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خنع

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Arabic

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Root
خ ن ع (ḵ n ʕ)
2 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Verb

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خَنَعَ (ḵanaʕa) I (non-past يَخْنَعُ (yaḵnaʕu), verbal noun خُنُوع (ḵunūʕ))

  1. to submit; to yield; to surrender [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to someone’]
  2. to be humble; to lower oneself out of shyness or shame
  3. to betray; to act deceitfully [with بِ (bi) ‘towards someone’]
  4. (figurative) to flatter and indulge (in a playful manner)
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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خَنَع (ḵanaʕm

  1. (figurative) humility; disgrace
    عَاشَ فِي خَنَعٍʕāša fī ḵanaʕinHe lived in disgrace and humiliation.
Declension
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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خُنُع (ḵunuʕpl

  1. plural of خَنوع