طَخَآءٌ
Root: طخو
Full Definition
طَخَآءٌ
: see طَخْيَةٌ.
2 Also Clouds: or high, or elevated, clouds; as also طَهَآءٌ: or, accord. to the M, thin clouds: [see also طَخْيَةٌ:] and Lth says that طَخَآءَةٌ مِنٌ غَيْمٍ signifies any round portion of cloud that excludes the light of the moon.
3 And Any covering, or envelope, of a thing: one says, عَلَى قَلْبِهِ طَخَآءٌ, and طَخَآءَةٌ , Upon his heart is a covering: the طَخَآء of the heart is said to be a covering thereof like that of the moon: or طَخَآءٌ signifies كَرْبٌ, or the like thereof, [i. e. grief, or anxiety, that presses heavily,] upon the heart; as in the saying, وَجَدْتُ عَلَى قَلْبِى طَخَآءً [I experienced, upon my heart, grief, or anxiety, that pressed heavily]: or it signifies heaviness: or rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite.
2 Also Clouds: or high, or elevated, clouds; as also طَهَآءٌ: or, accord. to the M, thin clouds: [see also طَخْيَةٌ:] and Lth says that طَخَآءَةٌ مِنٌ غَيْمٍ signifies any round portion of cloud that excludes the light of the moon.
3 And Any covering, or envelope, of a thing: one says, عَلَى قَلْبِهِ طَخَآءٌ, and طَخَآءَةٌ , Upon his heart is a covering: the طَخَآء of the heart is said to be a covering thereof like that of the moon: or طَخَآءٌ signifies كَرْبٌ, or the like thereof, [i. e. grief, or anxiety, that presses heavily,] upon the heart; as in the saying, وَجَدْتُ عَلَى قَلْبِى طَخَآءً [I experienced, upon my heart, grief, or anxiety, that pressed heavily]: or it signifies heaviness: or rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite.
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