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زخا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to places or locations, possibly with a specific connotation of being a site or a destination. The primary discussion revolves around a potential misreading of a word in poetry.

Derived headwords

الزواخيnoun
  1. 1.
    placesclassical

    A plural noun referring to multiple locations or sites.

رحياتnoun
  1. 1.
    places (misreading)classical

    A word that some believed referred to places, but is identified as a textual error.

زخياتnoun
  1. 1.
    placesclassical

    The correct reading of a word in poetry, interpreted as referring to places or sites.

Parallel reading

الزواخي: مواضع.
Al-Zawakhi: places.
وزعم قوم أن في شعر هذيل رحيات وفسروه بأنه موضع
And a group claimed that in the poetry of Hudhayl there are 'raḥiyyāt', and they interpreted it as a place.
قال: وهذا تصحيف إنما هو زخيات، بالزاي والخاء.
He said: And this is a textual corruption; it is actually 'zakhayyāt', with a zayn and a khā'.