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خظا

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the concept of being plump, well-fed, and having accumulated flesh. It extends to the idea of being stout or corpulent, and metaphorically to being coarse or vulgar in speech.

Derived headwords

خَظَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be plumpboth

    The flesh of an animal or person is plump and well-fed.

اِكْتَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing: it gathered and became fullboth

    the thing: it gathered and became full

خَاظِيَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpclassical

    Plump, well-fed, referring to necks.

خَظَا بَظَاadjective
  1. 1.
    very plumpclassical

    Extremely plump and corpulent.

خَظَتَانِadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpclassical

    Dual form, referring to two plump parts, like muscles.

خَظَوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    corpulenceclassical

    A state of being corpulent, where flesh piles upon itself.

خُنْظِيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    vulgarclassical

    A man who is coarse, vulgar, or offensive in speech.

خُنْظَى بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to speak ill ofclassical

    To speak ill of someone, to mention them with disliked things, to reproach them.

Parallel reading

خظا لحمه يخظو، أي اكتنز.
His flesh was plump, it is plump, meaning it was well-fed.
رقاب كالمواجن خاظيات
Necks like the المواجن (a type of mountain or rock) were plump.
وأستاه على الاكوار كوم
And buttocks piled up on the saddles.
لحمه خظا بظا، أي مكتنز.
His flesh was very plump, meaning accumulated.
لها متنتان خظاتا كما
She had two plump muscles as if
أكب على ساعديه النمر
the tiger crouched on its forearms.
أراد: خظاتان فحذف النون استخفافا.
He intended: two plump muscles, and he omitted the 'nun' out of lightness.
والخظوان بالتحريك: الذي ركب لحمه بعضه بعضا.
And al-khuẓwān (with vowelization) is that whose flesh piled upon itself.
يقال رجل خنظيان، إذا كان فاحشا.
It is said a man is khunẓiyān, if he is vulgar.
وخنظى به، إذا ندد به وأسمعه المكروه.
And khunẓā bihi, if one reproaches him and makes him hear disliked things.