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ءخخ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds of distress, pain, or disgust, as well as a specific type of food and a term for impurity. It also includes variations for familial terms and a command to make a camel kneel.

Derived headwords

أَخnoun
  1. 1.
    groan, moanboth

    A sound of pain, distress, or anger.

  2. 2.
    impurity, filthclassical

    A state of being dirty or impure, metaphorically applied to something undesirable.

إِخْparticle
  1. 1.
    kneel!classical

    A command used to make a camel kneel down.

أَخَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to takemodern

    The act of seizing or receiving something.

أَخَذَ الجَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a camel kneelclassical

    The specific action of causing a camel to kneel down.

أَخَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a camel kneelclassical

    The act of causing a camel to kneel, as indicated by the root's usage.

أَخَخْتُ الجَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    I made the camel kneelclassical

    The first-person past tense conjugation of making a camel kneel.

أَنَخْتُ الجَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    I made the camel kneelclassical

    The correct verb form for making a camel kneel, contrasted with incorrect forms.

إِخَاparticle
  1. 1.
    kneel!classical

    A variant pronunciation or form of the command to make a camel kneel.

الأَخِيخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin gruelclassical

    A thin porridge made by pouring water over fine flour and then adding oil or ghee, intended to be drunk.

المُخَيِّخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin gruelclassical

    A variant term for the thin gruel described under الأَخِيخَة.

الأَخّnoun
  1. 1.
    brotherboth

    A male sibling.

الأَخَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    sisterboth

    A female sibling.

Parallel reading

أَخ: كلمة توجع وتأوه من غيظ أو حزن
Akh: a word for groaning and moaning from anger or sadness.
ويقال للبعير: إخ، إذا زجر ليبرك
And one says to a camel: 'ikh,' when it is urged to kneel.
ولا يقال: أخخت الجمل ولكن أنخته
And one does not say: 'akhakhtu al-jamal,' but rather 'anaktu al-jamal.'
الأخ: القذر
Al-akh: the impure, the filthy.
وصار وصل الغانيات أخا أي قذرا
And the company of singers became 'akh,' meaning impure.
إخا، بالكسر، وهو الزجر
'ikha,' with a kasra, and it is the command to kneel.
الأخيخة: دقيق يصب عليه ماء فيبرق بزيت أو سمن فيشرب ولا يكون إلا رقيقا
Al-akhiikha: fine flour over which water is poured, then it is mixed with oil or ghee and drunk, and it is only thin.
تصفر في أعظمه المخيخه
The mukhaykhikha makes its bones yellow.
تجشؤ الشيخ على الأخيخه
The old man's burp over the akhiikha.
سميت أخيخة لحكاية صوت المتجشئ إذا تجشأها لرقتها
It is named akhiikha because it imitates the sound of the burper when he burps it due to its thinness.
الأخ والأخة: لغة في الأخ والأخت
Al-akh and al-akha: a dialectal variation for brother and sister.