خنث

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root خنث (kh-n-th) primarily relates to bending, folding, and becoming weak or limp. It extends to concepts of being soft, effeminate, or physically deformed, and also encompasses meanings related to mockery and the specific anatomical condition of being intersex.

Derived headwords

خَنَثَverb

1.
to bend, to foldboth
To cause something to bend or fold, often implying a loss of rigidity.
2.
to be weak, to be limpboth
To become weak, soft, or limp, losing strength and structure.

اِنْخَنَثَverb

1.
to bend, to foldboth
To bend or fold oneself or something else, often due to weakness or suppleness.
2.
to break, to collapseboth
To break down, collapse, or become weak, especially in reference to limbs or structure.

فانخنث في حجري، فما شعرت حتى قبض — He bent over in my lap, and I did not feel it until he was taken.

تَخَنَّثَverb

1.
to act effeminatelyboth
To behave in a manner considered effeminate, often characterized by softness and affectation.
2.
to fall from weaknessclassical
To collapse or fall due to extreme weakness or debility.
3.
to bend, to be softclassical
To become bent, soft, or yielding.

خُنْثnoun

1.
softness, weaknessboth
A state of being soft, weak, or limp; a bending or breaking.
2.
group of peopleclassical
A scattered or dispersed group of people.
3.
inner cheekclassical
The inner part of the cheek near the molars.

مُخَنَّثadjective

1.
effeminateboth
One who behaves like a woman, characterized by softness, bending, and affectation in speech and manner.
2.
intersexboth
Referring to an intersex person, one whose physical sex characteristics are not clearly defined as exclusively male or female.
3.
bent, softclassical
Bent, soft, or yielding in form or character.

خُنْثَىnoun

1.
intersex personboth
An individual possessing characteristics of both male and female sexes, particularly in terms of genitalia.
2.
womanclassical
A woman, metaphorically described as soft and bending.

خَنَاثَةnoun

1.
effeminate personclassical
A term for an effeminate person.

خُنَيْثَةnoun

1.
effeminate person (diminutive)classical
A diminutive term for an effeminate person.

اِخْتَنَثَverb

1.
to bend the mouth of a waterskinboth
To bend or fold the mouth of a waterskin or bag outwards to drink from it.
2.
to bend, to foldclassical
To bend or fold something, with the origin of the term being related to bending and breaking.

أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن اختناث الأسقية — That the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade bending the mouths of waterskins.

خَنَثَ فاهُverb

1.
to bend its mouth outwardsclassical
To bend the mouth of a waterskin outwards, as opposed to inwards.

خَنَثَهُverb

1.
to mock himboth
To mock or make fun of someone.
2.
to bend himclassical
To bend or cause someone to bend.

تَخْنيثnoun

1.
bending, softeningclassical
The act of bending, softening, or making something limp.

أَخْناثnoun

1.
folds of clothclassical
The folds, creases, or bends in a piece of cloth.
2.
parts of the nightclassical
The portions or parts of the night's darkness.
3.
spacious parts of a bucketclassical
The spacious parts or openings of a bucket.

خَنِيثadjective

1.
effeminateclassical
Effeminate, soft, and bending, particularly in speech.

خَنَاثnoun

1.
folds of clothclassical
The folds and creases of a garment.

ذو خَنَاثِيname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, described as having a dark and smooth terrain.

خُنْثname

1.
woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman, often associated with feminine traits.

مِخْناثadjective

1.
soft, bendingclassical
Describing a woman as soft, bending, and perhaps effeminate.

خَنَاثname

1.
woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman, used in an exclamation.

خُنْثname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, used in a proverb.

Parallel reading

من فيه انخناث وتثن

One who has bending and folding in him.

وهو المسترخي، المتثني

And he is the relaxed, the bending one.

والانخناث: التثني والتكسر

And bending is the act of folding and breaking.

أرى في خنث لحيتك اضطرابا

I see in the bending of your beard a disturbance.

وكذلك تخنث الرجل وغيره: سقط من الضعف

And likewise, a man and others collapse from weakness.

أي فانثنى وانكسر؛ لاسترخاء أعضائه، صلى الله عليه وسلم عند الموت

Meaning he bent and broke; due to the relaxation of his limbs, may God bless him and grant him peace, at the time of death.

وانخنثت عنقه: مالت

And his neck bent: it inclined.

رأيت خنثا من الناس

I saw a scattered group of people.

وهو باطن الشدق عند الأضراس من فوق وأسفل

And it is the inner part of the cheek near the molars, from above and below.

فتخنث تعطف

So he became soft and yielding, he bent.

للينه وتكسره

For its softness and its bending.

فالرجل مخنث بالكسر

So the man is effeminate (with kasra on the nun).

وهو الذي خلق له فرج الرجل وفرج المرأة

And he is one who has the private part of a man and the private part of a woman.

لعمرك ما الخناث بنو قشير بنسوان يلدن ولا رجال

By your life, the Khunath of Banu Qushayr are not women who give birth, nor men.

تمطت كميت كالهراوة صلدم بعمرو بن عمر وبعد ما مس باليد

A dark mare stretched like a solid club after Amr bin Amr and after being touched by hand.

فلولا مدي الخنثي وطول جرائها لرحت بطيء المشي غير مقيد

Were it not for the length of Al-Khunthi and the length of its stride, I would have gone slow-footed, not tethered.

ألقي الليل أخناثه على الأرض

The night cast its darkness upon the earth.

وطوي الثوب على أخناثه وخنائه

And the garment was folded upon its folds and its creases.

والأخناث من الدلو: فروغه

And the spacious parts of a bucket: its openings.

شد لها الذئب بذي خناثي مسحنكك الظلماء والأملاثا

The wolf attacked it in Dhi Khunathi, a place with smooth darkness and plains.

وهو من مخانيث المدينة

And he is from the effeminate ones of Medina.

يا خناث

O Khunath!

يا خنث

O Khunth!