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ينخ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of making a camel kneel or lie down, often for mating or to be mounted. It also extends to the sounds or calls used to achieve this action.

Derived headwords

أَيْنَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to make kneelboth

    To cause a camel to kneel or lie down, typically for mating or to be mounted.

إينخ إينخverb
  1. 1.
    kneel down (call)classical

    A vocative or imperative call directed at a camel, urging it to kneel down.

إينخ إينخ — Kneel, kneel! (a call to a camel)
إِخْ إِخْparticle
  1. 1.
    hush/come (call)classical

    A sound or utterance used to call or quiet an animal, similar to 'hush' or 'come'.

Parallel reading

أينخ الناقة: دعاها للضراب
To make the she-camel kneel: to call her for mating.
وفي نسخة: إلى الضراب
And in another version: for mating.
فقال لها، إينخ إينخ
And he said to her, 'Inakh, inakh!'
هاذا زجر لها
This is a call/reprimand for her.
كقولك: إخ إخ
Like your saying: 'ikh, ikh'.