خنث

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of bending, curving, and twisting. It extends to describe physical contortions, the state of being ambiguous or hermaphroditic, and actions related to manipulating objects by bending them.

Derived headwords

اِنْخِنَاثnoun

1.
bending, contortionboth
The act of bending, twisting, or contorting oneself or something else.

خُنْثnoun

1.
bending, contortionboth
A state of being bent, twisted, or contorted.
2.
woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman.

خَنَثَverb

1.
to bend, to curveboth
To bend or curve something; it also implies causing something to bend or curve.

تَخَنَّثَverb

1.
to be bent, to curveboth
To become bent, curved, or contorted as a result of being acted upon.

مُخَنَّثadjective

1.
effeminate, bentboth
Describing someone who is bent or contorted, often implying effeminacy or a deviation from the norm.

نَخَنَثَverb

1.
to speak ambiguouslyclassical
To speak in a convoluted, ambiguous, or twisted manner.

خُنْثadjective

1.
bent, twistedboth
Describing something that is bent, twisted, or contorted.

خُنْثَىadjective

1.
hermaphroditeboth
Describing a person who possesses characteristics of both male and female sexes.

خَنَاثَىnoun

1.
on the pattern of 'ḥabālā' (pregnant women)both
on the pattern of 'ḥabālā' (pregnant women)

خَنَثَverb

1.
to bend outwardsclassical
To bend or fold something outwards, specifically in the context of a waterskin from which one drinks.

اِخْتَنَثَverb

1.
to bend outwardsclassical
To bend or fold something outwards, particularly a waterskin, for drinking.

Parallel reading

الانخناث: التثني والتكسر

Al-inkhinath: bending and contortion.

والاسم الخنث

And the noun is al-khunth.

أرى في خنث لحيتك اضطرابا

I see a disturbance in the bending of your beard.

وخنثت الشئ فتخنث

And I bent the thing, so it became bent.

ونخنث في كلامه

And he spoke in a convoluted manner.

المستخرى المتثنى

The bent, the contorted.

أخنث من دلال

More bent/coquettish than a pampered one.

الخنثى: الذي له ما للرجال والنساء جميعا

The khuntha: one who has what men and women both have.

والجمع الخناثى مثل الحبالى

And the plural is al-khanathi, like al-hibali.

خنثت السقاء واختنثته، إذا ثنيته إلى خارج فشربت منه

You bent the waterskin outwards and drank from it, if you folded it outwards.

فإن كسرته إلى داخل فقد قبعته

But if you folded it inwards, you have qaba'tahu (closed it).