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خذن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to parts of the body, specifically the testicles or ears, and also to a description of something being large or bulky, particularly in animals.

Derived headwords

الْخُذْنَتَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    testiclesclassical

    The two testicles.

  2. 2.
    earsclassical

    The two ears.

  3. 3.
    scrotumclassical

    The scrotum.

خُذْنِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    large-bodiedclassical

    Describing a horse or other animal as being large and bulky in its body.

Parallel reading

وهما (الإسكتان أو الخصيتان أو الأذنان)
And they are (the scrotum, or the testicles, or the ears).
يا ابن التي خذنتاها باع
O son of her whose testicles were spread wide.
هذا تصحيف، والصواب بالحاء، هكذا روي عن أبي عبيدة وغيره، والخاء وهم؛ وقيل: (لغة في الحاء) وليس بتصحيف.
This is a textual corruption; the correct reading is with Hāʼ (ح), as narrated from Abū ʻUbaydah and others, and the Khāʼ (خ) is an error; and it is said: (it is a dialectal variant of Hāʼ (ح)) and not a corruption.
وجمل خذانية، بالضم مخففة
And a large-bodied camel, with the dammah on the Khāʼ, lightened.
أي (ضخم جلد)
Meaning (large-bodied).