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خشعة

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of being born or emerging from something, particularly in the context of a difficult or unusual birth. It also touches upon the idea of being named based on the circumstances of one's emergence.

Derived headwords

خَشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be bornclassical

    To emerge from the womb, to be born.

خَشْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    birthclassical

    The act or process of being born, emergence from the womb.

خَارِجَةname
  1. 1.
    Kharijaboth

    A proper name, likely referring to a female individual.

بَقَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she slit openclassical

    She (a female animal) slit open its belly.

بَقِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughtered animalclassical

    An animal whose belly has been slit open, often for the purpose of retrieving its young.

يَرْتَكِمُverb
  1. 1.
    it was formingclassical

    It (the fetus) was forming or developing within the womb.

أَخْرَجُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    they brought him outclassical

    They (people) brought him out from a place, specifically from the belly of his mother.

Parallel reading

أم خارجة وهي البقيرة كانت ماتت وهو في بطنها يرتكم
The mother, Kharija, who was the slaughtered animal, had died and he was forming in her belly.
فبقر بطنها
So he slit open her belly.
فسميت البقيرة
And she was named Al-Baqira.
وسمي خارجة
And he was named Kharija.
لأنهم أخرجوه من بطنها
Because they brought him out from her belly.