وخط

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'w-kh-t' primarily relates to concepts of mixing, intermingling, and light contact. This extends to the appearance of gray hair, the speed of movement, and even light or superficial wounds. It also encompasses the sound of footsteps and the fluctuation of profit and loss in trade.

Derived headwords

وَخَطَverb

1.
to mix, intermingleboth
To mix or intermingle, especially referring to the intermingling of white and black hair due to graying.
2.
to move quicklyboth
To move or travel at a fast pace, used for humans and animals like ostriches.
3.
to enterclassical
To enter or penetrate.
4.
to stab, pierceboth
To stab or pierce, either lightly or deeply, with a weapon like a spear or sword.
5.
to strike lightlyclassical
To strike or hit something lightly, possibly with the flat of a sword.

الوِخَطnoun

1.
graying of hairboth
The appearance of gray hair, or the state where white and black hair are mixed.
2.
speed of travelclassical
A fast pace of movement, synonymous with 'al-wakhd'.
3.
light stabboth
A light stab or puncture that does not penetrate deeply, or one that mixes with the internal organs without piercing them.
4.
sound of footstepsboth
The sound of footsteps, particularly the rustling or slapping sound of sandals on the ground.
5.
profit and lossclassical
Fluctuation in trade, experiencing both profit and loss.

مُوَخَطadjective

1.
gray-hairedboth
A person whose head has become gray-haired.

وُخِطَverb

1.
to be stabbedboth
Passive form of 'wakhata', meaning to be stabbed or pierced.

وخْطnoun

1.
penetrating stabclassical
A deep or penetrating stab, as opposed to a light one.

وخَاطadjective

1.
fast-movingboth
Describing something that moves quickly, like a swift animal or a fast-moving spear.

المِيخَطnoun

1.
the entererclassical
One who enters or penetrates.

فُرُوجٌ وَاخِطother

1.
young roostersclassical
A term for female genitalia that have surpassed the stage of chicks and reached the stage of young roosters, implying maturity.

وخَطَverb

1.
to strike from a distanceclassical
To strike or reach for something from a distance, possibly with a sword.

وخَطَ النِّعَالverb

1.
to make the sound of sandalsboth
To make a slapping or rustling sound with sandals, as they strike the ground.

Parallel reading

الوخط من القتير: النبذ، وقيل: هو استواء البياض والسواد، وقيل: هو فشو الشيب في الرأس.

Al-wakhṭ from al-qateer: the casting aside, and it was said: it is the evenness of white and black, and it was said: it is the spreading of gray hair in the head.

وقد وخطه الشيب وخطا ووخضه بمعنى واحد أي خالطه؛

And gray hair has mixed with it, wakhṭan and wakhḍan, meaning one thing, i.e., it mixed with it;

أتيت الذي يأتي السفيه لغرتي، ... إلى أن علا وخط من الشيب مفرقي

I did what the foolish do out of my ignorance, ... until a mixture of gray hair covered my parting.

ووخط فلان إذا شاب رأسه، فهو موخوط.

And so-and-so's head became gray when his hair turned gray, so he is muwkhūṭ.

ويقال في السير: وخط يخط إذا أسرع، وكذلك وخط الظليم ونحوه.

And it is said regarding travel: wakhata yakhitu if he hurried, and likewise the ostrich and its like hurried.

والوخط: لغة في الوخد، وهو سرعة السير.

And al-wakhṭ: a dialect for al-wakhd, which is the speed of travel.

وظليم وخاط: سريع، وكذلك البعير؛

And a fast ostrich: wakhāṭ, and likewise a camel;

عني وعن شمردل مجفال، ... أعيط وخاط الخطى طوال

From me and from a swift, wide-striding one, ... long-necked and swift of stride, tall.

والميخط: الداخل.

And al-mīkhaṭ: the one who enters.

ووخط أي دخل.

And wakhata, meaning he entered.

وفروج واخط: جاوز حد الفراريج وصار في حد الديوك.

And waṭi'ah: surpassed the stage of chicks and became in the stage of roosters.

والوخط: الطعن الخفيف ليس بالنافذ، وقيل: هو أن يخالط الجوف.

And al-wakhṭ: the light stab that is not penetrating, and it was said: it is to mix with the interior.

إذا خالطت الطعنة الجوف ولم تنفذ فذلك الوخض والوخط، ووخطه بالرمح ووخضه،

If the stab mixes with the interior and does not penetrate, then that is al-wakhḍ and al-wakhṭ, and he stabbed him with the spear and pierced him,

الوخط الطعن النافذ، وقد وخطه وخطا؛

Al-wakhṭ is the penetrating stab, and he stabbed him, wakhṭan;

وطعن وخاط، وكذلك رمح وخاط؛

And a stab that is wakhāṭ, and likewise a spear that is wakhāṭ;

وخطا بماض في الكلى وخاط

He stabbed with a sharp [spear] in the kidneys and pierced.

ووخطه بالسيف: تناوله من بعيد، تقول: وخط فلان يوخط وخطا،

And he struck him with the sword: he reached for him from afar, you say: so-and-so strikes, yūkhitu, wakhṭan,

لم أسمع لغير الليث في تفسير الوخط أنه الضرب بالسيف، قال: وأراه أراد أنه يتناوله بذباب السيف طعنا لا ضربا.

I have not heard from anyone other than Al-Layth regarding the interpretation of al-wakhṭ that it is striking with a sword, he said: and I think he meant that he reaches for it with the tip of the sword, stabbing, not striking.

والوخط في البيع: أن تربح مرة وتخسر أخرى.

And al-wakhṭ in trade: to profit once and lose another time.

ووخط النعال: خفقها.

And wakhṭ al-ni'āl: their slapping sound.

فسمع وخط نعالنا خلفه فوقف ثم قال: امضوا،

So he heard the slapping sound of our sandals behind him, so he stopped and then said: Proceed,

إني سمعت وخط نعالكم خلفي فتخوفت أن يتداخلني شيء فقدمتكم بين يدي ومشيت خلفكم،

Indeed, I heard the slapping sound of your sandals behind me, so I feared that something might affect me, so I put you ahead of me and walked behind you,

فلما بلغ البقيع وقف على قبرين فقال: هذا قبر فلان، لقد ضرب ضربة تقطعت منها أوصاله، ثم وقف على الآخر فقال مثل ذلك،

When he reached Al-Baqee', he stopped at two graves and said: This is the grave of so-and-so, he was struck a blow from which his limbs were severed, then he stopped at the other and said the same,

أما هذا فكان يمشي بالنميمة، وأما هذا فكان لا يتنزه عن شيء من البول يصيبه.

As for this one, he used to walk with slander, and as for this one, he did not keep himself from any urine that might hit him.

ما أنتم ببارحين حتى يسمع وخط نعالكم أي خفقها وصوتها على الأرض.

You will not leave until you hear the wakhṭ of your sandals, meaning their slapping and their sound on the ground.