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خذي

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a condition of drooping or slackness, particularly in the ears, but can also refer to submission or a specific type of plant and intestinal worms. It encompasses both congenital conditions and acquired states.

Derived headwords

خُذِيَverb
  1. 1.
    ears droopedboth

    The ears became slack from their origin and bent forward, or slackened from their origin towards the cheeks and above.

خَذَىverb
  1. 1.
    ears droopedboth

    The ears became slack from their origin and bent forward, or slackened from their origin towards the cheeks and above. This can occur in humans, horses, and donkeys, either congenitally or acquired.

خُذَيٌّname
  1. 1.
    donkey's nicknameclassical

    A nickname for a donkey, referring to its ears.

خُذَيَانname
  1. 1.
    historian's nameclassical

    A name of a historian, Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Ja'far bin Khudhayan al-Farghani, known for his famous history.

خُذْوَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    pliant from luxuryclassical

    Bent and soft due to luxury and ease. It is also the name of a plant, used metaphorically.

خُدَىnoun
  1. 1.
    wormsclassical

    Worms that emerge with dung. It is a variant pronunciation of a word using the unpointed letters.

استخذىverb
  1. 1.
    submitted and was humbledboth

    To be submissive and humbled. It can also be pronounced with hamza.

Parallel reading

خُذِيَتْ أُذُنُهُ، كَرُضِيَ، خَذَىً: اسْتَرْخَتْ مِنْ أَصْلِهَا وَانْكَسَرَتْ مُقْبِلَةً عَلَى الْوَجْهِ
His ear drooped, like 'radhiya', khadhayan: it became slack from its origin and bent forward.
وَقِيلَ: اسْتَرْخَتْ مِنْ أَصْلِهَا عَلَى الْخَدَّيْنِ فَمَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ
And it was said: it became slack from its origin towards the cheeks and above that.
يَا خَلِيْلَيَّ قَهْوَةٌ مَزَّةٌ ثُمَّ احْتَذَا
My two companions, a delightful coffee, then he imitated/followed.
ادْعُ الأُذُنَ سُخْنَةً ذَا احْمِرَارٍ بِهَا خَذَىً
Call the ear hot, with redness in it, slackness.
وَمِنْ أَلْقَابِ الْحِمَارِ: خُذَيٌّ، كَسُمِيٍّ، لِخَذَى أُذُنَيْهِ
And among the nicknames of the donkey: Khuzayy, like Sumayy, referring to the slackness of its ears.
وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ خُذَيَانٍ، كَعُثْمَانَ، الْفَرْغَانِيُّ مُؤَرِّخٌ
And Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Ja'far bin Khudhayan, like Uthman, al-Farghani, a historian.
وَيُنَمَةٌ خُذْوَاءُ: مُتَثَنِّيَةٌ لَيِّنَةٌ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ، وَهِيَ بُقْلَةٌ
And a Khudhwa' plant: bent and soft from luxury, and it is a herb.
وَالْخُدَى: دُودٌ يَخْرُجُ مَعَ الرَّوْثِ، لُغَةٌ فِي الْمُهْمَلَةِ
And al-Khudā: worms that emerge with dung, a variant pronunciation of the unpointed word.
وَاسْتَخْذَى: خَضَعَ وَذَلَّ
And istakhdha: he submitted and was humbled.