خ م ع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of limping gait, often associated with animals like hyenas and wolves. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of being crooked or deceitful, and is used in place names and tribal affiliations.

Derived headwords

خَمَعَverb

1.
to limpboth
To walk with a limp, as if having a defect in the leg.

خَمَعًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping.

خُمُوعًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping.

خَمَعَانًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act or state of limping.

خَامِعٌadjective

1.
limpingboth
One who walks with a limp.

الخُمَاعُnoun

1.
limpingboth
The name of the act of limping.
2.
hyenasclassical
A name for hyenas, used as a proper noun, because they limp when they walk.

الخَوَامِعُnoun

1.
hyenasclassical
A name for hyenas, used as a proper noun, because they limp when they walk.

الخَمَعُnoun

1.
slight limpclassical
A slight limp or defect in walking.
2.
wolfclassical
A wolf.
3.
thiefclassical
A thief.

أخْمَاعٌnoun

1.
wolvesclassical
Plural of 'al-khama' (wolf).

خِمْعَةٌnoun

1.
slight limpclassical
A slight limp or defect in walking.

خَيْمَعٌadjective

1.
wicked womanclassical
A wicked or immoral woman.

بَنُو خُمَاعَةname

1.
Banu Khama'ahclassical
A branch of the Arab tribe of Namir ibn Qasit, named after Khama'ah bint Jusham.

خُمَاعَةname

1.
villageclassical
A village or settlement, specifically one belonging to the tribe of Namir ibn Qasit.

Parallel reading

خمع الضبع، كمنع، خمعا وخموعا، قاله الليث.

The hyena limped, like 'man'a', with a limp (khama'an) and limping (khumu'an), according to Al-Layth.

وكذلك كل من خمع في مشيه: كأن به عرجا فهو خامع.

And likewise anyone who limps in his walk: as if he has a limp, he is a limper.

والخماع كغراب: اسم ذلك الفعل.

And 'al-khimaa'' like 'ghuraab': is the name of that action (limping).

وشاهده قول مشعث. (وجاءت جيأل وأبو بنيها ... أحم المأقيين به خماع)

And its شاهد is the saying of Mush'ath: (And the female hyenas came, and the father of their young... with red-rimmed eyes, having a limp)

ويقال: أكلته الخوامع، أي الضباع، اسم لها لازم، لأنها تخمع خماعا، إذا مشت.

And it is said: 'Al-khawaami'' ate it, meaning the hyenas, a fixed name for them, because they limp (takham'u khama'an) when they walk.

الخمع والخماع: عرج لطيف.

'Al-khama' and 'al-khimaa'': a slight limp.

جمع خامعة، كما في الصحاح.

Plural of 'khaami'ah', as in Al-Sihah.

يا لهف من عرجاء ذات فليلة ... جاءت إلي على ثلاث تخمع

Oh, my regret for a limping one with a small flock... who came to me on three legs, limping.

والخمع، بالكسر: الذئب، نقله الجوهري، وجمعه: أخماع.

And 'al-khama', with kasra: the wolf, as narrated by Al-Jauhari, and its plural is 'akhmaa''.

والخمع: اللص، نقله الجوهري أيضا، وهو من ذلك.

And 'al-khama': the thief, also narrated by Al-Jauhari, and it is from that (root).

الخيمع، كصيقل وصبور: المرأة الفاجرة.

'Al-khayma'' like 'sayqal' and 'sabuur': the wicked woman.

بنو خماعة.

Banu Khama'ah.

القرية في النمر ابن قاسط، وهي خماعة بنت جشم كثمامة، بن ربيعة بن زيد مناة: بطن من العرب.

The village among Namir ibn Qasit, and she is Khama'ah bint Jusham, like Thamamah, son of Rabi'ah ibn Zayd Manah: a branch of the Arabs.

أبوك رضيع اللؤم قيس بن جندل ... وخالك عبد من خماعة راضع

Your father is a nursling of baseness, Qays ibn Jandil... and your maternal uncle is a slave from Khama'ah, a suckling.