i. e., speaks from [i. e. through ] his nose: (TA voce أَدْغَمُ:) [or] as meaning having the خَيَاشِيم [or airpassages of the nose ] stopped up: or, as some say, having the خياشيم [here app. meaning certain cartilages in the upper, or inmost, part of the nose ] delapsed: [see 1 in art. خشم:] fem. خَنَّاآءُ: (TA:) and pl. خُنٌّ. (S, K.)

Derived headwords

أَخَنٌّ
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