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خذع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of cutting, slicing, or dividing, often with a sense of partiality or incompleteness. It extends to describe the resulting pieces, specific foods made from cut meat, and tools used for cutting. Figuratively, it can refer to flaws or a state of being scattered.

Derived headwords

خَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to slice, to cut intoboth

    To cut meat or something lacking firmness into several places or pieces.

خَذْعnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting, slicingboth

    The act of cutting or slicing, especially meat or soft substances.

  2. 2.
    incomplete cutclassical

    A cut that is not deep or does not go all the way through; a superficial cut.

خُذُعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    food dishclassical

    A dish from the Levant made from cut meat.

خُذَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    food dishclassical

    A dish from the Levant made from cut meat.

مِخْذَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    knifeclassical

    A knife, used for cutting.

خِذْعnoun
  1. 1.
    flaw, defectclassical

    A defect or blemish.

خُذْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    roast meatclassical

    Roasted meat.

  2. 2.
    cut meatclassical

    Meat that has been cut, or specifically, its upper part.

  3. 3.
    trimmed branchesclassical

    Branches of a tree whose extremities have been cut off.

تَخْذِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting, slicingboth

    The act of cutting or slicing.

  2. 2.
    superficial cuttingclassical

    Cutting without depth or effectiveness; a blow that does not penetrate or harm.

Parallel reading

خَذَعَ اللحم وما لا صلابة فيه، كمنع: حززه وقطعه في مواضع
He sliced the meat and what lacks firmness, like 'man'a', by scoring and cutting it in places.
ومنه الخذيعة لطعام بالشام من اللحم
And from it is 'al-khudhay'ah', a food from the Levant made of meat.
وكمكنسة: السكين
And like 'maknasah': the knife.
والخيْذَع، كصيقل: العيب
And 'al-khaydha'', like 'sayqal': the flaw.
وذهبوا خذع مذع، كعنب مبنيين بالفتح، أي متفرقين
And they went off 'khudha' madha'', both with fatha, meaning scattered.
وكمعظم: الشواء، وما أكل، أو قطع أعلاه من الشجر، أو ما قطع أطرافه
And like 'mu'dham': the roast meat, or what is eaten, or its upper part from the trees that has been cut, or what has had its extremities cut off.
والتخذيع: التقطيع، أو من غير إبانة، والضرب لا ينفذ ولا يحيك
And 'al-takhdhee'' is the cutting, or cutting without clarity, and a blow that does not penetrate and does not harm.