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وخز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pricking, piercing, or stabbing with a sharp object, often without penetrating deeply. It also extends to the idea of something being small or sparse, and metaphorically to the onset of something like graying hair.

Derived headwords

وَخَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to prickboth

    To stab or prick with a sharp object, such as a spear or dagger, typically without deep penetration.

  2. 2.
    to mix withclassical

    To be mixed with or begin to appear within something else, like gray hair intermingling with dark hair.

الوخزnoun
  1. 1.
    stabbing with a spear or similar, not penetratingboth

    stabbing with a spear or similar, not penetrating

الوخزnoun
  1. 1.
    stabbing with a spear or similar, not penetratingboth

    stabbing with a spear or similar, not penetrating

وَخَزَهُ الشَّيْبُverb
  1. 1.
    gray hair mixed withclassical

    When gray hair begins to mix with or appear among the darker hair, signifying the onset of aging.

Parallel reading

الوخز: الطعن بالرمح ونحوه، ولا يكون نافذا.
The pricking: stabbing with a spear or the like, and it is not penetrating.
يقال: وخزه بالخنجر.
It is said: he pricked him with a dagger.
والوخر: الشئ القليل.
And the small amount: a small thing.
لها أشارير من لحم تتمره * من الثعالى ووخز من أرانيها *
She has portions of meat from the haunches, and a small amount from her hindquarters.
ووخزه الشيب، أي خالطه.
And gray hair pricked him, meaning it mixed with his hair.