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خرا

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to astronomical terms, specifically referring to a pair of stars. The entry discusses the grammatical form and etymology of the term for these stars.

Derived headwords

الخَرَاتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    The Two Kharatanclassical

    A dual noun referring to two specific stars. It is noted that this term is exclusively used in the dual form.

خَرَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    starclassical

    A singular form, where each of the two stars in 'Al-Kharatan' is referred to as a 'kharaah'.

Parallel reading

الخراتان: نجمان كل واحد منهما خراة.
Al-Kharatan: two stars, each one of them is a kharaah.
ولا يعرف الخراتان إلا مثنى
And Al-Kharatan is not known except in the dual form.
وتاء الأصل والتاء الزائدة في التثنية متساويتا اللفظ
And the original 'taa' and the added 'taa' in the dual are equal in pronunciation.
وقد ذكر في حرف التاء
And it has been mentioned in the letter 'taa'.
وذكره ابن سيده في معتل الواو والياء
And Ibn Sidah mentioned it in (the section on) defective verbs with 'waw' and 'yaa'.