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خذء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of submission, humility, and subservience. It describes a state of yielding to another, often implying a lack of pride or resistance.

Derived headwords

خَذَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to submitboth

    To yield or give in to someone, showing humility and lack of resistance.

خَذِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to submitboth

    To yield or give in to someone, showing humility and lack of resistance.

خُذُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    submissionboth

    The act or state of submitting, yielding, or being subservient.

اِسْتَخْذَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to submit oneselfboth

    To make oneself submit or appear submissive to another.

أَخْذَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make submissiveclassical

    To cause someone to become submissive, humble, or subservient.

Parallel reading

خذئت له، وخذأت له، خذوءا فيهما: أي خضعت.
I submitted to him, and I submitted to him, with submission in both: meaning, I was humbled.
وكذلك استخذأت له
And likewise, he made himself submissive to him.
وأخذأه فلان، أي ذلله.
And so-and-so made him submissive, meaning, he humbled him.