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خنا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns obscenity, indecency, and foulness in speech. It also extends to the idea of ruin, destruction, and corruption, often brought about by time or by one's own actions.

Derived headwords

الخَنَاnoun
  1. 1.
    obscenity, indecencyboth

    obscenity, indecency

خَنِيَverb
  1. 1.
    the cattleboth

    the cattle

  2. 2.
    he spoke obscenely to himboth

    he spoke obscenely to him

أَخْنَىverb
  1. 1.
    To speak obscenelyboth

    To speak obscenely or indecently, to be excessive in speech.

  2. 2.
    To ruin, destroyboth

    To bring about ruin or destruction upon someone or something, often implying the passage of time or a destructive force.

  3. 3.
    To corrupt, spoilboth

    To cause something to become corrupted or spoiled.

خَنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    the cattleboth

    the cattle

  2. 2.
    he spoke obscenely to himboth

    he spoke obscenely to him

خُنْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Obscenity, indecencyclassical

    A single instance or piece of obscene or indecent speech.

Parallel reading

الفحش
Obscenity.
وكلام خن وكلمة خنية
And obscene speech and an indecent word.
وقد خني عليه بالكسر
And he spoke obscenely to him.
وأخنى عليه في منطقه، إذا أفحش
And he spoke obscenely to him in his speech, if he was indecent.
فلا تخنوا علي ولا تشطوا بقول الفخر إن الفخر حوب
So do not speak obscenely to me nor go to extremes with boastful words, for boasting is a sin.
وأخنى عليه الدهر، أي أتى عليه وأهلكه
And time ruined him, meaning it came upon him and destroyed him.
أخنى عليها الذي أخنى على لبد
What ruined Labad also ruined her.
وأخنيت عليه: أفسدت
And I corrupted him: I spoiled him.