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خما

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the intensity and elevation of sound. It also encompasses the concept of being fifth or a fifth in sequence.

Derived headwords

خَمَاverb
  1. 1.
    to intensifyclassical

    The sound became intense or strong.

  2. 2.
    to riseclassical

    The sound became high-pitched or elevated.

خَامِيadjective
  1. 1.
    fifthclassical

    Referring to the fifth in order or sequence.

Parallel reading

خما الصوت: اشتد، وقيل: ارتفع
The sound intensified: it became strong, and it was said: it became high-pitched.
كأن صوت شخبها، إذا خما، ... صوت أفاع في خشي أعشما
As if the sound of her milk dripping, when it intensified, ... was the sound of snakes in a dry, thorny bush.
مضى ثلاث سنين منذ حل بها، ... وعام حلت وهذا التابع الخامي
Three years have passed since she settled there, ... and a year she settled, and this is the fifth follower.