دنخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to submission, humility, and being brought low. It also extends to concepts of defeat, physical ailment, and a specific type of gait.

Derived headwords

دَنَخَverb

1.
to submitboth
To be submissive, humble, and to lower one's head in deference.
2.
to stay homeclassical
To remain in one's house, often implying a state of confinement or inactivity.

تَدْنِيخًاnoun

1.
submissionboth
The act of being submissive, humble, or brought low.

ذَفَرَاهُnoun

1.
its crownclassical
Referring to the crown or uppermost part of something, specifically used here in relation to a melon.

القُمَحْدُودَةnoun

1.
crown of the headclassical
The highest point or crown of the head.

الخَشَاشَاوَيْنnoun

1.
the two hollowsclassical
The two hollow spaces, likely referring to the eye sockets or similar depressions.

المَدَنَّخadjective

1.
obsceneclassical
Someone who is lewd, vulgar, or indecent.
2.
uneven headclassical
Describing someone whose head has an unevenness, with a rise and fall.

الدَّنْخَانnoun

1.
heavy gaitclassical
The act of walking with difficulty and heaviness, as if burdened by a load.

Parallel reading

دَنَخَ تدنيخا: خضع، وذل، وطأطأ رأسه، وأقام في بيته

To submit with submission: to be submissive, humbled, to lower one's head, and to stay in one's house.

والبطيخة: انهزم بعضها وخرج بعضها

And a watermelon: part of it was defeated and part of it came out.

وذفراه: أشرفت قمحدوته عليها، ودخلت هي خلف الخششاوين

And its crown: its highest point overlooked it, and it (the melon) entered behind the two hollows.

والمدنخ، كمحدث: الفحاش

And al-mudannakh, like muhdath: the lewd one.

ومن في رأسه ارتفاع وانخفاض

And he whose head has a rise and a fall.

والدنخان: التثاقل بالحمل في المشي

And al-dankhan: the heaviness with a load when walking.