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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of softness, weakness, and decay, often applied to physical substances or emotional states. It can describe something that is rotten, moist, or yielding, and also the calming or subsiding of anger.

Derived headwords

بَخُوadjective
  1. 1.
    softboth

    Describing something as soft, yielding, or lacking firmness.

  2. 2.
    rottenboth

    Referring to a substance that is decayed, spoiled, or of poor quality, particularly when moist.

بَخْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a soft/rotten thingboth

    The singular form of 'bakhw', referring to a single instance of something soft, moist, or rotten.

بَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    to calm downboth

    To become calm, to subside, or to become less intense, often used in reference to anger.

Parallel reading

البَخُو: الرَخْوُ
Al-bakhw: the soft.
والرَطْبُ الرَدِيءُ
And the moist, the bad/poor quality.
الواحِدَةُ: بَخْوَةٌ
The singular: bakhwah.
وبَاخَ غَضَبُهُ: سَكَنَ
And his anger subsided: it calmed down.
وَفَتَرَ
And it cooled/lessened.
كَبَاخٍ
Like bakh.