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خوث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to a state of looseness or relaxation, specifically related to the abdomen. It describes a physical condition of being slack-bellied.

Derived headwords

أَخُوثadjective
  1. 1.
    slack-belliedboth

    Describing a man whose abdomen is loose and hanging.

خَوْثnoun
  1. 1.
    looseness of the bellyclassical

    The condition of having a slack or loose abdomen.

خَوْثَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    slack-bellied (fem.)both

    The feminine form of 'akhūth', describing a woman with a loose abdomen.

Parallel reading

رجل أخوث، أي مسترخي البطن بين الخوث.
A man is 'akhūth', meaning slack-bellied, between the looseness of the belly.
والأنثى خوثاء.
And the female is 'khūthā'.