إِخَاذٌ
Root: اخذ
Full Definition
إِخَاذٌ
and
إِخَاذَةٌ
A pool of water left by a torrent: pl. أُخُذٌ: both signify the same: or
إِخَاذَةٌ signifies a thing like a pool of water left by a torrent; and إِخَاذٌ is its pl. [or a coll. gen. n.]; and the pl. of this latter is أُخُذٌ, like as كُتُبٌ is pl. of كِتَابٌ, and sometimes it is contracted into أُخْذٌ: the like of this is said by Aboo-'Adnán: and إِخَاذَاتٌ is also a pl. of إِخاذَةٌ, occurring in a trad., and signifying pools which receive the rain-water, and retain it for drinkers: or the correct word is إِخَاذٌ, without ة, and it signifies a place where beasts assemble at a pool of water left by a torrent; and its pl. is أُخُذٌ and آخَاذٌ, which latter is extr.: but as to
إِخَاذَةٌ , it has a different signification, which will be found below; i. e. land of which a man takes possession for himself, &c.: or إِخَاذٌ is a coll. gen. n., and
إِخَاذَةٌ is its n. un., and signifies a receptacle made for water to collect therein: and
أَخْذٌ signifies a thing that one digs for himself, in the form of a watering-trough, which retains water for some days; and its pl. is أُخْذَانٌ: and
إِخْذٌ and
إِخْذَةٌ also signify a thing that one digs in the form of a wateringtrough; and the pl. is أُخْذٌ and إِخَاذٌ. In a trad. of Mesrook Ibn-El-Ajda', إِخَاذ are likened to the Companions of Mohammad; and it is added, that one
suffices for a rider; and one, for two riders; and one, for a company of men: meaning that among them were the young and the old, and the possessor of knowledge and the possessor of more knowledge.
2 See also إِخَاذَةٌ.
2 See also إِخَاذَةٌ.
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