فخذ

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the thigh, both as a body part and metaphorically. It extends to familial and tribal divisions, signifying closeness within a group. Additionally, it encompasses actions related to striking or affecting the thigh, and figuratively, to abandoning or separating people.

Derived headwords

الفَخِذُnoun

1.
thighboth
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
2.
close relativeclassical
A man's close kinsman, considered part of his immediate lineage or clan.

فَخِذٌnoun

1.
thighboth
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.

فَخْذٌnoun

1.
thighboth
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.

فُخِذٌnoun

1.
thighboth
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.

أَفْخَاذٌnoun

1.
thighsboth
Plural of 'thigh' (الفخذ), referring to the body part.
2.
clansclassical
Plural of 'fakhidh' (فخذ), referring to divisions of a tribe or close kinsmen.

فَخَذَهُverb

1.
to strike his thighclassical
To hit or affect someone's thigh.

يُفَخِذُهُverb

1.
to strike his thighclassical
To hit or affect someone's thigh.

فُخِذَverb

1.
his thigh was struckclassical
Passive form indicating that someone's thigh was hit or affected.

تَفْخِيذٌnoun

1.
abandoningclassical
To forsake or abandon someone.
2.
separatingclassical
To divide or separate people.
3.
calling clan by clanclassical
To summon a clan or group by calling them out individually or in small segments.

فَخْذَاذَةٌnoun

1.
strong womanclassical
A woman who can hold a man between her thighs due to her strength.

تَفَخَّذَverb

1.
to lag behindclassical
To fall behind or withdraw from an undertaking.

اسْتَفْخَذَverb

1.
to be submissiveclassical
To act in a humble or submissive manner.

المُفَاخَذَةُnoun

1.
intertwining thighsclassical
The act of thighs touching or intertwining, often used in a sexual context.

Parallel reading

الفخذ، ككتف: وصل ما بين الساق والورك، مؤنث، كالفخذ

The thigh, like 'katif' (shoulder): the connection between the lower leg and the hip, feminine, like 'fakhidh'.

وهو فخذ من أفخاذ بني تميم، وهو حي الرجل إذا كان من أقرب عشيرته

And he is a fakhidh from the fakhidhs of Banu Tamim, and it is a man's kin if he is from his closest clan.

وهو أقل من البطن اوأولها الشعب، ثم القبيلة، ثم الفصيلة، ثم العمارة، ثم البطن، ثم الفخذ.

And it is less than the 'batn' (belly/major division), or rather the first is the 'sha'b' (clan), then the 'qabilah' (tribe), then the 'fasila' (family branch), then the 'imarah' (group), then the 'batn', then the 'fakhidh'.

ج) أي جمع الفخذ بمعنى العضو والحي (أفخاذ)

Plural: meaning the plural of the thigh in the sense of the body part and the kin (afkhadh).

وفخذه، كمنعه، يفخذه: أصاب فخذه

And 'fakhidhahu, yakfidhuhu' (Form II): he struck his thigh.

ففخذ، بالبناء للمجهول، وفي المحكم: فخذ الرجل فخذا فهو ففخذته، أي أصبت فخذه.

'Fufidha', in the passive voice, and in Al-Muhkam: 'Fakhidha al-rajulu fakhdhan fa-huwa mafkhudh', meaning 'I struck the man's thigh'.

ويقال: فخذهم عن فلان تفخيذًا: خذلهم

And it is said: 'Fakhidhum 'an fulan tafkhidan': meaning 'he abandoned them'.

وفخذ بينهم تفخيذًا: فرقهم

And 'fakhidha baynahum tafkhidan': meaning 'he separated them'.

وفخذ الرجل تفخيذًا: دعا العشيرة فخذًا فخذًا

And 'fakhidha al-rajulu tafkhidan': meaning 'he called the clan, clan by clan'.

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لما أنزل الله عز وجل عليه: {وأنذر عشيرتك الاقربين} (سورة الشعراء، الآية: 214) بات يفخذ عشيرته

When Allah Almighty revealed to him: 'And warn your closest kinsfolk' (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 214), the Prophet spent the night calling his kinsfolk, clan by clan.

والفخذاء: هي التي تضبط الرجل بين فخذيها، لقوتها.

And 'al-fakhdha'ah': she is the one who can hold a man between her thighs, due to her strength.

وتفخذ الرجل: تأخر عن الأمر.

And 'tafakhkhadha al-rajul': meaning 'he lagged behind from the matter'.

واستفخذ بمعنى استخذى، عن الفراء.

And 'istafkhadha' means 'istakhdha' (to be humble), according to Al-Farra'.

التفخيذ: المفاخذة.

Al-Tafkhidh: Al-Mufakhadhah (intertwining of thighs).

وقال الفراء: حلبت الناقة في فخذها، والعنز في ربابها وفي فخذها، وفخذها نصف شهر، نقله الصاغاني.

And Al-Farra' said: 'I milked the she-camel in her thigh, and the goat in its udder and in its thigh, and her thigh is half a month', as narrated by Al-Saghani.