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خجي

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to shyness, shame, and embarrassment. It also extends to describe certain physical characteristics of women and actions related to movement and impurity.

Derived headwords

خَجِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shyboth

    To feel shy or embarrassed.

خَزِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shyclassical

    To be shy or embarrassed, similar in form and meaning to خَجِيَ.

أَخْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse frequentlyclassical

    A man having sexual intercourse frequently.

الأَخْجَىadjective
  1. 1.
    woman with excessive vaginal moistureclassical

    A woman characterized by excessive vaginal moisture, a corrupt temperament, a wide and deep vaginal canal.

  2. 2.
    wide-leggedclassical

    Describing someone whose legs are far apart.

الخَجَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtiness and meannessclassical

    Dirtiness, baseness, or meanness.

خَجَىnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtiness and meannessclassical

    Dirtiness, baseness, or meanness (plural of الخَجَاة).

خَجْوَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    wide birth canalclassical

    A woman with a wide birth canal.

خَجَى برجلهverb
  1. 1.
    to kick up dustclassical

    To kick up dust with one's leg while walking.

خَجَى الكوزverb
  1. 1.
    to tilt the pitcherclassical

    To tilt a pitcher.

الخَجَاname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

أي (استحيى)، ومثله خزي زنة ومعنى.
Meaning (he was shy), and 'khaziya' is similar to it in form and meaning.
(وأخجى الرجل: (جامع كثيرا.
And 'akhja' the man: he had intercourse frequently.
والأخجى: المرأة الكثيرة الماء)، يعني رطوبة الفرج، (الفاسدة) المزاج، (القعور) ، أي الواسعة (البعيدة المسبار).
And 'al-akhja': the woman with excessive moisture (meaning vaginal moisture), of a corrupt temperament, wide-mouthed, and deep.
الأخجى: هن المرأة الكثير الماء الفاسد القعور البعيد المسبار، وهو أخبث له؛
'Al-akhja': is a woman with excessive moisture, corrupt, wide-mouthed, and deep, and it is the most wicked for her.
وسوداء من نبهان تثني نطاقها بأخجى قعور أو جواعر ذيب
And a black woman from Nabhan adjusts her garment with a wide-mouthed or deep-chested she-wolf.
والأفحج، وهو البعيد ما بين الرجلين.
And 'al-afhaj' (wide-legged), which is one whose legs are far apart.
والخجاة: القذر واللؤم، ج خجى.
And 'al-khaja': dirtiness and meanness, plural 'khaja'.
وما هو إلا خجاة من الخجى، أي قذر لئيم.
He is nothing but 'khaja' from 'al-khaja', meaning a dirty, mean person.
والخجواء: المرأة الواسعة مشق الجهاز.
And 'al-khajwaa': the woman with a wide birth canal.
وخجى برجله خجيا: نسف بها التراب في مشيه كجخى، كلاهما عن ابن دريد.
And 'khaja bi-rijlihi khajyan': he kicked up dust with his leg in his walking, like 'jakhya', both from Ibn Duraid.
خجى الكوز: أماله؛ نقله ابن الأثير عن صاحب التتمة قال والمشهور تقديم الجيم على الخاء، وقد تقدم.
'Khaja al-kawz': he tilted the pitcher; Ibn al-Athir narrated it from the author of al-Tatimmah, who said the famous pronunciation is with the 'jim' before the 'kha', and it has been mentioned before.
والخجا: موضع، عن عبد الرحمان ابن أخي الأصمعي.
And 'al-Khaja': a place name, according to Abd al-Rahman, the nephew of al-Asma'i.