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ثخن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of thickness, density, and heaviness. It extends to meanings of being strong, robust, and also to the intensity of actions, particularly in warfare and injury.

Derived headwords

ثَخُنَverb
  1. 1.
    it became thick and hardboth

    it became thick and hard

ثَخَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicknessboth

    The quality or state of being thick, dense, or substantial.

  2. 2.
    solidityboth

    The state of being firm, solid, and unyielding.

ثَخِينadjective
  1. 1.
    thick and hardboth

    thick and hard

ثَخِين السِّلَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    heavily armedclassical

    Describing someone who is well-equipped with strong and substantial weaponry.

أَثْخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenboth

    To cause someone to become weak, exhausted, or incapacitated, often through injury.

  2. 2.
    to inflict heavy casualtiesclassical

    To kill or wound many enemies, especially in warfare.

  3. 3.
    to intensifyclassical

    To make something more severe or extreme, such as an action or a state.

اِثْتَخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to intensify (original form)classical

    The original, unassimilated form of 'أثخن', meaning to intensify or make severe.

Parallel reading

ثخن الشئ ثخانة، أي غلظ وصلب
A thing became thick in thickness, meaning it became dense and solid.
فهو ثخين
And it is thick.
ورجل ثخين السلاح، أي شاك
And a man heavily armed, meaning equipped with armor.
وأثخنته الجراحة: أوهنته
And the wound weakened him: it made him feeble.
ويقال أثخن في الارض قتلا، إذا أكثر
And it is said, he inflicted much killing in the land, if he killed abundantly.
تمهل في الحرب حتى اثخن
He was slow in the war until he inflicted heavy casualties.
أصله اثتخن، فأدغم
Its origin is 'iththakhana', and it was assimilated.