الخفج

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to ailments, weakness, and specific types of plants or animals. It also touches upon concepts of abundance in flesh and a lack of effectiveness or strength.

Derived headwords

الخَفْجnoun

1.
Camel ailmentclassical
A specific disease affecting camels.

خَفَجَverb

1.
To be sick (camel)classical
To suffer from the ailment known as 'al-khafj'.
2.
To feel tiredclassical
To complain of fatigue or weariness in a limb, specifically the leg.

خَفَجٌnoun

1.
Spring plantclassical
A type of pale, spring-blooming plant.

خَفَجَverb

1.
To have intercourseclassical
To engage in sexual intercourse.

خَفَجَverb

1.
To complain of fatigueclassical
To express suffering from tiredness, particularly in a limb.

خَفَاجَةname

1.
Tribal nameclassical
A tribe belonging to the Banu 'Amir confederation.

الخَفِيجnoun

1.
One who drinks muchclassical
Someone who drinks a large quantity of water.
2.
Weaklingclassical
A weak or feeble person.

تَخَفَّجَverb

1.
To inclineclassical
To lean towards, to be inclined to something.

الخُنْفَجnoun

1.
Fat personclassical
A person who is very fleshy or corpulent.

الخَنَافِجnoun

1.
Fat peopleclassical
Plural of 'al-khunfaj', referring to multiple corpulent individuals.

الخُفَنْجَىadjective

1.
Weak and ineffectiveclassical
A man who is soft, weak, and lacks any capability or usefulness.

Parallel reading

الخَفْج، محركة: داء للإبل

Al-khafj, with vowel marks, is a disease of camels.

خَفَجَ، كفرح، ونبت أشهب ربيعي

Khafaja, like faraha, refers to a pale, spring-blooming plant.

وخفج: جامع

And khafaja means to have intercourse.

واشتكى ساقه تعبا

And he complained of his leg being tired.

وخفاجة: حي من بني عامر

And Khafajah is a tribe from Banu 'Amir.

والخفيج: الشريب من الماء

And al-khufij is one who drinks from the water (i.e., drinks a lot).

والضعيف

And the weak one.

وتخفج: مال

And takhffaja means to incline.

والخنفج والخنافج، بضمهما: الكثير اللحم

And al-khunfaj and al-khanafij, with the damma on both, mean having much flesh.

والخفنجى: الرجل الرخو لا غناء عنده

And al-khunfajee is the soft man who has no use or effectiveness.