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خمء

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being small, insignificant, or weak. It can also refer to something that is stunted or underdeveloped, and by extension, something that is contemptible or despised.

Derived headwords

الخَمْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    smallness, insignificanceclassical

    The state or quality of being small, insignificant, or weak. It can also refer to something contemptible or despised.

خَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be small, weakclassical

    To be small in size, weak in strength, or insignificant in status.

  2. 2.
    to be stuntedclassical

    To be underdeveloped or stunted in growth.

Parallel reading

الخمأ كجبل ع
Al-kham'u, like Jabal 'Ayn.
وضبطه صاحب المراصد بالفتح والتشديد
And its pronunciation was recorded by the author of Al-Marasid with the fath and tashdid.
ومثله في معجم البكري
And similarly in Mu'jam Al-Bakri.