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زخ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُخَّةٌ ذ The young ones of sheep or goats: of the measure فُعْلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; like قُبْضَةٌ and غُرْفَةٌ; so called لِأَنَّهَا تُزَخُّ, i. e. because they are driven, and impelled from behind them: from these, it is said in a trad. that no contribution to the poor-rates is to be taken. (TA.)

Derived headwords

زُخَّةٌ
  1. 1.
لِأَنَّهَا تُزَخُّ