وخي

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'intention,' 'aim,' or 'purpose.' It extends to meanings of 'path,' 'direction,' and 'seeking out' something deliberately. The root also touches upon the manner of travel or gait.

Derived headwords

الوخيnoun

1.
intentionboth
The act of intending or aiming for something; purpose.
2.
pathboth
A directed or intended path; a course taken.
3.
gaitclassical
A steady, intended pace or gait, particularly of a camel.

وخيتverb

1.
to intendboth
To intend, aim, or seek out something.

وخيت وخيك: أي قصدت — I intended my intention: meaning, I aimed.

فقلت ويحك أبصر أين! وخيهمو — And I said, woe to you, look where they aimed!

وخيnoun

1.
intentionboth
The intended course or direction.
2.
pathboth
A directed path or route.

وخيnoun

1.
pathboth
A well-trodden or intended path.

وخيnoun

1.
steady paceclassical
A steady, intended pace or gait.

وخيnoun

1.
steady paceclassical
A steady, intended pace or gait.

وخيnoun

1.
steady paceclassical
A steady, intended pace or gait.

وخيnoun

1.
steady paceclassical
A steady, intended pace or gait.

وخىverb

1.
to head towardsboth
To head towards a destination or purpose.

ما أدري أين وخى — I don't know where he headed.

وخىverb

1.
to directboth
To direct someone or something towards a goal or purpose.

ووخاه للأمر توخية: وجهه له — And he directed him to the matter, intending it: he directed him to it.

استوخىverb

1.
to inquireboth
To inquire about or seek information from people.

استوخ لنا بني فلان ما خبرهم، أي استخبرهم — Inquire for us about the people of so-and-so, what their news is, meaning, inquire of them.

توخىverb

1.
to seekboth
To seek out, aim for, or deliberately do something.
2.
to aim for the bestclassical
To seek the best or most appropriate course of action.

فتوخى رضاه — And seek out his pleasure.

اذهبا فتوخيا واستهما — Go and aim for and seek out what is right.

التوخي طلب الأفضل في الخير — Seeking the best in goodness.

تخهverb

1.
to intendclassical
To intend or aim for something.

قالت: ولم تقصد له ولم تخه — She said: And you did not intend it nor aim for it.

تأخيتverb

1.
to seekclassical
To seek out or aim for.

تأخيت محبتك: أي تحريت، لغة في توخيت — I sought your love: meaning, I sought it out, a variant of 'tawakhaytu'.

استوخاهverb

1.
to ask about the pathclassical
To ask someone about their intended path or destination.

يستوخيهم عن موضع كذا — He asks them about such-and-such a place.

وخيnoun

1.
sound of camel gaitclassical
The pleasant sound made by the gait of camels.

Parallel reading

يقال: {وخيت} وخيك: أي قصدت

It is said: 'wakhayta wakhayka': meaning, 'I intended'.

فقلت ويحك أبصر أين! وخيهمو

So I said, woe to you, look where they aimed!

ألا وخذ على سمت هذا الوخي

Take the direction of this intended path.

هذا {وخي أهلك أي سمتهم حيث ساروا

This is the direction of your family, meaning their course where they traveled.

الوخي: الطريق المعتمد

Al-wakhī: The intended path.

الوخي: الطريق القاصد

Al-wakhī: The path that intends (a destination).

وخت الناقة تخي وخيا، أي سارت سيرا قصدا

The she-camel traveled a steady pace, meaning she traveled with intention.

افزع لأمثال معى ألاف يتبعن} وخي عيهل نياف

Hasten to my likes, thousands following the steady pace of tall, high-reaching camels.

أي توجه لوجه

Meaning, he headed towards a destination.

ما أدري أين وخى

I don't know where he headed.

لو أبصرت أبكم أعمى أصلخا إذا تسمى واهتدى أنى وخى

If a mute blind man had seen, when he named himself and was guided, where he was heading.

ووخاه للأمر توخية: وجهه له

And he directed him to the matter, intending it: he directed him to it.

استوخى القوم: استخبرهم

To seek out the people: to inquire of them.

استوخ لنا بني فلان ما خبرهم، أي استخبرهم

Inquire for us about the people of so-and-so, what their news is, meaning, inquire of them.

فتوخى رضاه

And seek out his pleasure.

اذهبا فتوخيا واستهما

Go and aim for and seek out what is right.

التوخي طلب الأفضل في الخير

Seeking the best in goodness.

قالت: ولم تقصد له ولم تخه

She said: And you did not intend it nor aim for it.

تأخيت محبتك: أي تحريت، لغة في توخيت

I sought your love: meaning, I sought it out, a variant of 'tawakhaytu'.

يستوخيهم عن موضع كذا

He asks them about such-and-such a place.