الخفاش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the bat, its physical characteristics like small eyes and poor vision, and various medicinal or magical uses attributed to its body parts. It also extends to describe smallness of eyes, poor eyesight, and related conditions in humans and animals, as well as actions like destroying or throwing.

Derived headwords

الخَفَّاشnoun

1.
batboth
A nocturnal flying mammal, named for its small eyes and weak eyesight.
2.
Kerman batclassical
A specific type of bat, also referred to as 'waṭwāṭ'.

خُفَّاشnoun

1.
batboth
The common name for the flying mammal.

خُفَّاشِيْنnoun

1.
batsboth
The plural form of 'khuffāsh' (bat).

خَفَشnoun

1.
smallness of eyesboth
The condition of having small eyes, often associated with weak vision.
2.
poor eyesightboth
Weakness of vision, either congenital or acquired.
3.
eyelid defectclassical
A defect in the eyelids without accompanying pain.
4.
night visionclassical
The ability to see at night but not during the day, or to see in cloudy weather but not in clear weather.
5.
camel hump deformityclassical
The shrinking and flattening of a camel's hump so it does not appear tall.

أَخْفَشadjective

1.
small-eyedboth
Having small eyes, typically implying poor vision.

خَفْشَاءadjective

1.
small-eyed (fem.)both
Feminine form of 'akhfash', describing a female with small eyes.

خَفَشَverb

1.
to throwclassical
To cast or hurl something.
2.
to weakenclassical
To make something or someone weak.

كَفْرَحverb

1.
to weakenclassical
To become weak or feeble.

خَفَّشَverb

1.
to demolishclassical
To tear down or destroy a structure.
2.
to knock downclassical
To cause someone to fall to the ground.
3.
to trampleclassical
To step on and crush something or someone.
4.
to weaken the bodyclassical
To cause physical weakness or exhaustion.
5.
to stick to the groundclassical
To become firmly attached or embedded in the earth.

كَصَبُورnoun

1.
type of millet breadclassical
A specific kind of bread made from millet flour.

الأَخَافِشname

1.
Al-Akhfashclassical
A name referring to three grammarians.

Parallel reading

الخفاش، كرمان: الوطواط، سمي لصغر عينيه، وضعف بصره.

The bat, Kerman: the waṭwāṭ, named for the smallness of its eyes and weakness of its sight.

ودماغه إن مسح بالأخمصين، هيج الباءة.

And its brain, if rubbed with the soles of the feet, stimulates sexual desire.

وإن أحرق واكتحل به، قلع البياض من العين.

And if it is burned and used as kohl, it removes the white opacity from the eye.

ودمه إن طلي به على عانات المراهقين، منع الشعر.

And its blood, if applied to the pubic hair of adolescents, prevents hair growth.

ومرارته إن مسح بها فرج المنهكة، ولدت في ساعتها.

And its gall, if rubbed on the vulva of a weakened woman, she would give birth immediately.

والخفش، محركة: صغر العين، وضعف البصر خلقة، أو فساد في الجفون بلا وجع، أو أن يبصر بالليل دون النهار، وفي يوم غيم دون صحو.

And al-khafsh, when vocalized: smallness of the eye, and weakness of sight by nature, or a defect in the eyelids without pain, or to see at night but not during the day, and on a cloudy day but not in clear weather.

وأن يصغر مقدم سنام البعير وينضم فلا يطول.

And for the front of a camel's hump to become small and compressed so it does not appear tall.

وهو أخفش، وهي خفشاء.

And he is akhfash (small-eyed), and she is khafshā' (small-eyed, fem.).

وخفش به: رمى.

And khafasha with it: to throw.

وكفرح: ضعف.

And kafraḥa: to weaken.

وخفشه تخفيشا: هدمه.

And khaffasha it takhfīshan: to demolish it.

وفلانا: صرعه، ووطئه.

And khaffasha someone: to knock him down, and to trample him.

والبدن: ضعف.

And the body: to weaken.

وبالأرض: لبد.

And with the ground: to stick.

وكصبور: نوع من خبز الذرة.

And kaṣabūr: a type of millet bread.

والأخافش في النحاة: ثلاثة.

And al-Akhfash among the grammarians: three.