طَخْيَآءُ
Root: طخو
Full Definition
طَخْيَآءُ
The darkness of clouds.
2 And لَيْلَةٌ طَخْيَآءُ A dark night; as also لَيْلَةٌ طَخْوَآءُ : or a night intensely dark, in which the clouds have concealed the moon: and لَيْلٌ طَاخٍ and طخى [app. طَخْىٌ , as Verbal.Noun used as an epithet,] dark night: and لَيَالٍ dark nights.
3 And كَلِمَةٌ طَخْيَآءُ [A sentence, or an expression,] not understood.
4 And [hence, perhaps,] one says [of a he-goat], كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى طَخْيَائِهِ, meaning فى هِبَابِهِ [i. e. That was in his state of rattling at rutting-time]. (JK. [See a similar phrase in art. طحو and طحى; in which طَحْيَائِهِ is probably a mistranscription for طَخْيَائِهِ.])
2 And لَيْلَةٌ طَخْيَآءُ A dark night; as also لَيْلَةٌ طَخْوَآءُ : or a night intensely dark, in which the clouds have concealed the moon: and لَيْلٌ طَاخٍ and طخى [app. طَخْىٌ , as Verbal.Noun used as an epithet,] dark night: and لَيَالٍ dark nights.
3 And كَلِمَةٌ طَخْيَآءُ [A sentence, or an expression,] not understood.
4 And [hence, perhaps,] one says [of a he-goat], كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى طَخْيَائِهِ, meaning فى هِبَابِهِ [i. e. That was in his state of rattling at rutting-time]. (JK. [See a similar phrase in art. طحو and طحى; in which طَحْيَائِهِ is probably a mistranscription for طَخْيَائِهِ.])
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