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لخص

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of clarifying, explaining, and summarizing information. It also extends to physical descriptions related to fat, particularly around the eyes and eyelids, and a specific veterinary practice involving the eye.

Derived headwords

لَخَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to explainboth

    To clarify and explain something thoroughly, making it clear and detailed.

  2. 2.
    to summarizeboth

    To condense information, to be brief and concise in speech or explanation.

تَلْخِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    explanationboth

    The act of clarifying and explaining something in detail.

  2. 2.
    summaryboth

    The act of condensing or abbreviating something, making it brief.

التلخيص: التبيين والشرح — Explanation and clarification.
والتلخيص: التقريب والاختصار — And summarization: approximation and brevity.
لَخِصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick-liddedclassical

    Describing eyelids that are thick and fleshy by nature.

أَلْخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to perform eye fat extractionclassical

    To perform the procedure of cutting open a camel's eyelid to check for fat.

لَخَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thick eyelidsclassical

    The natural thickness and fleshiness of eyelids.

  2. 2.
    falling of the brow boneclassical

    The falling of the lower part of the brow bone onto the eyelid.

  3. 3.
    thick udderclassical

    A description of a thick, fleshy udder from which milk is difficult to extract.

واللخص: غلظ الأجفان وكثرة لحمها خلقة — And thick eyelids: the natural thickness and fleshiness of the eyelids.
والنعت اللخص — And the adjective is thick-lidded.
وضرع لخص، بكسر الخاء، بين اللخص أي كثير اللحم لا يكاد اللبن يخرج منه إلا بشدة — And a thick udder, with a kasra on the kha, meaning very fleshy, from which milk can hardly be extracted except with difficulty.
لَخِصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    fatty (eye)classical

    Describing an eye that has an abundance of fat, particularly around the eyelids.

وعين لخصاء إذا كثر شحمها — And a fatty eye if its fat is abundant.
لُخْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eyelid fatclassical

    The fatty tissue located at the top and bottom of the eye.

  2. 2.
    location of eye fat extractionclassical

    The specific place on a camel's eye where the fat is checked, similar to the bone of the nose.

واللخصة: شحمة العين من أعلى وأسفل — And the eyelid fat: the fat of the eye from the top and bottom.
وذلك المكان لخصة العين مثل قصبة — And that place is the location of the eye fat extraction, like the bone of the nose.
لَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut open eyelidclassical

    To slit open the eyelid of a camel, typically when it is being slaughtered, to examine for fat.

ولخص البعير يلخصه لخصا: شق جفنه لينظر هل به شحم أم لا، ولا يكون إلا منحورا — And to slit open the camel's eyelid: to cut its eyelid to see if it has fat or not, and this is only done when it is slaughtered.
أَلْخَصَ البعيرverb
  1. 1.
    camel had eyelid fat extractedclassical

    A camel that has undergone the procedure of having its eyelid cut open to check for fat.

وقد ألخص البعير إذا فعل به هذا فظهر نقيه — And the camel has had its eyelid fat extracted if this was done to it and its fat was revealed.
لَخَصَ البعيرverb
  1. 1.
    to slit camel's eyelidclassical

    To slit open a camel's eyelid to check for fat, done only when slaughtered.

لَخَصَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    fatty deposits in camel's eyeclassical

    The two fatty deposits located within the eye sockets of a horse, or the fat above the eye.

واللخصتان من الفرس: الشحمتان اللتان في جوف وقبي عينيه، وقيل: الشحمة التي في جوف الهزمة التي فوق عينه — And the two fatty deposits from the horse: the two fats that are in the cavity and socket of its eyes, and it was said: the fat that is in the cavity of the ridge above its eye.
لَخَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    fatty deposits in camel's eye (pl.)classical

    Plural of 'lakhsah', referring to the fatty deposits in the eye sockets of a camel.

والجمع لخاص — And the plural is 'lakhāṣ'.
لَخَصnoun
  1. 1.
    thick eyelids (condition)classical

    A condition of thick, fleshy eyelids, or the falling of the brow bone onto the eyelid.

Parallel reading

لخصت الشيء ولحصته، بالخاء والحاء، إذا استقصيت في بيانه وشرحه وتحبيره
I clarified the thing and I explained it, with kha and ha, if you have gone into detail in its explanation, clarification, and elaboration.
يقال: لخص لي خبرك أي بينه لي شيئا بعد شيء
It is said: 'Explain your news to me,' meaning clarify it to me piece by piece.
أنه قعد لتلخيص ما التبس على غيره
That he sat down to clarify what was ambiguous to others.
يقال: لخصت القول أي اقتصرت فيه واختصرت منه ما يحتاج إليه
It is said: 'I summarized the speech,' meaning I confined myself to it and extracted what was needed from it.
واللخصة: شحمة العين من أعلى وأسفل
And the 'lukhzah': the fat of the eye from the top and bottom.
وعين لخصاء إذا كثر شحمها
And a 'lakhsā'' eye if its fat is abundant.
واللخص: غلظ الأجفان وكثرة لحمها خلقة
And 'al-lakhas': the thickness of the eyelids and their natural fleshiness.
وقال ثعلب: هو سقوط باطن الحجاج على جفن العين
And Tha'lab said: it is the falling of the inner part of the brow bone onto the eyelid.
والفعل من كل ذلك لخص لخصا فهو ألخص
And the verb from all of that is 'lakhiṣa lakhaṣan', so he is 'al-lakhaṣ'.
وقال الليث: اللخص أن يكون الجفن الأعلى لحيما، والنعت اللخص
And Al-Layth said: 'al-lakhas' is when the upper eyelid is fleshy, and the adjective is 'al-lakhaṣ'.
وضرع لخص، بكسر الخاء، بين اللخص أي كثير اللحم لا يكاد اللبن يخرج منه إلا بشدة
And a thick udder, with a kasra on the kha, meaning very fleshy, from which milk can hardly be extracted except with difficulty.
واللخصتان من الفرس: الشحمتان اللتان في جوف وقبي عينيه
And the two 'lakhṣatān' of the horse: the two fatty deposits that are in the cavity and socket of its eyes.
وقيل: الشحمة التي في جوف الهزمة التي فوق عينه، والجمع لخاص
And it was said: the fat that is in the cavity of the ridge above its eye, and the plural is 'lakhāṣ'.
ولخص البعير يلخصه لخصا: شق جفنه لينظر هل به شحم أم لا، ولا يكون إلا منحورا
And to slit open the camel's eyelid: to cut its eyelid to see if it has fat or not, and this is only done when it is slaughtered.
ولا يقال اللخص إلا في المنحور، وذلك المكان لخصة العين مثل قصبة
And 'al-lakhas' is only said for the slaughtered one, and that place is the 'lukhzah' of the eye, like the bone of the nose.
وقد ألخص البعير إذا فعل به هذا فظهر نقيه
And the camel has had its eyelid fat extracted if this was done to it and its fat was revealed.
انظروا ما لخص من إبلي فانحروه وما لم يلخص فاركبوه
Look at what has had fat extracted from my camels, so slaughter them, and what has not had fat extracted, then ride them.