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خوع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to geographical features and physical alterations. It describes a white mountain, a bend in a valley, and the act of diminishing or breaking something, particularly the banks of a valley.

Derived headwords

الخُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    white mountainclassical

    A mountain that is white in appearance.

كما يلوح الخوع بين الأجبال — As the white mountain appears between the mountains
الخُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    valley bendclassical

    A winding or turning point in a valley.

التَّخَوُّعnoun
  1. 1.
    diminishingclassical

    The act of reducing, lessening, or diminishing something.

والتخوع: التنقص — And diminution: the reducing
خُوعَverb
  1. 1.
    to diminishclassical

    To be diminished, reduced, or lessened.

وخوع منه، أي نقص — And it diminished from it, meaning it was reduced
خَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to break banksclassical

    To break or erode the sides or banks of a valley, typically by a flood.

إذا كسر جنبتيه — when it breaks its sides
خُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    diminishedclassical

    Describing something that has been reduced or lessened in size or quantity.

وجامل خوع من نيبه — And a she-camel diminished in her age

Parallel reading

الخوع: جبل أبيض.
Al-Khaw': a white mountain.
كما يلوح الخوع بين الأجبال
As the white mountain appears between the mountains
والخوع: منعرج الوادي.
And al-Khaw': a bend in the valley.
والتخوع: التنقص.
And at-Takhawwu': the diminishing.
وخوع منه، أي نقص.
And it diminished from it, meaning it was reduced.
وجامل خوع من نيبه
And a she-camel diminished in her age
وجاء السيل فخوع الوادي، إذا كسر جنبتيه.
And the flood came and broke the banks of the valley, meaning it broke its sides.
ألثت عليه ديمة بعد وابل
A continuous rain followed a downpour upon it
فللجزع من خوع السيول قسيب
And for the fear of the erosion caused by the floods, there is a lament.