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خوخ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the peach fruit and its associated features. It also extends to metaphorical meanings, such as a cunning or calamitous event.

Derived headwords

الخوخnoun
  1. 1.
    Peachboth

    The fruit of the peach tree.

الخوخةnoun
  1. 1.
    Peach (single)both

    A single unit of the fruit 'khawkh'.

  2. 2.
    Opening, apertureclassical

    An opening or small window in a wall that allows light to pass through.

خويخيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamity, disasterclassical

    A cunning or disastrous event, often implying something that causes distress or ruin. The 'ya' is lightened.

Parallel reading

الخوخة: واحدة الخوخ.
Al-khawkhah: a single peach.
والخوخة أيضا: كوة في الجدار تؤدي الضوء.
And al-khawkhah also: an opening in the wall that admits light.
والخويخية: الداهية، والياء مخففة.
And al-khwaykhīyah: the calamity, and the 'ya' is lightened.
وكل أناس سوف تدخل بينهم * خويخية تصفر منها الأنامل
And every people, soon a calamity will enter among them * from which the fingers turn yellow.
ويروى: " دويهية ".
And it is narrated: 'dawayhiyah'.