جخا

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of leaning, inclining, or bending, often due to weakness, age, or a specific direction. It also extends to the idea of something being overturned or emptied, particularly in the context of containers or hearts.

Derived headwords

أَجْخَىadjective

1.
lean-thighedclassical
Describing a person, male or female, who has little flesh on their thighs, with bones showing and a wide stance.

جَخَىverb

1.
to lean, inclineclassical
Used to describe the departure of the night, signifying its decline and passing.
2.
to bend, stoopclassical
Describes an elderly person who has become bent or stooped due to old age.
3.
to fall, collapseclassical
Refers to the act of overturning or emptying a container, like a jug.
4.
to lean towardsclassical
Indicates a tendency or inclination towards something undesirable, like sin or wrongdoing.

تَجَخَّىverb

1.
to lean, inclineclassical
The act of leaning or inclining, often used in the context of the night passing or stars moving.
2.
to be overturned, to fallclassical
Describes a container being overturned or emptied.
3.
to perfume oneselfclassical
To use incense or perfume, specifically to fumigate oneself.

التَّجْخِيَةnoun

1.
leaning, inclinationclassical
The act or state of leaning or inclining, a general term for deviation from a straight or upright position.

مُجَخِّيadjective

1.
leaning, deviatingclassical
Describes something or someone that deviates from the straight path, uprightness, or moderation. It can refer to a heart that does not comprehend good or a person who is inclined to sin.

جَخْوnoun

1.
emptiness, hollownessclassical
Refers to the state of being hollow or empty, particularly in the context of a prostrating person's body where the belly is raised from the ground.

جَخَىverb

1.
to be hollow, to be emptyclassical
Describes the state of being hollow or empty, specifically when a person's back is raised in prostration, making their belly less close to the ground.

اجْلَخَىverb

1.
to bend, stoopclassical
An alternative form for an elderly person bending or stooping due to age.

جَخَىverb

1.
to open the armpitsclassical
In the context of prayer (sajdah), it means to spread the armpits away from the body.

جَخَىverb

1.
to be hollowedclassical
Describes the state of being hollowed out, as in the case of a jug that is tilted and thus empty.

تَجَبَّىverb

1.
to perfume oneselfclassical
To use incense or perfume, similar to تجخى.

جَبَىverb

1.
to perfume oneselfclassical
To use incense or perfume, similar to تجخى.

تَشَذَّىverb

1.
to perfume oneselfclassical
To use incense or perfume, similar to تجخى.

Parallel reading

سعة الجلد

breadth of the skin

رجل أجخى وامرأة جخواء

a lean-thighed man and a lean-thighed woman

رجل أجخى وأجخر إذا كان قليل لحم الفخذين وفيهما تخاذل من العظام وتفاحج

a lean-thighed and lean-shanked man if he has little flesh on his thighs and the bones therein are loose and spread apart

وجخى الليل: مال فذهب

The night declined: it leaned and went away

وجخى الليل تجخية إذا أدبر

The night declined (tajkhiah) when it departed

والتجخية: الميل

And tajkhiah: the leaning

وجخت النجوم: مالت

The stars leaned: they inclined

وجخا برجله: كخجا

He moved his leg: like khaja

وجخوت الكوز فتجخى: كببته فانكب

I overturned the jug and it overturned: I tipped it and it fell over

وقلب مربد كالكوز مجخيا

And a heart confined like an overturned jug

والمجخي: المائل عن الاستقامة والاعتدال

And al-mujakhkhi: the one leaning from straightness and moderation

كفى سوأة أن لا تزال مجخيا ... إلى سوأة وفراء، في استك عودها

It is enough shame that you remain leaning... towards shame and fur, in the anus of its return

جخى إلى السوأة أي مال إليها

He leaned towards the shame, meaning he inclined towards it

للشيخ إذا حناه الكبر: قد جخى

For an old man when old age bends him: he has bent

وجخى الشيخ: انحنى

And the old man bent: he stooped

لا خير في الشيخ إذا ما جخا

There is no good in an old man when he bends

لا خير في الشيخ إذا ما اجلخا

There is no good in an old man when he bends

أنه كان إذا سجد جخى في سجوده أي خوى ومد ضبعيه وتجافى عن الأرض

That he used to bend in his prostration, meaning he hollowed out and spread his armpits and moved away from the ground

وقد جخ وجخى إذا خوى في سجوده، وهو أن يرفع ظهره حتى يقل بطنه عن الأرض

And he bent and hollowed out in his prostration, which is raising his back until his belly is less on the ground

جخى على المجمر وتجخى وجبى وتجبى وتشذى إذا تبخر

He used incense over the brazier, and perfumed himself, and used incense, and perfumed himself, and perfumed himself, when he used incense