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قخا

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of internal corruption or decay, particularly within the human body. It also extends to unpleasant physical excretions, specifically phlegm, and the act of expelling it.

Derived headwords

قَخَاverb
  1. 1.
    to decay, to rotclassical

    To become corrupted or decayed, especially due to illness affecting the internal organs of a human.

قَخْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    decay, corruptionclassical

    The state of being decayed or corrupted, particularly referring to an internal ailment.

قَخِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to hawk, to spit phlegmboth

    To expel phlegm from the throat in an unpleasant manner.

تَقْخِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hawking, spitting phlegmboth

    The act of expelling phlegm from the throat, described as unpleasant.

Parallel reading

قَخَا جَوْفُ الْإِنْسَانِ قَخْوًا: فَسَدَ مِنْ دَاءٍ بِهِ.
The interior of a human decayed (قخا) with decay (قخوا): it became corrupted from an illness within him.
وَقَخِيَ: تَنَخَّمَ تَنَخُّمًا قَبِيحًا.
And he hawked (وقخي): he expelled phlegm with an unpleasant hawking.
إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ قَبِيحَ التَّنَخُّعِ يُقَالُ قَخِيَ يُقْخِي تَقْخِيَةً، وَهِيَ حِكَايَةُ تَنَخُّعِهِ.
If a man has an unpleasant hawking, it is said he hawks (قخى) with hawking (تقخية), and it is the description of his hawking.