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خرو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the 'khurwah' of an axe, which refers to its head or blade. It also mentions two stars known as 'al-khuratan'.

Derived headwords

خُرْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    axe headboth

    The head or blade of an axe.

خَرَتَهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    axe headclassical

    An alternative term for the head or blade of an axe.

خَرَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    axe headsboth

    The plural form of 'khurwah', referring to the heads or blades of axes.

الخُرَاتَانname
  1. 1.
    two starsclassical

    A pair of stars, each referred to as a 'khurāh'.

خُرَاةname
  1. 1.
    starclassical

    One of a pair of stars known as 'al-khuratan'.

Parallel reading

خروة الفأس، بالضم
The khurwah of the axe, with dammah.
هو خرتها
It is its khurtaha (axe head).
ج خرات
Plural: khurāt.
خرة الفأس خرتها
The khurrah of the axe is its khurtaha.
والجمع خرات مثل ثبة وثبات
And the plural is khurāt, like thubbah and thabāt.
فالذي عندنا في نسخ الكتاب: خروة الفأس غلط، تأمل
So what we have in the manuscript copies is: khurwah of the axe is a mistake, ponder.
والخُراتان، بالفتح
And al-khuratan, with fatha.
نجمان كل واحد منهما خراة
Two stars, each one of them is a khurāh.
ولا يعرف الخراتان إلا مثنى
And al-khuratan is not known except in the dual form.