خمع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the concept of limping or lameness, particularly in animals like hyenas and wolves. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of stealth or thievery, and is used as a tribal or personal name.

Derived headwords

خَمَعَverb

1.
to limpboth
To walk with a limp or uneven gait, indicating lameness.

خَمَعًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping; lameness.

خُمُوعًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping; lameness.

خِمَاعًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping; lameness.

خُمَاعٌnoun

1.
lamenessboth
A condition of being lame, causing a limp.

خَامَعَverb

1.
to limpboth
To walk with a limp or uneven gait.

خَوَامِعٌnoun

1.
hyenasclassical
A plural noun referring to hyenas, named for their characteristic limping gait.

خَمَعَnoun

1.
wolfclassical
A wolf, possibly named for its stealthy or limping gait.

أَخْمَاعٌnoun

1.
wolvesclassical
Plural of 'khama', referring to wolves.

خَمْعٌnoun

1.
thiefclassical
A thief, implying stealth or a furtive manner of movement.

بَنُو خُمَاعَةname

1.
Banu Khama'ahclassical
A name of a tribe or lineage.

خَامِعَةٌnoun

1.
hyenaclassical
A hyena, so named because it limps when it walks.

Parallel reading

خمعت الضبع تخمع خمعا وخموعا وخماعا: عرجت

The hyena limped, limping a limp, a limping, and a limping: it became lame.

وكذلك كل ذي عرج

And likewise everything that has a limp.

وبه خماع أي ظلع

And he has lameness, meaning a limp.

وجاءت جيئل وأبو بنيها، ... أحم الماقيين، به خماع

And Jiyyal and the father of her young came... with red eyes, he has a limp.

والخوامع: الضباع اسم لها لازم لأنها تخمع خماعا وخمعانا وخموعا

And Al-Khawami': Hyenas, a name for them that is fixed because they limp a limp, a limping, and a limping.

وخمع في مشيته إذا عرج

And he limped in his walk when he was lame.

والخماع: العرج

And Al-Khima': The lameness.

والخمع: الذئب، وجمعه أخماع

And Al-Khama': The wolf, and its plural is Akhma'.

والخمع: اللص، بالكسر، وهو من ذلك

And Al-Khama' (with kasra): The thief, and it is from that.

وبنو خماعة: بطن

And Banu Khama'ah: A clan.

والخامعة: الضبع لأنها تخمع إذا مشت

And Al-Kham'ah: The hyena because it limps when it walks.