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خذن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a word that was initially proposed as related to ears, but is corrected to a similar-sounding word with a different initial letter. The primary focus is on clarifying a textual variant.

Derived headwords

الخُذْنَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    earsclassical

    The dual form referring to the ears.

خَذَنَتَاverb
  1. 1.
    had earsclassical

    The past tense verb, dual form, indicating possession of ears.

Parallel reading

الخُذْنَتَان الأذنان
The khudhnatan are the ears.
يا ابن التي خذنتاها باع
O son of her who had ears, she stretched out.
هذا تصحيف
This is a textual corruption.
والصواب الحذنتان
And the correct reading is al-hudhnatan.
هكذا روي لنا عن أبي عبيد وغيره
This is how it was narrated to us from Abu Ubaid and others.
والخاء وهم
And the letter 'kha' (خ) is a mistake.