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الخرع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root الخرع (al-kharʿ) primarily denotes concepts of splitting, breaking, and weakness, often related to physical structures or joints. It extends to meanings of emotional or mental states like astonishment and foolishness, and can describe specific physical attributes or conditions in animals and people, as well as certain plants and places.

Derived headwords

الخَرْعnoun
  1. 1.
    split, fissureboth

    A split or fissure, similar to the meaning of 'splitting'.

  2. 2.
    ear markclassical

    A specific mark on a sheep's ear, made by cutting off the top part lengthwise, resulting in three sections, with the middle one hanging loose.

  3. 3.
    joint laxityboth

    Laxity or looseness of the joints.

  4. 4.
    astonishmentboth

    Astonishment or bewilderment.

خَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitboth

    To split or tear something.

  2. 2.
    to be weakboth

    To be weak or feeble.

  3. 3.
    to breakboth

    To break, especially referring to the husk of a date palm.

خُرُوعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    joint laxityboth

    The state of having lax or loose joints.

  2. 2.
    weaknessboth

    A state of weakness or feebleness.

خِرَاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    joint laxityboth

    The state of having lax or loose joints.

  2. 2.
    weaknessboth

    A state of weakness or feebleness.

خُرُعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weakboth

    Weak, feeble, or lacking strength.

خِرِّيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weakboth

    Weak, feeble, or lacking strength.

خُرَّعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hanging lipclassical

    A drooping or hanging lip, particularly of a camel.

  2. 2.
    she-camel with conditionclassical

    A she-camel that has a condition causing weakness or inability to stand.

  3. 3.
    immoral womanclassical

    A woman who is immoral or promiscuous.

  4. 4.
    limber womanclassical

    A woman who is supple and moves with a swaying gait.

خِرِّيعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    immoral womanclassical

    A woman who is immoral or promiscuous.

  2. 2.
    limber womanclassical

    A woman who is supple and moves with a swaying gait.

الخُرْوَاعُnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant that is not grazed by animals.

خُرْوَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    safflowerboth

    Safflower or Carthamus tinctorius.

خُرَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    camel madnessclassical

    A condition affecting a she-camel, characterized by madness and a break in its back, causing it to lie down and be unable to rise.

خُرْغُونٌname
  1. 1.
    city nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a city in Samarkand.

الخَرْعُname
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to Amr ibn Abs, the grandfather of the poet Auf ibn Attiyah.

مُخْتَلِفُ الأَخْلَاقِadjective
  1. 1.
    varied in characterclassical

    Someone who has a variety of different moral characters or dispositions.

اخْتَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitboth

    To split or tear something.

  2. 2.
    to create, inventboth

    To create, originate, or invent something new.

  3. 3.
    to betrayclassical

    To betray someone or to take their property deceitfully.

  4. 4.
    to consumeclassical

    To consume or use up something.

  5. 5.
    to lend outclassical

    To lend an animal to someone else for a few days and then return it.

انْخَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dislocatedboth

    To be dislocated, as in a joint.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To break or be broken.

  3. 3.
    to be weakboth

    To be weak or feeble.

  4. 4.
    to splitboth

    To split or be split, as in a channel or pipe.

  5. 5.
    to disintegrateboth

    To break into pieces or disintegrate.

Parallel reading

الخَرْعُ، كالمنع: الشق
Al-kharʿ, like al-manʿ: the split.
وبالتحريك: سمة في أذن الشاة، يقطع أعلى آذانها في طولها فتصير الأذن ثلاث قطع، فتسترخي الوسطى على المحارة، وهي مخروعة
And with harakah: a mark on a sheep's ear, its top is cut lengthwise, so the ear becomes three pieces, and the middle one hangs loosely, and it is called makhruʿah.
وهي مخروعة
and it is makhruʿah (having a split ear).
و: لين المفاصل، والرخاوة
And: laxity of the joints, and looseness.
ومصدره: الخراعة والخروع والخرع، بضمهما
And its masdar: al-khirāʿah, al-khurūʿ, and al-kharʿ, with dammah on both.
وقد خرع ككرم
And he became weak, like karuma.
و=: الدهش
And: astonishment.
وكفرح: ضعف، فهو خرع وخريع
And like fariḥa: he became weak, so he is kharʿ and khirrīʿ.
و=: انكسر
And: he broke.
و النخلة: ذهب كربها
And the date palm: its husk went away.
وكأمير: المشفر المتدلي، والناقة التي بها خراع، والمرأة الفاجرة، أو التي تتثنى لينا، كالخريعة، كسفينة وصبور
And like amīr: the hanging lip, and the she-camel that has khurāʿ, and the immoral woman, or one who sways with softness, like al-khurayʿah, like safīnah and ṣabūr.
والخروع، كدرهم: نبت لا يرعى
And al-khurwāʿ, like dirham: a plant that is not grazed.
وكسكيت: العصفر، أو القرطم
And like sikt: the safflower, or the Carthamus.
وكغراب: جنون الناقة، وانقطاع في ظهرها تصبح منه باركة لا تقوم
And like ghurāb: the madness of the she-camel, and a break in its back such that it becomes lying down and unable to rise.
وخرعون، بالضم: ة بسمرقند
And Khurghūn, with dammah: a city in Samarkand.
والخرع، ككتف: لقب عمرو بن عبس جد عوف بن عطية الشاعر
And al-kharʿ, like katif: the nickname of Amr ibn Abs, the grandfather of the poet Auf ibn Attiyah.
وكمعظم: المختلف الأخلاق
And like muʿẓam: one of varied character.
واخترعه: شقه وأنشأه وابتدأه
And ikhtaraʿahu: he split it and created it and initiated it.
و فلانا: خانه وأخذ من ماله
And [he ikhtaraʿa] someone: he betrayed him and took from his property.
: استهلكه
: he consumed it.
و الدابة: تسخرها لغيره أياما ثم ردها
And the animal: he made it work for another for days then returned it.
وانخرع: انخلع، وانكسر، وضعف
And inkharʿa: it became dislocated, and it broke, and it became weak.
و القناة: انشقت، وتفتتت
And the channel: it split, and it disintegrated.