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Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of looseness, sagging, and bending, particularly concerning the body or posture. It also extends to actions like inclining, bowing, and evaporating.

Derived headwords

أَجَخْيٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Loose-skinnedclassical

    Describing someone with loose or sagging skin, particularly on the thighs.

جَخْوَاءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Loose-skinnedclassical

    Describing someone with loose or sagging skin, particularly on the thighs.

جَخَاverb
  1. 1.
    To sagclassical

    To be loose or sagging, referring to the skin, especially on the thighs.

تَجَخَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To bow downclassical

    To bow down or stoop low, especially in prayer during prostration.

  2. 2.
    To inclineclassical

    To incline or lean over, as the night does.

  3. 3.
    To stoopclassical

    To stoop or bend over, as an elderly person does.

  4. 4.
    To evaporateclassical

    To evaporate or become vaporous, like steam rising from an brazier.

  5. 5.
    To overturnclassical

    To overturn or spill, like a jug.

تَجْخِيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Bowing lowclassical

    The act of bowing low in prayer, specifically during prostration.

مُتَجَخٍّverb
  1. 1.
    To be vaporousclassical

    To be vaporous or evaporating, as one who is steaming themselves over a brazier.

جَخَوْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    To overturn itclassical

    The act of overturning something, such as a jug.

Parallel reading

سعة الجلد، أو استرخاؤه، وقلة لحم الفخذين
Looseness of the skin, or its relaxation, and scarcity of flesh in the thighs.
والنعت: أجخى وجخواء
And the adjective is: ajkhā and jakhwā'.
وجخى المصلي تجخية: خوى في سجوده
And the worshipper تجخى تجخية: bowed low in his prostration.
والليل: مال
And the night: inclined.
والشيخ: انحنى
And the old man: bent over.
ومته الحديث "كالكوز مجخيا"
And the saying is: 'like the overturned jug'.
وتجخى على المجمرة: تبخر
And one تجخى over the brazier: to evaporate (i.e., to steam oneself).
والكوز: انكب
And the jug: overturned.
وقد جخوته
And I have overturned it.