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فخذ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the thigh, both as a body part and metaphorically. It extends to concepts of kinship, division within tribes, and the act of striking or dividing.

Derived headwords

فَخِذnoun
  1. 1.
    like 'katif' (thigh)both

    like 'katif' (thigh)

  2. 2.
    like 'fils' (thigh)both

    like 'fils' (thigh)

  3. 3.
    like 'ʿirq' (thigh)both

    like 'ʿirq' (thigh)

فَخَذَverb
  1. 1.
    like 'katif' (thigh)both

    like 'katif' (thigh)

  2. 2.
    like 'fils' (thigh)both

    like 'fils' (thigh)

  3. 3.
    like 'ʿirq' (thigh)both

    like 'ʿirq' (thigh)

تَفْخِيذnoun
  1. 1.
    striking the thighclassical

    The act of striking someone in the thigh.

  2. 2.
    division by clansclassical

    The act of calling or dividing people by their respective clans or kin groups.

Parallel reading

رميته ففخذته، أي أصبت فخذه
I shot at him and hit his thigh, meaning I struck his thigh.
والفخذ في العشائر: أقل من البطن
And the fakhidh among the clans is less than the baṭn.
أولها الشعب، ثم القبيلة، ثم الفصيلة، ثم العمارة، ثم البطن، ثم الفخذ
The smallest is the shaʿb, then the qabīlah, then the faṣīlah, then the ʿimārah, then the baṭn, then the fakhidh.
والتفخيذ: المفاخذة
And tafkhīdh means mafākhadhah.
بات يفخذ عشيرته
He spent the night calling his kin group by their fakhidh.
أي يدعوهم فخذا فخذا
Meaning he calls them fakhidh by fakhidh.