الفخذ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the thigh, the anatomical region between the hip and the lower leg. It extends metaphorically to denote close kinship and familial ties, and also encompasses meanings related to hindering, separating, and delaying.

Derived headwords

الفَخِذnoun

1.
thighboth
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
2.
close relativeclassical
A person who is among the closest relatives of a man, signifying strong familial connection.

أَفْخَاذnoun

1.
thighsboth
The plural form of 'thigh'.

فَخَذَverb

1.
to strike the thighboth
To hit or injure someone's thigh.

يَفْخَذُهُverb

1.
he strikes his thighboth
He injures or hits the thigh of someone.

تَفْخِيذًاnoun

1.
hinderingclassical
The act of causing someone to fail or be discouraged; separating people.
2.
calling by kinship groupsclassical
Inviting or calling a clan or kinship group, one group after another.

الفَخْذَاءadjective

1.
one who holds a man between her thighsclassical
A woman who restrains or holds a man firmly between her thighs.

تَفَخَّذَverb

1.
to lag behindclassical
To be slow or delayed in movement or action.

اسْتَفْخَذَverb

1.
to be humbledclassical
To become submissive or humbled, often implying a state of being held back or restrained.

Parallel reading

الفَخِذ، ككتف: ما بين الساق والورك، مؤنث، كالفخذ، ويكسر، وحي الرجل إذا كان من أقرب عشيرته، ج: أفخاذ.

The thigh, like 'shoulder': what is between the lower leg and the hip, feminine, like 'thigh', and it can be pronounced with a kasra, and it refers to a man's close relative if he is from his nearest clan, plural: thighs.

وفخذه، (كمنعه)، يفخذه: أصاب فخذه ففخذ.

And 'he struck his thigh', (as in 'he prevented him'), 'he strikes his thigh': he injured his thigh, so he was injured in the thigh.

وفخذهم تفخيذًا: خذلهم، وفرقهم، ودعا العشيرة فخذا فخذا.

And 'he hindered them' with 'hindering': he discouraged them, and he separated them, and he called the clan group by group.

والفخذاء: التي تضبط الرجل بين فخذيها.

And 'the one who holds between her thighs': she who restrains a man between her thighs.

وتفخذ: تأخر.

And 'to lag behind': to be delayed.

واستفخذ: استخذى.

And 'to be humbled': to be submissive.