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جخخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of throwing, pushing, or moving forcefully, often involving dirt or liquid. It also extends to sounds, vocalizations, and specific postures or movements in prayer and other contexts.

Derived headwords

جَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To throw something, particularly urine.

  2. 2.
    to scatter dirtclassical

    To scatter dirt with one's foot while walking, making a sound.

  3. 3.
    to moveboth

    To move from one place to another.

  4. 4.
    to spread outclassical

    To spread out one's limbs, especially in prayer.

  5. 5.
    to sit in a squatting positionclassical

    To sit in a squatting position, especially when defecating.

  6. 6.
    to pushboth

    To push or throw down.

جخ ببوله: رمى به — He threw his urine.
وجخ برجله: نسف بها التراب في مشيه — And he scattered dirt with his foot in his walking.
جَخْجَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to shoutboth

    To shout loudly and call out.

  2. 2.
    to boastclassical

    To boast or make a show of pride.

  3. 3.
    to be darkclassical

    To become intensely dark or crowded.

  4. 4.
    to lie downboth

    To lie down, settle in, and relax.

  5. 5.
    to concealclassical

    To not reveal what is in one's heart.

إن أردت العز فجخجخ في جشم — If you want honor, then shout among Jusham.
فجخجخ بجشم أي ادع بها تفاخر معك — So boast with Jusham, meaning to claim pride with them.
وقد تجخجخ إذا تراكب واشتدت ظلمته — And it may become intensely dark when things pile up and its darkness intensifies.
تَجَخْجَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to lie downboth

    To lie down, settle in, and relax.

  2. 2.
    to become darkclassical

    To become intensely dark or crowded.

وقد تجخجخ إذا تراكب واشتدت ظلمته — And it may become intensely dark when things pile up and its darkness intensifies.
لمن خيال زارنا من ميدخا ... طاف بنا، والليل قد تجخجخا؟ — Whose apparition visited us from Maidhakha... circled us, and the night had become intensely dark?
جُخْinterjection
  1. 1.
    sound of stomachclassical

    An onomatopoeic sound representing the rumbling of the stomach.

  2. 2.
    goad for a ramclassical

    A sound used to urge on a ram.

حتى يقول بطنه: جخ جخ — Until his stomach says: jakh jakh.
جخ: زجر للكبش — Jakh: a goad for a ram.
جُخْ جُخْinterjection
  1. 1.
    sound of stomachclassical

    An onomatopoeic sound representing the rumbling of the stomach.

حتى يقول بطنه: جخ جخ — Until his stomach says: jakh jakh.
جَخْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    falling of starsclassical

    The setting or falling of stars.

  2. 2.
    squatting postureclassical

    A squatting posture, especially when defecating.

  3. 3.
    raising the backclassical

    The act of raising one's back when intending to bow.

وجخت النجوم تجخية إذا مالت للمغيب — And the stars set with tajkhiyah when they leaned towards setting.
وجخى تجخية إذا جلس مستوفزا في الغائط — And he sat with tajkhiyah when he squatted to defecate.
والتجخية إذا أراد الركوع رفع ظهره — And tajkhiyah is when he intends to bow and raises his back.
جَخْجَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutingboth

    The act of shouting and calling out.

  2. 2.
    boastingclassical

    Boasting or making a show of pride.

  3. 3.
    darknessclassical

    Intense darkness or crowding.

  4. 4.
    sound of waterclassical

    The sound of much water.

  5. 5.
    allusionclassical

    Allusion or indirect reference.

قال الليث: الجخجخة الصياح والنداء — Al-Layth said: Al-jakhjakhah is shouting and calling.
وفي الحواشي: الجخجخة التعريض — And in the margins: Al-jakhjakhah is allusion.
الجخجخة: صوت تكثير الماء — Al-jakhjakhah: the sound of much water.
مِجَخّother
  1. 1.
    wide-leggedclassical

    A man who is wide-legged.

مُجَخِّيadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-leggedclassical

    A man who is wide-legged.

قال أبو السميدع: المجخي الأفحج الرجلين — Abu Al-Sumaydi' said: Al-mujakhkhi is one who is wide-legged.
جَخَىverb
  1. 1.
    to sit squattingclassical

    To sit in a squatting position, especially when defecating.

  2. 2.
    to spread limbsclassical

    To spread one's limbs, especially in prayer.

وجخى تجخية إذا جلس مستوفزا في الغائط — And he sat with tajkhiyah when he squatted to defecate.
وكذلك جخى واجلخ، كله إذا فتح عضديه في السجود — And likewise jakhā and ajlakhā, all mean to spread one's armpits in prostration.
اِجْلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread limbsclassical

    To spread one's limbs, especially in prayer.

وكذلك جخى واجلخ، كله إذا فتح عضديه في السجود — And likewise jakhā and ajlakhā, all mean to spread one's armpits in prostration.

Parallel reading

جخ ببوله: رمى به؛ وقيل: جخ به إذا رغاه حتى يخد به الأرض
He threw his urine; and it was said: he threw it forcefully until it scraped the ground.
وجخ برجله: نسف بها التراب في مشيه كخج
And he scattered dirt with his foot in his walking like khaj.
وجخت النجوم تجخية وخوت تخوية إذا مالت للمغيب
And the stars set with tajkhiyah, and khawat with takhwiyah, when they leaned towards setting.
وجخ الرجل: تحول من مكان إلى مكان
And the man moved from one place to another.
وجخجخ: لم يبد ما في نفسه كخجخج
And he did not reveal what was in his heart, like khajkhaj.
وإن سرك العز فجخجخ في جشم
And if honor pleases you, then shout among Jusham.
قال الليث: الجخجخة الصياح والنداء
Al-Layth said: Al-jakhjakhah is shouting and calling.
فجخجخ بجشم أي ادع بها تفاخر معك
So boast with Jusham, meaning to claim pride with them.
ويقال: بل جخجخ بها أي ادخل بها في معظمها وسوادها الذي كأنه ليل
And it is said: rather, jakhjakh with it, meaning to enter into its majority and its darkness, which is like night.
لمن خيال زارنا من ميدخا ... طاف بنا، والليل قد تجخجخا؟
Whose apparition visited us from Maidhakha... circled us, and the night had become intensely dark?
والجخجخة: صوت تكثير الماء
And Al-jakhjakhah: the sound of much water.
جخ: زجر للكبش
Jakh: a goad for a ram.
حتى يقول بطنه: جخ جخ
Until his stomach says: jakh jakh.
وجخجخت الرجل: صرعته
And I threw the man down: I felled him.
وجخجخ وتجخجخ إذا اضطجع وتمكن واسترخى
And he lay down and settled in when he reclined, settled, and relaxed.
أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان إذا سجد جخ
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, when he prostrated, he would spread his limbs.
يقال: جخ الرجل في صلاته إذا رفع بطنه، فمعناه أي فتح عضديه عن جنبيه وجافاهما عنهما
It is said: The man spread his limbs in his prayer when he raised his abdomen, meaning he opened his armpits away from his sides and kept them distant from them.
أبو عمرو: جخ إذا تفتح في سجوده وغيره
Abu Amr: Jakh means to spread out in prostration and otherwise.
وجخى تجخية إذا جلس مستوفزا في الغائط
And he sat with tajkhiyah when he squatted to defecate.
والتجخية إذا أراد الركوع رفع ظهره
And tajkhiyah is when he intends to bow and raises his back.
قال أبو السميدع: المجخي الأفحج الرجلين
Abu Al-Sumaydi' said: Al-mujakhkhi is one who is wide-legged.