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لخف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking forcefully, with derived terms also referring to thin, flat stones, a type of light froth or foam, and a specific type of stone used for writing.

Derived headwords

لَخَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike severelyboth

    To hit something with great force.

لَخْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    severe strikingclassical

    The act of striking severely; a hard blow.

لَخَفَهُ بِالعَصَاverb
  1. 1.
    to strike him with a stickboth

    To strike someone with a stick.

لَخَفَ عَيْنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to slap his eyeclassical

    To slap someone in the eye.

اللِّخَافnoun
  1. 1.
    thin white stonesclassical

    White, broad, thin stones.

لَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin stoneclassical

    A single piece of a thin, broad stone.

اللَّخِيفname
  1. 1.
    horse's nameclassical

    The name of the Prophet's horse.

اللَّخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    thin frothclassical

    Thin, light froth or foam, similar to 'rakhf'.

الوخيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin frothclassical

    A term for thin froth or foam, synonymous with 'lakhifa' and 'khazira'.

اللَّخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin frothclassical

    A term for thin froth or foam, synonymous with 'wakhifa' and 'khazira'.

الخَزِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin frothclassical

    A term for thin froth or foam, synonymous with 'wakhifa' and 'lakhifa'.

Parallel reading

الضرب الشديد.
Severe striking.
لخفه بالعصا لخفا: ضربه
He struck him severely with a stick; he struck him.
وفي الحراكيل نحور جزل، ... لخف كأشداق القلاص الهزل
And in the large-boned camels, strong necks... striking like the mouths of the lean she-camels.
ولخف عينه: لطمها؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.
And he slapped his eye: he struck it; from Ibn al-A'rabi.
واللخاف: حجارة بيض عريضة رقاق، واحدتها لخفة.
And al-Likhāf: white, broad, thin stones, the singular of which is Likhfah.
فجعلت أتتبعه من الرقاع واللخاف والعسب.
So I began to gather it from the pieces of parchment, the thin stones, and the palm-leaf ribs.
فأخذت لخافة من حجر فذبحتها بها.
So she took a thin stone from a rock and slaughtered it with it.
كان اسم فرسه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، اللخيف
The name of his horse, peace be upon him, was Al-Lakhif.
والمعروف بالحاء المهملة، وروي بالجيم.
And it is known with the unpointed Hā', and it was narrated with Jīm.
واللخف مثل الرخف: وهو الزبد الرقيق.
And al-Lakhf is like al-Rakhaf: which is thin froth.
السلمي: الوخيفة واللخيفة والخزيرة واحد.
Al-Sulami said: Al-Wakhifah, Al-Lakhifah, and Al-Khazīrah are one.