← Back to Taj al-Arus

مخن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'مخن' primarily relates to concepts of intensity, firmness, and sometimes shortness or stoutness. It extends to actions like pulling, weeping, and preparing materials like leather, as well as describing roads and people.

Derived headwords

المَخْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Marriageclassical

    Refers to marriage, implying a strong or firm union.

  2. 2.
    Pulling from a wellclassical

    The act of drawing water from a well, similar to 'مخج'.

  3. 3.
    Weepingclassical

    The act of crying or weeping.

  4. 4.
    Peeling/Scrapingclassical

    The act of peeling or scraping, particularly of leather.

  5. 5.
    Shortness and arroganceclassical

    Describes a person who is short in stature but possesses arrogance and lightness.

  6. 6.
    Stoutnessclassical

    Refers to stoutness or thickness.

مَخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To marryclassical

    To marry someone, often implying a strong union.

  2. 2.
    To pull from a wellclassical

    To draw water from a well.

  3. 3.
    To peel/scrapeclassical

    To peel or scrape, especially leather.

  4. 4.
    To soften/conditionclassical

    To soften and condition leather or a whip by rubbing and working it.

  5. 5.
    To be stout/shortclassical

    To be stout, short, or thickset.

  6. 6.
    To be longclassical

    To be long or tall.

مَخْنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Marriageclassical

    The act or state of marriage.

  2. 2.
    Pulling from a wellclassical

    The act of drawing water from a well.

  3. 3.
    Peeling/Scrapingclassical

    The act of peeling or scraping.

  4. 4.
    Softening/Conditioningclassical

    The act of softening and conditioning leather or a whip.

  5. 5.
    Stoutnessclassical

    The state of being stout or short.

  6. 6.
    Lengthclassical

    The state of being long or tall.

مَخُونًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Stoutness/Lengthclassical

    The state of being stout or long.

مُمَخَّنadjective
  1. 1.
    Softened/Conditionedclassical

    Describes leather or a whip that has been softened and conditioned.

طَرِيقٌ مُمَخَّنadjective
  1. 1.
    Well-trodden roadclassical

    A road that has been well-trodden and made easy to traverse.

المَخْنadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and arrogantclassical

    Describes a person who is short in stature but arrogant and light.

  2. 2.
    Tallclassical

    Describes a person who is tall.

المَخِنadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and arrogantclassical

    Describes a person who is short in stature but arrogant and light.

  2. 2.
    Tallclassical

    Describes a person who is tall.

المَخْنadjective
  1. 1.
    Tallclassical

    Describes a person who is tall.

المَخْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Courtyard/Open spaceclassical

    Refers to a courtyard or an open space, possibly where one treads.

مَاخْوَانname
  1. 1.
    City in Mervclassical

    A town or locality in Merv, from which notable figures emerged.

المَاخْوَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    From Makhwanclassical

    An adjective referring to someone or something originating from the town of Makhwan.

Parallel reading

المخن: النكاح
Al-makhn: marriage.
وقد مخنها مخنا
And he married her with a marriage.
المخن: النزع من البئر
Al-makhn: pulling from a well.
قال: قد أمر القاضي بأمر عدلأن تمخنوها بثمان أدل
He said: The judge has ordered justly that you draw from it with eight buckets.
المخن: البكاء
Al-makhn: weeping.
المخن: القشر
Al-makhn: peeling.
يقال: مخن الأديم مخنا
It is said: He peeled the leather with peeling.
مخن الأديم والسوط: دلكه ومرنه
To peel leather and a whip: to rub and soften it.
المخن: الرجل إلى القصر ما هو، وفيه زهو وخفة، وهي بهاء
Al-makhn: the man is somewhat short, and in him is arrogance and lightness, and she is beauty.
المخن: الطويل، ضد
Al-makhn: the tall, the opposite.
ومنهم المخن، واليمخور، والمتماحل
And among them are the stout/short, the long-necked, and the tall.
لما رآه جسريا مخنا أقصر عن حسناء وارثعنا
When Jasri saw him as stout/short, he refrained from the beautiful one and was humbled.
وقد مخن مخنا ومخونا
And he was stout with stoutness and stoutness.
وطريق ممخن، كمعظم: وطىء حتى سهل
And a well-trodden road, like 'mu'azzam': trodden until it became easy.
وطئت معتليا مخنتنا والغدر منك علامة العبد
I trod upon you, ascending, in your courtyard, and betrayal from you is the mark of a slave.