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ومخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a type of severe or burning reproach or blame. It is noted that the word is a metathesis of another word with a similar meaning, involving a change of consonants due to proximity of articulation.

Derived headwords

الوَمْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    burning reproachclassical

    A severe, scorching, or burning form of blame or reproach.

الوبخةnoun
  1. 1.
    reproachclassical

    A reproach or blame. This is noted as the original form of 'al-wamakha'.

Parallel reading

الومخة العذلة المحرقة
Al-wamakha is the burning reproach.
والأصل في الومخة الوبخة
And the origin of al-wamakha is al-wubakha.
فقلبت الباء ميما لقرب مخرجيهما
And the 'ba' was changed to 'mim' due to the proximity of their articulation points.