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خرض
Root entry · 2 derived lemmasThis root appears to relate to descriptions of young, beautiful, and fair women. It specifically describes a young woman who is recently mature, fair-skinned, and healthy.
Derived headwords
الخَرِيضَةnoun
- 1.Young, fair womanclassical
A young woman who is recently mature, fair-skinned, and healthy. She is described as beautiful and newly developed.
خَرائِضnoun
- 1.Young, fair womenclassical
The plural of الخريضة, referring to multiple young women who are recently mature, fair-skinned, and healthy.
Parallel reading
الخريضة الجارية الحديثة السن الحسنة البيضاء التارة
The young woman is a flowing (in her development), recently mature, beautiful, fair, and healthy one.
وجمعها خرائض
And its plural is خرائض.
لم أسمع هذا الحرف لغير الليث
I have not heard this word attributed to anyone other than Al-Layth.