لخن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns unpleasant odors and tastes, often associated with decay or corruption. It extends to describe things that have gone bad, such as spoiled food, improperly treated leather, or even unpleasant speech. It also has specific applications related to bodily hygiene and appearance.

Derived headwords

اللَّخْنnoun

1.
Foul odorboth
A general term for a foul or putrid smell.
2.
Body odorclassical
Specifically, a foul smell that occurs in the armpits of humans, often more prevalent in dark-skinned people.
3.
Unpleasant speechclassical
Ugly or offensive speech.
4.
Whiteness on donkey's hindquartersclassical
A white mark on the hindquarters of a donkey, also called 'al-halq'.

لَخِنَverb

1.
To smell foulboth
To emit a foul or putrid odor.
2.
To go badboth
To become spoiled in taste and smell, referring to liquids or food.

لَخَنًاnoun

1.
Foulnessboth
The state or quality of being foul-smelling or spoiled.

أَلْخَنَadjective

1.
Foul-smellingboth
Having a foul or putrid smell.
2.
Spoiledboth
Having gone bad in taste and smell.
3.
Uncircumcisedclassical
Describing a male who has not been circumcised.

لَخِنٌadjective

1.
Foul-smellingboth
Having a foul or putrid smell.
2.
Spoiledboth
Having gone bad in taste and smell.

لَخْنَاءadjective

1.
Foul-smelling womanclassical
A woman with a foul odor, particularly referring to the genital area.
2.
Uncircumcised womanclassical
A woman who has not undergone female circumcision.

لَخِنَ السِّقَاءُverb

1.
Waterskin to spoilboth
When a waterskin's taste and smell change for the worse, often due to milk residue.

لَخِنَ الجَوْزُverb

1.
Walnuts to spoilboth
When walnuts change in smell and become spoiled.

الأَلْخَنُadjective

1.
Uncircumcisedclassical
Describing a male who has not been circumcised.
2.
Foul-smellingboth
Having a foul or putrid smell.

اللَّخْنَاءُadjective

1.
Uncircumcised womanclassical
A woman who has not been circumcised.
2.
Foul-smelling womanclassical
A woman with a foul odor.

Parallel reading

اللخن: نتن الريح عامة

Al-lakhan: general foulness of smell.

وقيل: اللخن نتن يكون في أرفاغ الإنسان

And it is said: Al-lakhan is a foul smell that occurs in the armpits of humans.

وقد لخن لخنا وهو ألخن

And he became foul-smelling, with a foul smell, and he is foul-smelling.

ولخن السقاء لخنا، فهو لخن وألخن: تغير طعمه ورائحته

And the waterskin became foul-smelling, with foulness, so it is foul-smelling and foul-smelling: its taste and smell changed.

وكذلك الجلد في الدباغ إذا فسد فلم يصلح

And likewise the leather in tanning if it spoils and cannot be fixed.

والسب تخريق الأديم الألخن

And the worst is the tearing of the foul-smelling hide.

لخن السقاء، بالكسر، يلخن لخنا أي أنتن

The waterskin became foul-smelling, with a kasra, it smells foul, with foulness, meaning it became putrid.

إذا أديم فيه صب اللبن فلم يغسل، وصار فيه تحبيب أبيض قطع صغار مثل السمسم وأكبر منه متغير الريح والطعم

If milk is poured into a hide and it is not washed, and white lumps form in it, small pieces like sesame seeds and larger, with a changed smell and taste.

ولخن الجوز لخنا: تغيرت رائحته وفسد

And the walnuts became foul-smelling, with foulness: their smell changed and they spoiled.

واللخن: قبح ريح الفرج، وامرأة لخناء

And Al-lakhan: the ugliness of the smell of the private parts, and a foul-smelling woman.

ويقال: اللخناء التي لم تختن

And it is said: Al-lakhnaa' is she who has not been circumcised.

يا ابن اللخناء ؛ هي التي لم تختن

O son of the uncircumcised one; she is the one who has not been circumcised.

والأَلْخَنُ الذي يرى في قلفته بياض عند انقلاب الجلدة

And Al-alkhan is he who sees whiteness on his foreskin when the skin turns.

واللخن: البياض الذي على جردان الحمار، وهو الحلق

And Al-lakhan: the whiteness on the hindquarters of the donkey, which is Al-halq.

أبو عمرو: اللخن القبيح من الكلام

Abu Amr: Al-lakhan is ugly speech.