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خرع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root خرع (khara'a) primarily denotes a sense of weakness, looseness, or yielding. This extends to physical fragility, moral looseness, and even the creation or origination of something new.

Derived headwords

خَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he became weakboth

    meaning, he became weak

  2. 2.
    weakboth

    weak

خُرِعَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he became weakboth

    meaning, he became weak

  2. 2.
    weakboth

    weak

خُرُوعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessboth

    A state of weakness or looseness in something.

  2. 2.
    plantboth

    A known plant, characterized by its weakness and flexibility.

  3. 3.
    valleyclassical

    A name for a valley.

خِرَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    madnessclassical

    The madness or frenzy of a female camel.

خُرَّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, he became weakboth

    meaning, he became weak

  2. 2.
    weakboth

    weak

خُرَّاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    prostituteclassical

    A woman who is promiscuous or immoral.

خُرَّاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    promiscuityclassical

    A state of being loose or immoral; promiscuity or debauchery.

خَرَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he became weakboth

    meaning, he became weak

  2. 2.
    weakboth

    weak

اِنْخَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    it was split, tornboth

    it was split, torn

اِخْتَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, he derived itboth

    meaning, he derived it

  2. 2.
    he created it and innovated itboth

    he created it and innovated it

خِرْيَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pendulous lipclassical

    The pendulous lip of a camel.

مُخَرَّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    afflicted with madnessclassical

    Describing a female camel afflicted with madness.

Parallel reading

الخرع بالتحريك: الرخاوة في الشئ
Al-khar'u (with harakat) means looseness in a thing.
وقد خرع الرجل بالكسر، أي ضعف فهو خرع.
And the man became weak (kharia'a), meaning he became feeble, so he is khari'un (weak).
وخرعت النخلة، أي ذهب كربها.
And the palm tree shed its spathe (kharia'at), meaning its karab went away.
ويقال لمشفر البعير إذا تدلى: خريع.
And the pendulous lip of a camel is called khiriy'un.
خريع النعو مضطرب النواحى
A pendulous lip, disturbed in its sides,
والخريع: الفاجرة.
And al-khirri'atu (the woman) is the immoral one.
وقال: هي التي تتثنى من اللين.
And he said: She is one who bends from softness.
والخرع: الشق: يقال: خرعته فانخرع.
And al-khar'u means a tear: it is said, 'I tore it, and it was torn.'
واخترع كذا، أي اشتقه، ويقال أنشأه وابتدعه.
And 'he invented' such-and-such, meaning he derived it, and it is said he created it and originated it.
والخروع: نبت معروف.
And al-khurru'u is a known plant.
وهو اسم واد.
And it is the name of a valley.
وكل نبت ضعيف يتثنى، أي نبت كان، فهو خروع.
And every weak plant that bends, meaning any plant it was, it is khurru'un.
تلاعب مثنى حضرمي كأنه
Playing like a Hadrami pair, as if it were
تعمج شيطان بذي خروع قفر
A devil's trick in a desolate place of weak plants.
والخراع بالضم: جنون الناقة، عن الكسائي.
And al-khirra'u (with damma) is the madness of the she-camel, from Al-Kisa'i.
يقال ناقة مخروعة.
It is said, a she-camel afflicted with madness (makhru'ah).
وانخرعت كتفه: لغة في انخلعت.
And his shoulder was dislocated (inkhara'at): a variant pronunciation for 'inkhala'at' (was dislocated).
والخراعة: لغة في الخلاعة وهي الدعارة.
And al-khirra'atu is a variant for al-khila'atu, which is debauchery.