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خنثل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of weakness, flabbiness, or looseness, particularly related to the abdomen. It can also refer to specific places or a type of person characterized by this flabbiness or lack of mental acuity.

Derived headwords

خِنْثَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Vaginal dischargeclassical

    A term for vaginal discharge, specifically mentioned as 'al-'udhra'.

خِنْثَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Weakboth

    Describing a man as weak or lacking strength.

  2. 2.
    Flabby-belliedboth

    Describing a man with a loose or flabby abdomen.

خِنْثَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-belliedboth

    Describing a woman as having a large and loose abdomen.

أُمّ خِنْثَلname
  1. 1.
    Hyenaclassical

    A kunya (patronymic or nickname) given to a female hyena, attributed to the looseness of its belly.

خِنْثَلname
  1. 1.
    Valley nameclassical

    The name of a valley, said to be located in the lands of Qareet from Banu Abi Bakr, named for its vastness.

خِنْثَلname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    The name of a place.

خِنْثَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Mentally weakclassical

    Describing someone as weak in intellect or understanding.

خِنْثَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-belliedclassical

    Describing someone as having a large abdomen.

حَثِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortclassical

    Describing someone as short in stature.

حَنْبَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortclassical

    Describing someone as short.

Parallel reading

الخِنْثَالَة العُذْرَةُ.
The khinthalah is the 'udhra (vaginal discharge).
رجلٌ خِنْثَلٌ: ضعيفٌ
A man is khanthal: weak.
ورجلٌ خِنْثَلٌ إذا كان مسترخي البطنِ.
And a man is khanthal if he has a loose abdomen.
وامرأةٌ خِنْثَلٌ: ضخمةُ البطنِ مسترخيةٌ.
And a woman is khanthal: large-bellied and loose.
يقال للضبعِ أم خِنْثَل لاسترخاءِ بطنِها.
The hyena is called Umm Khunthal due to the looseness of its belly.
خِنْثَلٌ: وادٍ يقال إنه في بلادِ قريطٍ من بني أبي بكرٍ، سمي بذلك لسعتهِ.
Khunthal: a valley said to be in the lands of Qareet from Banu Abi Bakr, named so for its vastness.
فإنك لو أوعدتني غضبَ الحصى، ... وأنت بذاتِ الرمثِ من بطنِ خِنْثَلٍ
For if you had threatened me with the anger of the pebbles, ... while you were at Dhat al-Ramth in the valley of Khunthal.
الخِنْثَلُ والخَفْثَلُ الضعيفُ عقلاً.
Al-khunthal and al-khafthal are weak in intellect.
والخِنْثَلُ: العظيمةُ البطنِ
And al-khunthal: the large-bellied.
ديارٌ لسُعدى، إذ سعادٌ جدايةٌ ... من الأدمِ، خمصانُ الحشا، غيرُ خِنْثَلٍ
The dwellings of Su'da, when Su'da was a young woman ... of skin, lean of belly, not large-bellied.
ويروى غيرُ حَثِيلٍ
And it is narrated 'not short'.
والحَنْبَلُ: القصيرُ.
And al-hanbal: the short one.