بخن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to states of being, including death, sleep, and standing upright. It also describes a camel stretching out for milking and, in a derived sense, refers to someone being tall.

Derived headwords

البَخْنnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person, derived from the adjective form.

مَخِنadjective

1.
tallclassical
Tall, used to describe a person.

اِبْخَأَنَّverb

1.
to dieclassical
To die. This form is mentioned as an alternative to the non-hamzated version.

اِبْخَأَنَّتْverb

1.
to stretch out (camel)classical
A female camel stretching out, specifically for milking.

اِبْخَنَّتْverb

1.
to stretch out (camel)classical
A female camel stretching out, specifically for milking. This is an alternative form to 'ibkha'annat'.

اِبْخَنْverb

1.
to sleepclassical
To sleep. This is a verb form derived from the root.
2.
to stand erectclassical
To stand erect or upright. This is considered an antonym of sleeping.

بَخَنَverb

1.
to be tallclassical
To be tall. This is the basic verb form from which derived nouns and adjectives are formed.

بَاخِنadjective

1.
tallclassical
Tall, referring to a person or something of great height.

في باخن من نهار الصيف محتدم — in a tall (part) of a hot summer day

Parallel reading

هو الطويل منا كالمخن؛ قال: وأراه بدلا

He is the tall one among us, like al-makhin; he said: and I think it is a substitute.

وابخأن، كاقشعر وادهام: مات

And ibkha'anna, like iqsha'arra and idhahamma: to die.

يقال بالهمزة وبغيره

It is said with hamza and without it.

وابخن، كاسود: نام

And ibkhanna, like aswadda: to sleep.

وأيضا: انتصب قائما؛ ضد

And also: to stand erect; the opposite.

وابخنت الناقة: تمددت للحالب، كابخانت

And the she-camel ibkhannat: she stretched out for the milker, like ibkhānat.

وكذلك ابخأنت كاقشعرت

And likewise ibkha'annat like iqsha'arrat.

بخَنَ، فهو باخِن: طال

Bakhana, and he is bākhin: he was tall.

في باخن من نهار الصيف محتدم

In a tall (part) of a hot summer day.