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طخرب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of clothing or covering, specifically a lack thereof. It discusses terms for a garment or piece of cloth, and a derived form indicating a lack of such.

Derived headwords

طَخْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    A piece of cloth or a garment.

  2. 2.
    ragclassical

    A tattered piece of cloth, a rag.

طَخْرَبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    lack of clothingclassical

    A state of lacking a garment or covering, indicating destitution.

Parallel reading

ما عليه طخربة
He has no garment on him.
أي ليس عليه خرقة
Meaning, he has no rag on him.
فهي لغة فيها
So it is a dialectal variant for it.
وفي حديث سلمان: (وليس لأحد منه طخربة)
And in the report of Salman: (And no one has a garment from it).
وزادوا ها هنا طخربية، بالضم في الأول والثالث وياء مشددة وآخرها هاء
And they added here 'takhribiyyah', with a dammah on the first and third letters, and a shaddah on the yaa, and a haa at the end.
فهي لغة عاشرة
So it is a tenth language (variant).
وقد أنكرها بعض اللغويين وقال: إنها تصحيف
And some linguists have denied it, saying it is a textual corruption.
ولذلك تركها الجوهري
And for that reason, Al-Jawhari omitted it.
قاله شيخنا
Our Sheikh said this.