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وخخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of weakness, flabbiness, and lack of vigor, often applied to people, animals, or even dates. It can also refer to sounds, intentions, or pain.

Derived headwords

الوخوخةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of birdsclassical

    The imitation of certain bird sounds.

وخواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Fat and flabbyboth

    Describing a person who is fat, fleshy, and flabby.

  2. 2.
    Cowardly and weakclassical

    Said to be a description of a cowardly and weak person.

  3. 3.
    Lazy and sluggishboth

    Describing someone who is lazy and heavy.

  4. 4.
    Impotentclassical

    A term used for a man who is impotent.

  5. 5.
    Loose bowelsclassical

    Describing a person whose stomach is loose and skin is expanded.

  6. 6.
    Limpclassical

    Describing something that is limp or slack.

إني، ومن شاء ابتغى قفاخا، ... لم أك في قومي امرأ وخواخا — Indeed, and whoever wishes may seek a strong man, ... I was not among my people a man who was flabby and weak.
خواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Lazyclassical

    Describing someone who is lazy and inactive.

ليس بوخواخ ولا مستطل — He is not lazy nor does he stretch himself out.
خواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Impotentclassical

    A term for an impotent man.

خواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Loose bowelsclassical

    Describing a person with loose bowels and expanded skin.

ذوذخadjective
  1. 1.
    Loose bowelsclassical

    Describing a person with loose bowels.

بخباخadjective
  1. 1.
    Loose bowelsclassical

    Describing a person with loose bowels.

خواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Tasteless datesclassical

    Describing dates that lack sweetness and flavor.

خواخadjective
  1. 1.
    Limpclassical

    Describing something that is limp or slack.

وخnoun
  1. 1.
    Painclassical

    Pain.

  2. 2.
    Intentionclassical

    Purpose or intention.

Parallel reading

الوخوخة: حكاية بعض أصوات الطير.
Al-wakhwakhah: Imitating some bird sounds.
ورجل وخواخ: سمين كثير اللحم مضطربه
And a man is wakhwakh: fat, fleshy, and flabby.
وقيل: هو الجبان الضعيف
And it is said: he is cowardly and weak.
إني، ومن شاء ابتغى قفاخا، ... لم أك في قومي امرأ وخواخا
Indeed, and whoever wishes may seek a strong man, ... I was not among my people a man who was flabby and weak.
وقيل: الوخواخ الكسل الثقيل
And it is said: al-wakhwakh is the lazy and heavy one.
ليس بوخواخ ولا مستطل
He is not lazy nor does he stretch himself out.
والوخواخ: الكسلان عن العمل.
And al-wakhwakh: the one who is lazy about work.
ويقال للرجل العنين: وخواخ وذوذخ وبخباخ
And the impotent man is called: wakhwakh, dhudhk, and bakhbakh.
ورجل وخواخ وبخباخ إذا استرخى بطنه واتسع جلده.
And a man is wakhwakh and bakhbakh if his stomach is loose and his skin is expanded.
الذوذخ والوخواخ العذيوط.
Al-dhudhk and al-wakhwakh are the loose-boweled.
وتمر وخواخ: لا حلاوة له ولا طعم
And dates are wakhwakh: they have no sweetness and no taste.
قيل: مسترخي اللحى، وكل مسترخ وخواخ
It is said: having slack jaws, and everything slack is wakhwakh.
الوخ الألم
Al-wakh: pain.
والوخ: القصد.
And al-wakh: intention.