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جخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes movements and postures, often involving the body, and can extend to actions like throwing, kicking, or lying down. It also encompasses concepts of suppression, calling out, and overwhelming presence, as well as physical states of heaviness or sluggishness.

Derived headwords

جَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to move from place to placeboth

    To transition or shift from one location to another.

  2. 2.
    to lift the bellyclassical

    To raise one's abdomen, possibly in a specific posture.

  3. 3.
    to spread arms in prostrationclassical

    To extend one's arms widely while in the posture of prostration.

  4. 4.
    to throwclassical

    To propel something with force, specifically referring to throwing with urine.

  5. 5.
    to kick dustclassical

    To displace or scatter dust with one's foot.

  6. 6.
    to lie down comfortablyboth

    To recline in a relaxed and settled manner.

  7. 7.
    to rubclassical

    To stroke or caress something, specifically referring to rubbing a female companion.

جَخْجَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppress feelingsclassical

    To conceal or keep one's inner thoughts and emotions hidden.

  2. 2.
    to call out loudlyclassical

    To shout or cry out, making a loud vocalization.

  3. 3.
    to say 'jakh jakh'classical

    To utter the specific sound or phrase 'jakh jakh'.

  4. 4.
    to enter into the midstclassical

    To penetrate or become deeply involved within the central part of something.

  5. 5.
    to throw downclassical

    To cause someone to fall or be overthrown, specifically a person.

تَجَخْجَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to relaxboth

    To become at ease and free from tension or strain.

  2. 2.
    night to become darkclassical

    For the darkness of the night to intensify and accumulate.

الجُخّnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy personclassical

    A person characterized by sluggishness or being overweight.

  2. 2.
    sluggishnessclassical

    A state of being slow, heavy, or lethargic.

جُخّparticle
  1. 1.
    like 'bakh'classical

    Used as an equivalent or substitute for the particle 'bakh'.

Parallel reading

و ببوله: رمى
And with his urine: he threw.
و برجله: نسف بها التراب
And with his leg: he kicked dust with it.
واضطجع متمكنا مسترخيا
And he lay down, settled and relaxed.
و جاريته: مسحها
And his female companion: he rubbed her.
كجخجخ وتجخجخ
Like jakhjakh and tajakhjakh.
وجخجخ: كتم ما في نفسه
And jakhjakh: he suppressed what was in his soul.
ونادى، وصاح
And he called out, and he shouted.
وقال: جخ جخ
And he said: 'Jakh jakh'.
ودخل في معظم الشيء
And he entered into the midst of the thing.
و فلانا: صرعه
And so-and-so: he threw him down.
وتجخجخ: استرخى
And tajakhjakh: he relaxed.
و الليل: تراكم ظلامه
And the night: its darkness accumulated.
والجخ: الهلباجة
And al-jakh: the sluggishness.
والوخم الثقيل
And the heavy sluggishness.
وجخ: بمعنى بخ
And jakh: meaning bakh.