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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to shyness, bashfulness, and the physical manifestations or implications of such states. It also extends to descriptions of women, particularly concerning their physical attributes and perceived flaws, and can denote unpleasant qualities like dirtiness or baseness.

Derived headwords

خَجِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shyboth

    To feel or exhibit shyness or bashfulness.

رَضِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shyboth

    To feel or exhibit shyness or bashfulness.

اِسْتَحْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be shyboth

    To feel or exhibit shyness or bashfulness.

أَخْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to have much intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse frequently.

الأَخْجَىadjective
  1. 1.
    woman with much fluidclassical

    A woman who has abundant vaginal fluid.

  2. 2.
    woman with defective loinsclassical

    A woman whose loins are considered defective or weak.

  3. 3.
    woman with wide vulvaclassical

    A woman whose vulva is wide or large.

  4. 4.
    woman with wide hipsclassical

    A woman who has wide hips.

الخَجَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtinessclassical

    A state of being dirty or unclean.

  2. 2.
    basenessclassical

    A quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

خَجَىnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtinessclassical

    A state of being dirty or unclean.

  2. 2.
    basenessclassical

    A quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

الخَجْوَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    wide womanclassical

    A woman who is wide, likely referring to her hips or general build.

Parallel reading

خَجِيَ، كَرَضِيَ: اِسْتَحْيَا.
He was shy, like 'radiya': he was bashful.
وأَخْجَى: جَامَعَ كَثِيرًا.
And 'akhja': he had intercourse frequently.
والأَخْجَى: المَرْأَةُ الكَثِيرَةُ المَاءِ، الفَاسِدَةُ القُعُورِ، البَعِيدَةُ المِسْبَارِ، والأَفْحَجُ.
And 'al-akhja': the woman with abundant fluid, whose loins are defective, whose vulva is distant, and who is wide-hipped.
والخَجَاةُ: القَذِرُ، واللُّؤْمُ.
And 'al-khaja': the dirty one, and baseness.
ج: خَجَى.
Plural: khaja.
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا خَجَاةٌ مِنَ الخَجَى، أَيْ: قَذِرٌ لَئِيمٌ.
And he is nothing but a 'khaja' from 'al-khaja', meaning: a dirty, base person.
والخَجْوَاءُ: المَرْأَةُ الوَاسِعَةُ.
And 'al-khajwaa': the wide woman.
وَخَجَى بِرِجْلِهِ: نَسَفَ بِهَا التُّرَابَ فِي مَشْيِهِ.
And he kicked with his leg: he kicked up dust with it while walking.