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خضع

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root خضع primarily relates to submission, humility, and yielding. It extends to concepts of bending, inclining, and being subdued, both physically and metaphorically. It also encompasses related ideas like calling someone to something negative, a star setting, and camels moving swiftly.

Derived headwords

خَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to submit, be humbleboth

    To lower oneself, to be humble and submissive.

  2. 2.
    to yield, be subduedboth

    To be brought down, subdued, or made to yield.

  3. 3.
    to incline, leanclassical

    To lean or incline, as a star towards setting.

  4. 4.
    to move swiftlyclassical

    Camels becoming vigorous in their pace.

خُضُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    submission, humilityboth

    The state of being submissive, humble, or yielding.

اخْتَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to submit, be humbleboth

    To be submissive and humble.

اخْضَوْضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to submit, be humbleclassical

    To be submissive and humble.

خَضَعَ فُلَانًا إِلَى السُّوءِverb
  1. 1.
    to call to evilclassical

    To invite or call someone towards something bad or evil.

خَضَعَ النَّجْمُverb
  1. 1.
    star inclined to setclassical

    A star leaning or inclining towards the horizon, indicating sunset.

خَضَعَ الْإِبِلُverb
  1. 1.
    camels moved swiftlyclassical

    Camels becoming vigorous and swift in their journey.

خَمَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one who submits to allclassical

    A person who submits to everyone, showing excessive compliance.

  2. 2.
    date palm sproutclassical

    A date palm tree that grows from a date pit.

  3. 3.
    one who conquers peersclassical

    Someone who overcomes and conquers their equals or rivals.

خَاضِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    submissive, humbleboth

    One who is submissive, humble, or yielding.

خُضَّعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    submissive personclassical

    A submissive person.

  2. 2.
    woman with resonant waistclassical

    A woman whose waist makes a sound, possibly due to its shape or movement.

خَوَاضِعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    submissive peopleboth

    Plural of خاضع, referring to submissive people.

سَفِينَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound from horse's bellyclassical

    A sound heard from the belly of a horse.

  2. 2.
    hollow flesh partsclassical

    Two hollow fleshy parts from which a sound is heard.

  3. 3.
    sound of floodclassical

    The sound of a torrent or floodwater.

خَيْضَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clash of voices in warclassical

    The clamor and confusion of voices during warfare.

  2. 2.
    dust in battleclassical

    Dust raised during a battle or conflict.

  3. 3.
    battle, conflictclassical

    A fierce engagement or battle.

أَخْضَعُadjective
  1. 1.
    accepting humiliationclassical

    One who is content with or accepts humiliation and disgrace.

  2. 2.
    one with stooped neckclassical

    Someone who has a naturally stooped or bowed neck.

خِضْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    accepting humiliation (fem.)classical

    Feminine form of أَخْضَعُ, referring to a woman who accepts humiliation.

خَضَعَهُ الْكِبَرُverb
  1. 1.
    arrogance subdued himclassical

    Arrogance or pride made him submissive or humbled.

أَخْضَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make submissiveboth

    To cause someone to become submissive or humbled.

أَخْضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    speech softened for womanclassical

    His speech became gentle and yielding towards a woman.

خَاضَعَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to speak gently to womanclassical

    To speak to a woman in a soft, yielding, or submissive manner.

تَخْضِيعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting meatclassical

    The act of cutting meat into pieces.

اخْتَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to move swiftlyclassical

    To pass by quickly or move at a rapid pace.

اخْتَضَعَ الْفَحْلُ النَّاقَةَverb
  1. 1.
    stallion mounted camelclassical

    A male camel mounting a female camel for mating.

مِخْضَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mating camelclassical

    A camel, specifically a male, involved in the act of mating.

Parallel reading

خضع، كمنع، خضوعا: تطامن، وتواضع
He submitted, like 'manaa', with submission: he lowered himself, and was humble.
واختضع، وسكن وسكن
And he was submissive, and quiet, and still.
وفلانا إلى السوء: دعاه
And he called someone to evil: he invited him.
والنجم: مال للغروب
And the star: it inclined towards setting.
والإبل: جدت في سيرها
And the camels: they became vigorous in their pace.
وكمنعة: من يخضع لكل أحد
And like 'man'ah': one who submits to everyone.
ونخلة تنبت من النواة
And a date palm that grows from a pit.
ومن يقهر أقرانه
And one who conquers his peers.
وكصبور: الخاضع
And like 'saboor': the submissive one.
ج: ككتب، والمرأة التي لخواصرها صوت
Plural: like 'kutub', and the woman whose waist makes a sound.
وكسفينة: صوت يسمع من بطن الفرس
And like 'safeenah': a sound heard from the belly of a horse.
أو لحمتان مجوفتان يسمع الصوت منهما
Or two hollow fleshy parts from which a sound is heard.
وصوت السيل
And the sound of the flood.
والخيضعة: اختلاف الأصوات في الحرب
And the 'khayda'ah': the clamor of voices in war.
والغبار، والمعركة
And the dust, and the battle.
والأخضع: الراضي بالذل، وهي خضعاء
And the 'akhda'': the one content with humiliation, and she is 'khid'aa'.
ومن في عنقه تطامن خلقة
And one whose neck has a natural stoop.
وخضعه الكبر، وأخضعه: جعله كذلك
And arrogance subdued him, and 'akhda'ahu': made him thus.
وأخضع: لان كلامه للمرأة، كخاضعها
And 'akhda'a': his speech softened for the woman, like 'khaada'ahaa'.
والتخضيع: تقطيع اللحم
And 'takhdee'': cutting the meat.
واختضع: خضع، كاخضوضع
And 'ikhtada'a': he submitted, like 'ikhdaada'a'.
و: مر سريعا
And: he passed quickly.
والفحل الناقة: سانها
And the stallion mounted the she-camel: he mounted her.
وسموا مخضعة
And they named him 'makhda'ah'.