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Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to generosity, giving freely, and abundance. It also extends to concepts of making something easier or providing a space, and can describe a limping gait or a type of plant.

Derived headwords

سَخِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Generousboth

    Describes someone who is very giving and liberal with their possessions or resources.

الجَوَادadjective
  1. 1.
    Generousboth

    Synonymous with 'sakhī', denoting a generous person.

أسْخِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Generous peopleboth

    Plural of 'sakhīy', referring to multiple generous individuals.

سُخَوَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Generous peopleclassical

    Another plural form for 'sakhīy'.

سَخِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    Generous (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'sakhīy', describing a generous female.

سَخِيَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Generous womenboth

    Plural of 'sakhiyyah', referring to multiple generous females.

سَخَايَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Generous womenclassical

    Another plural form for 'sakhiyyah'.

سَخَاverb
  1. 1.
    To be generousboth

    The basic verb form indicating the act of being generous or giving freely.

سَخَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Generosityboth

    The abstract noun for the quality or act of being generous.

سَخْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Generosityclassical

    Another noun form for generosity, often implying a significant act of giving.

سَخْوَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Generosityclassical

    Yet another noun form for generosity.

تَسَخَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To feign generosityboth

    To pretend to be generous or to make an effort to appear generous.

سَخَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To make a passage for fireboth

    To create a channel or opening for fire, especially under a cooking pot.

  2. 2.
    To calm downboth

    To become still or quiet, to cease movement.

سَخْوَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Passage for fireboth

    A channel or opening made for fire, typically under a cooking pot.

  2. 2.
    Calmnessboth

    A state of stillness or quietness.

سَخَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Passage for fireboth

    The act or result of making a passage for fire.

  2. 2.
    Calmnessboth

    The act or result of becoming still or quiet.

السَّخَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of herbboth

    A specific kind of herb or green plant.

سَخِيَverb
  1. 1.
    To become lameboth

    To suffer from a limp or lameness, particularly used for a camel.

سَخِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Lameboth

    Describing an animal, especially a camel, that has a limp.

السَّخَاوِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Softboth

    Describing something as soft or yielding.

  2. 2.
    Spaciousboth

    Describing land as wide or extensive.

سَخَاوِيnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft/spacious landsboth

    Plural of 'sakhāwiyah', referring to areas of soft or spacious land.

سَخَاname
  1. 1.
    A place nameboth

    A town or region in Egypt, known for producing scholars.

Parallel reading

السخي: الجواد
The generous: the noble/giving.
وهي سخية ج: سخيات وسخايا
And she is generous (fem.), plural: sakhiyyāt and sakhāyā.
وسخا، كسعى ودعا وسرو ورضي، سخاء وسخى وسخوة وسخوا
And 'sakha', like 'sa'ā', 'da'ā', 'sarā', and 'raḍiya', (yields) sakhā', sakhā', sakhwah, and sakhwah.
وتسخى: تكلفه
And 'tasakhkhā': to pretend to do it / to make an effort for it.
وسخا النار، كدعا وسعى، سخوا وسخيا: جعل لها مذهبا تحت القدر
And 'sakhkhā' the fire, like 'da'ā' and 'sa'ā', (yields) sakhwah and sakhā': to make for it a passage under the pot.
والقدر: جعل للنار تحتها مذهبا
And the pot: to make a passage for the fire beneath it.
وفلان: سكن من حركته
And 'fulān': to become still from his movement.
والسخاءة: بقلة ج: سخاء
And 'as-sakhā'ah': a herb, plural: sakhā'.
وسخي البعير، كرضي، سخى، فهو سخ وسخي: أصابه ظلع
And the camel 'sakhiya', like 'raḍiya', (yields) 'sakha', so he is 'sakhkh' and 'sakhiyy': lameness afflicted him.
والسخاوية: اللينة، أو الواسعة من الأرض ج: سخاوي، كالسخواء ج: سخاوي وسخاوي
And 'as-sakhāwiyah': the soft, or the spacious of the land, plural: sakhāwī, like 'as-sakhwā'' plural: sakhāwī and sakhāwī.
وسخا: كورة بمصر، منها المقرئ المشهور، وآخرون
And 'Sakhā': a district in Egypt, from it is the famous reciter, and others.