Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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وحى وخ وخد


R. Q. 1. ⇒ وخوخ

وَخْوَخَ His belly was, or became, flabby. (TA, voce خَبْخَبَ.)


وَخْوَاخٌ

وَخْوَاخٌ A fat and fleshy man, whose flesh shakes: (L:) having a flaccid belly, and dilated skin; (L, Ḳ;) as also بَخْبَاخٌ: (L:) lazy; (L, Ḳ;) unwilling to work: (L:) lazy or heavy: (L:) weak: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) a weak coward: (L:) ad venerum impotens; (L, Ḳ;) as also بَخْبَاخٌ and ذَوْذَخٌ: (L:) qui se polluit, aut concacat, tempore coitus; as also نخباخ and ذوذخ. (IAạr.)

Root: وخ - Entry: وَخْوَاخٌ Signification: A2

Anything flaccid: (L:) and particularly a flaccid date: (Ḳ:) or a date having a flaccid skin: (L:) or a date having no sweetness nor taste. (IAạr.)


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