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ثخن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of thickness, density, and heaviness. It extends to meanings of being substantial, solid, and weighty, both physically and metaphorically, such as in character or in the severity of illness or injury.

Derived headwords

ثَخُنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become thickboth

    To become dense, viscous, or solid. This is the fundamental meaning of the root.

  2. 2.
    to become heavyboth

    To become weighty or burdensome, either physically or metaphorically.

ثُخُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicknessboth

    The state or quality of being thick, dense, or viscous.

  2. 2.
    heavinessboth

    The state of being heavy or weighty.

ثَخَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicknessboth

    The quality of being thick or dense, often referring to physical substance.

  2. 2.
    solidityboth

    The state of being solid and substantial.

ثَخْنnoun
  1. 1.
    thicknessboth

    The quality of being thick or dense.

  2. 2.
    heavinessboth

    The state of being heavy or weighty.

ثَخِينadjective
  1. 1.
    thickboth

    Having considerable density or viscosity; not thin.

  2. 2.
    heavyboth

    Having great weight; substantial.

  3. 3.
    calm and dignifiedclassical

    Describing a person who is patient, composed, and has a weighty presence.

  4. 4.
    well-wovenclassical

    Describing fabric that is tightly and densely made.

ثَخْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heavinessboth

    The state of being heavy or weighty; a burden.

  2. 2.
    thicknessclassical

    The quality of being thick.

أَثْخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to inflict many woundsboth

    To cause many injuries, especially in battle, leading to a weakened state.

  2. 2.
    to overcomeboth

    To defeat or gain mastery over an opponent, often through inflicting severe damage.

  3. 3.
    to weigh downboth

    To make something or someone heavy or burdensome.

  4. 4.
    to exaggerateclassical

    To go to extremes or be excessive in an action.

  5. 5.
    to become establishedclassical

    To become firmly rooted or entrenched in a place.

اسْتَثْخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be overcome byboth

    To be overpowered by sleep, illness, or exhaustion.

  2. 2.
    to become heavyclassical

    To become sluggish or weighed down, often due to fatigue or illness.

إِثْخَانnoun
  1. 1.
    inflicting many woundsboth

    The act of causing severe injuries, leading to a weakened state.

  2. 2.
    overcomingboth

    The act of defeating or gaining mastery over an opponent.

  3. 3.
    excessivenessclassical

    The state of being extreme or excessive.

  4. 4.
    strength and intensityclassical

    The power and force of something.

ثَخُنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thickclassical

    To possess thickness or density.

  2. 2.
    to be heavyclassical

    To possess weight or heaviness.

Parallel reading

ثخن الشيء ثخونة وثخانة وثخنا، فهو ثخين: كثف وغلظ وصلب.
A thing became thick with thickness, density, and heaviness, so it is thick: it became dense, coarse, and solid.
وثوب ثخين: جيد النسج والسدى كثير اللحمة.
And a thick garment: good in warp and weft, with much filling.
ورجل ثخين: حليم رزين ثقيل في مجلسه.
And a dignified man: patient, composed, weighty in his assembly.
ورجل ثخين السلاح أي شاك.
And a man heavily armed, meaning armored.
والثخنة والثخن: الثقلة؛
And al-thakhnah and al-thakhan: the heaviness;
حتى يعج ثخنا من عجعجا.
Until he groans with heaviness from the commotion.
وقد أثخنه وأثقله.
And it made him heavy and burdened him.
حتى إذا أثخنتموهم فشدوا الوثاق
Until when you have overcome them, then bind them firmly.
معناه غلبتموهم وكثر فيهم الجراح فأعطوا بأيديهم.
Its meaning is you have defeated them and wounds became numerous among them, so they submitted.
أثخن إذا غلب وقهر.
He inflicted many wounds if he defeated and subdued.
يقال أثخنت فلانا معرفة ورصنته معرفة، نحو الإثخان،
It is said: I made so-and-so knowledgeable and firm in knowledge, like inflicting many wounds,
واستثخن الرجل: ثقل من نوم أو إعياء.
And the man became overcome: heavy from sleep or exhaustion.
وأثخن في العدو: بالغ.
And he inflicted many wounds in the enemy: he exaggerated.
وأثخنته الجراحة: أوهنته.
And the wound weakened him: it made him feeble.
إذا أكثره.
If he increased it greatly.
حتى يثخن في الأرض
Until he becomes established in the land
معناه حتى يبالغ في قتل أعدائه، ويجوز أن يكون حتى يتمكن في الأرض.
Its meaning is until he exaggerates in killing his enemies, and it is permissible that it means until he becomes firmly established in the land.
والإثخان في كل شيء: قوته وشدته.
And al-ithkhan in everything: its strength and its intensity.
الإثخان في الشيء المبالغة فيه والإكثار منه.
Al-ithkhan in a thing is exaggerating in it and increasing it.
يقال: قد أثخنه المرض إذا اشتد قوته عليه ووهنه،
It is said: the illness has afflicted him greatly when its strength intensified against him and weakened him,
والمراد به هاهنا المبالغة في قتل الكفار، وأثخنه الهم.
And what is meant here is exaggerating in killing the disbelievers, and worry afflicted him greatly.
ويقال: استثخن من المرض والإعياء إذا غلبه الإعياء رالمرض، وكذلك استثخن في النوم.
And it is said: he became overcome by illness and exhaustion if exhaustion and illness overwhelmed him, and likewise he became overcome in sleep.
وكان قد أثخن أي أثقل بالجراح.
And he was heavily wounded, meaning weighed down by wounds.
أوطأكم إثخان الجراحة.
You have experienced the severity of the wounds.
لم أنشبها حتى أثخنت عليها أي بالغت في جوابها وأفحمتها؛
I did not leave her until I overwhelmed her, meaning I exaggerated in my response to her and silenced her;
تمهل في الحرب حتى اثخن.
He was patient in war until he inflicted heavy damage.