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Form 1أَخَوْتَ2 senses
maṣdarأُخُوَّةٌmuḍāriʿتَأْخُو

Core sense — you became a brother, a friend, or companiongenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredbrotherhood, fraternity, the relation of brotherأُخُوَّةٌ

You became a brother — in the strict sense of the word, and also meaning a friend, or companion, or the like. Third person أَخَا; maṣdar أُخُوَّةٌ and آخَيْتَ. [In the CK اَخَيْتُ, which is wrong in the person, and otherwise, for it is correctly] with medd, maṣdar إِخَآءٌ, مُؤَاخَاةٌ and تَأَخَّيْتَ.

Also used as a simple noun, as are إِخَآءٌ, مُؤَاخاةٌ and تَأَخٍ; these also denote the relation of sister.

between me and him is brotherhoodبَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ أُخُوَّةٌ
between me and him is brotherhoodإِخَآءٌ
[Between liberality and courage is a relation like that of brothers]بَيْنَ السَّمَاحَةِ وَالحَمَاسَةِ تَأَخٍ

خُوَّةٌ is a dialectal variant of أُخُوَّةٌ, occurring in a tradition.

1.2I was, or became, a brother to tenأَخَوْتُ عَشَرَةً

The verb is also used transitively.

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, [third pers. أَخَا ,] (S, K,) aor. تَأْخُو , (S,) inf. n. أُخُوَّةٌ ; (S, K, &c.;) and آخَيْتَ , (K, TA,) [in the CK اَخَيْتُ , which is wrong in respect of the pers., and otherwise, for it is correctly] with medd, (TA,) inf. n. إِخَآءٌ and مُؤَاخَاةٌ ; (Lth;) and تَأَخَّيْتَ ; (K;) Thou becamest a brother [in the proper sense of this word, and also as meaning a friend, or companion, or the like]. (S,* K,* TA.) ↓ أُخُوَّةٌ is also [used as] a simple subst., (TA,) signifying Brotherhood; fraternity; the relation of brother; as also ↓ إِخَآءٌ and مُؤَاخاةٌ ; and ↓ تَأَخٍ : (Lth, TA:) and the relation of sister. (S.) You say, بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ أُخُوَّةٌ and ↓ إِخَآءٌ [&c., meaning] Between me and him is brotherhood. (JK, TA.) And ↓ بَيْنَ السَّمَاحَةِ وَالحَمَاسَةِ تَأَخٍ [Between liberality and courage is a relation like that of brothers]. (TA.) And خُوَّةٌ is a dial. var. of أُخُوَّةٌ , occurring in a trad. (IAth, TA.) [It is also trans.] You say, أَخَوْتُ عَشَرَةً I was, or became, a brother to ten. (TA.)
Form 2أَخَّيْتُ لِلدَّابَّةِ1 sense

Core sense — I made a tether-loop for the beast and tied the beast with itgenerated

2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredI made an آخِيَّة [q. v.] for the beast, and tied the beast with itالدَّابَّةَ

This form is given according to a copy of the Msb, but it is probably a mistranscription. Maṣdar تَأْخِيَةٌ.

[Make for me an آخيّة to which I shall tie my colt]آخِ لِى آخِيَّةً أَرْبِطُ إَلَيْهَا مُهْرِى

[Apparently آخَيْتُ is used in the same way (and if that is correct it is probably of the measure أَفْعَلْتُ); for it is related that] an Arab of the desert said this to another.

such a one did a benefit to such a one, and he was ungrateful for itآخِى فُلَانٌ فِى فُلَانٍ آخِيَّةً فَكَفَرَهَا

[But perhaps آخِ and آخَى in these two examples are mistranscriptions for أَخِّ and أَخَّى.]

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, (S, K,) or الدَّابَّةَ , (Msb, [so accord. to a copy of that work, but probably this is a mistranscription,]) inf. n. تَأْخِيَةٌ , (S, Msb, K,) I made an آخِيَّة [q. v.] for the beast, (Msb, K,) and tied the beast therewith; (Msb;) [and so, app., آخَيْتُ (which, if correct, is probably of the measure أَفْعَلْتُ ); for it is related that] an Arab of the desert said to another, آخِ لِى آخِيَّةً أَرْبِطُ إَلَيْهَا مُهْرِى [Make thou for me an آخيّة to which I shall tie my colt]. (TA.) And you say, آخِى فُلَانٌ فِى فُلَانٍ آخِيَّةً فَكَفَرَهَا Such a one did a benefit to such a one, and he was ungrateful for it. (TA.) [But perhaps آخِ and آخَى in these two exs. are mistranscriptions for أَخِّ and أَخَّى .]
Form 3آخاهُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he fraternized with him; he united two as fellowsgenerated

3.1he fraternized with him, he acted with him in a brotherly wayوَاخَاهُ

This form is the vulgar one, or else it is a dialectal variant of weak authority, said by some to belong to the dialect of Teiyi.

Maṣdar مُؤَاخَاةٌ, إِخآءٌ and وِخَآءٌ; and, as quasi-maṣdar, إِخَاوَةٌ and وِخَاوَةٌ.

A'Obeyd mentions, on the authority of Yz, آخَيْتُ, وَاخَيْتُ, آسَيْتُ, وَاسَيْتُ, آكَلْتُ and وَاكَلْتُ. The past tense is said to be assimilated in this way to [a form of] the future; for they used sometimes to say يُوَاخِى, changing the hemzeh into و.

3.1.1he united the emigrants with the assistants by the brotherhood of El-Islám and the faithآخَى بَيْنَ المُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ
[I united the two things as fellows, or pairs]آخَيْتُ بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَنْنِ

Said in a tradition; the emigrants to El-Medeeneh, and the assistants who were already living there.

Sometimes one says وَاخَيْتُ, as one says وَاسَيْتُ for آسَيْتُ, which ISk mentions.

3.1.2

See also form 1, in three places.

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, (S, K,) vulgarly وَاخَاهُ , (S,) or the latter is a dial. var. of weak authority, (K,* TA,) said by some to be of the dial. of Teiyi, (TA,) inf. n. مُؤَاخَاةٌ and إِخآءٌ (S, K) and وِخَآءٌ , (K) and [quasi-inf. n.] إِخَاوَةٌ (Fr, K) and وِخَاوَةٌ , (CK,) He fraternized with him; acted with him in a brotherly manner: (S,* K,* PS, TK:) A'Obeyd mentions, on the authority of Yz, آخَيْتُ and وَاخَيْتُ , and آسَيْتُ and وَاسَيْتُ , and آكَلْتُ and وَاكَلْتُ : the pret. is said to be thus assimilated to [a form of] the fut.; for they used [sometimes] to say, يُوَاخِى , changing the hemzeh into و . (IB, TA.) It is said in a trad., آخَى بَيْنَ المُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ , meaning He united the emigrants [to El-Medeeneh] with the assistants [previously dwel-ling there] by the brotherhood of El-Islám and of the faith. (TA.) You say also, آخَيْتُ بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَنْنِ [I united the two things as fellows, or pairs]; and sometimes one says, وَاخَيْتُ , like as one says, وَاسَيْتُ , for آسَيْتُ ; mentioned by ISk. (Msb.) See also 1, in three places.
Form 4آخَوَ1 sense

Core sense — he made a tether-loop for the beast and tied the beast with itgenerated

4.1

See form 2, in three places.

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see 2, in three places.
Form 5تَأَخَّيْتَ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — you adopted a brother; you sought after a thinggenerated

5.1

This, and the maṣdar تَأَخٍ: see form 1, in three places.

5.2I adopted a brotherتَأَخَّيْتُ أَخًا

Or [تَأَخَّيْتُهُ means] I called him brother.

5.2.1I sought after the thing, I pursued it, I tried to reach or obtain itتَأَخَّيْتُ الشَّىْءَ
I sought after the thing, I pursued it, I tried to reach or obtain itبِالشَّىْ

As the brother seeks the brother; and the verb is used in the same way with a man as its object.

But تَوَخَّيْتُ, in the same sense, is more common.

I sought after your love, or affectionتَأَخَّيْتُ مَحَبَّتَكَ

Mentioned under وخى.

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, and the inf.n. تَأَخٍ : see 1, in three places. تَأَخَّيْتُ أَخًا I adopted a brother: (S, K:) or [ تَأَخَّيْتُهُ signifies] I called him brother. (K.) تَأَخَّيْتُ الشَّىْءَ , (S, K, TA,) or بِالشَّىْ , (Msb,) I sought, endeavoured after, pursued, or endeavoured to reach or attain or obtain, the thing; (S, Msb, K, TA;) as the brother does the brother; and in the same manner the verb is used with a man for its object: but تَوَخَّيْتُ , in the same sense, is more common. (TA.) You say, تَأَخَّيْتُ مَحَبَّتَكَ I sought, &c., thy love, or affection. (TA in art. وخى .)
Form 6تَآخَيَا1 sense

Core sense — they became brothers, or friends, to each othergenerated

6.1

They became brothers, or friends or companions or the like, to each other.

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They became brothers, or friends or companions or the like, to each other. (S,* TA.)

Derived nouns 12

Nounأَخٌ9 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a brother; a friend, a companion; the like, or fellow, of a thinggenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[This is your brother, &c.]هذَا أَخُوكَ

Originally أَخَوٌ, as is shown by the first of its dual forms mentioned below, and by its having a plural like آبَآءٍ and أَخٌّ, with the second letter doubled to compensate for the suppressed و, as in أَبٌّ and أَخًا [like أَبًا] and أَخُو.

[The last of these, with the article prefixed to it, is erroneously written in the CK الاُخُوٌّ.]

Also أَخْوٌ, like دَلْوٌ.

A well-known term of relationship: a brother, the son of one's father and mother, or of either of them; also applied to a foster-brother; and a friend; and a companion, an associate, or a fellow.

Derived from آخِيَّةٌ [q. v.], as though one أَخ were tied and attached to another as the horse is tied to the آخيّة; or, according to some of the grammarians, it is from وَخَى meaning قَصَدَ, because the أَخ has the same aim, endeavour, or desire, as his أَخ.

When أَخ is prefixed to another noun, its final vowel is prolonged.

[I passed by your brother, &c.]مَرَرْتُ بِأَخِيكَ
[I saw your brother, &c.]رَأَيْتُ أَخَاكَ

[The S also asserts that one does not say أَخُو without prefixing it to another noun; but this is inconsistent with the assertion of IAar and F that الأَخُو is a synonym of الأَخُ.]

The dual is أَخَوَانِ, or أَخْوَانِ with the خ sākin; some of the Arabs say أَخَانِ; and Kr mentions أَخُوَانِ, with damm to the خ, said by IB to occur in poetry, and held by ISd to be the dual of أَخُو, with damm to the خ.

The plural is إِخْوَةٌ and إِخْوَانٌ, the former generally applied to brothers and the latter to friends or the like, but not always: in the Kur 49:10 the former does not denote relationship, and in 24:60 of the same the latter does denote relationship; and sometimes the former is applied to a single man, as in the Kur 4:12.

Also أُخْوَةٌ [in the CK اَخْوَةٌ], or this is an ism jamʿ; and أُخْوَانٌ and آخَآءٌ, like آبَآءٌ and أُخُوٌّ; and أُخُوَّةٌ, mentioned by Lh, and thought by ISd to be formed from the one before it by the addition of ة marking the plural as feminine; and أَخُونَ and اخاوون.

The feminine of أَخٌ is أُخْتٌ [meaning a sister; and a female friend, &c.]: written with damm to show that the letter which has gone from it is و, the ت being a substitute for the و, and not a mark of the feminine gender, because the letter before it is sākin.

This is the opinion of Sb, and the correct opinion: for Sb says that if you were to use it as a proper name of a man you would make it perfectly declinable, whereas if the ت denoted the feminine gender the name would not be perfectly declinable; though in one place he says incidentally, through inadvertence, that it is the sign of the feminine gender.

Kh, however, says that its ت is [originally] ه [meaning ة]; and Lth says that أُخْتٌ is originally أَخَةٌ; and some say that it is originally أَخْوَةٌ.

The dual is أُخْتَانِ and the plural is أَخَوَاتٌ.

[You have no brother, or friend, in such a one]لَا أَخَالَكَ بِفُلَانٍ

That is, لَيْسَ لَكَ بِأَخٍ: such a one is not a brother, or friend, to you.

[Who will be responsible to you for your brother, or your friend, altogether?]مَنْ لَكَ بِأَخِيكَ كُلِّهِ

A proverb: that is, who will answer for his always acting to you as a brother, or friend?

[There is many a brother to you whom your mother has not brought forth]رُبَّ أَخٍ لَكَ لَمْ تَلِدْهُ أُمُّكَ

Another proverb.

[Is it your brother, or the wolf?]أَخُوكَ أَمِ الذَّئْبُ

Another proverb, said when one suspects something.

[Is it your brother, or is it the night that deceives you?]أَخُوكَ أَمِ اللَّيْلُ
[The spear is your brother, but sometimes it is unfaithful to you]الرُّمْحُ أَخُوكَ وَرُبَّمَا خَانَكَ
Qur’ān 49:10 approximate — somewhere between 49:9 and 49:18 Lane cites “Kur xlix. 10”
Qur’ān 49:10 approximate — somewhere between 49:9 and 49:18 Lane cites “Kur xlix. 10”
Qur’ān 4:12 approximate — somewhere between 4:2 and 4:20 Lane cites “Kur iv. 12”
Qur’ān 49:10 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah, that ye may receive Mercy.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[This garment, or piece of cloth, is the like, or fellow, of this]هذَا الثَّوْبُ أَخُو هذَا

Ibn-'Arafeh says that when أُخُوَّةٌ does not relate to birth, it means conformity, or similarity; and combination, agreement, or unison, in action.

they are the likes, or fellows, of the devilsكَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِ
but it was greater than its like, or fellowإِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا
[Sleep is the like of death]النَّوْمُ أَخُ المَوْتِ
such a one met with the like of deathلَقِىَ فُلَانٌ أَخَا المَوْتِ
[God afflicted him with a night having none like to it]وَمَاهُ آللّٰهُ بِلَيْلَةٍ لَا أُخْتَ لَهَا
I will not speak to him except the like of secret discourseلَا أُكَلِّمُهُ إِلَّا أَخَا السِّرارِ
[The two sisters of Canopus]أُخْتَا سُهَيْلٍ

In the Kur 17:29.

In the same, 43:47; that is, than what was like it in truth, &c.

Said in a tradition.

That is, a night in which he should die.

The two stars called الشّعْرَى العَبُورُ and الشّعْرَى الغُمَيْصَآءُ; see شعر.

digitisation corrected بِلَيْلَةٍ لَا أُخْتَ لَهَا for بِلَيْلَپٍ لَا أُخْتَ لَهَاپ for ة. لَهَا refers back to a feminine noun: بِلَيْلَةٍ.
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredO you of [the tribe of] Bekr, or Temeemيَاَ أَخَا بَكْرٍ
O you of [the tribe of] Bekr, or Temeemتَمِيمٍ
1.3figurative · مجازthe people, or company of men, are in an evil state or conditionالقُمْمُ بِأَخِى الشَّرَّ

Lh mentions this saying on the authority of Abu-d-Deenár and Ibn-Ziyád.

I left him in an evil state or conditionتَرَكْتُهُ بِأَخِى الخَيْرِ

But according to others, one says:

I left him in a good state or conditionبِأَخِى الشَّرِّ
1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is one who keeps to veracityهُوَأَخُو الصَّدْقِ
1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredworthy, or deserving, of trust, or confidenceأَخُو ثِقَةٍ

أِخُو, as a prefixed noun, is also used in the sense of أَهْلُ, meaning worthy, or deserving, of a thing; and fit, or fitted, for it.

he who is fit for hard striving for the mastery is not he who turns from it in disgustلَيْسَ أَخُو الكِظَاظِ مَنْ يَسْأَمُهُ

Explained by W (p. 91) as meaning a person in whom one trusts, or confides.

A proverb; see كظ.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred[He is a possessor of wealth, or of competence, or sufficiency]هُوَأَخُو الغِنَى

It is also used in the sense of ذُو.

a possessor of good, or of what is goodأَخُو الخَيْرِ
the low, base, or abjectأَخُو الخَنَعِ

That is, ذُو الخَنَعِ, i.e. ذُو الذِّلَّةِ, i.e. الّذَّلِيلُ.

our journeying is laboriousسَيْرُنَا أَخُو الجِيْدِ

That is, سَيْرُنَا ذُوالجَيْدِ, i.e. سَيْرُنَا جَاهِدٌ. See an example in the first paragraph of غدر.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferreda fever that affects the patient two days and leaves him two daysحُمَّى الأَخَوَيْنِ

Or one that attacks on Saturday, leaves for three days, and comes again on Thursday; and so on.

1.8

دَمُ الأَخَوَيْنِ: see دَمٌ under دمى.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَخ 5 shown of 69
20:30
هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى

"Aaron, my brother;

26:106
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?

50:13
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,

70:12
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

His wife and his brother,

80:34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, Msb, K,) originally أَخَوٌ , (Kh, S, Msb,) as is shown by the first of its dual forms mentioned below, and by its having a pl. like آبَآءٍ , (S,) and أَخٌّ , (K,) with the second letter doubled to compensate for the و suppressed, as is the case in أَبٌّ , (TA,) and أَخًا , [like أَبًا ,] and أَخُو , (IAar, K, TA, [the last, with the article prefixed to it, erroneously written in the CK الاُخُوٌّ ,]) and أَخْوٌ , like دَلْوٌ , (Kr, K,) a well-known term of relationship, (K, TA,) i. e. A brother; the son of one's father and mother, or of either of them: and also applied to a foster-brother: (TA:) and a friend; and a companion, an associate, or a fellow: (K:) derived from آخِيَّةٌ [q. v.]; as though one أَخ were tied and attached to another like as the horse is tied to the آخيّة : (Har p. 42 :) or, accord. to some of the grammarians, it is from وَخَى meaning قَصَدَ ; because the أَخ has the same aim, endeavour, or desire, as his أَخ : (TA:) when أَخ is prefixed to another noun, its final vowel is prolonged: (Kh:) you say, هذَا أَخُوكَ [This is thy brother, &c.], and مَرَرْتُ بِأَخِيكَ [I passed by thy brother, &c.], and رَأَيْتُ أَخَاكَ [I saw thy brother, &c.] : (S: [in which it is also asserted that one does not say أَخُو without prefixing it to another noun; but this is inconsistent with the assertion of IAar and F, that الأَخُو is a syn. of الأَخُ :]) the dual is أَخَوَانِ , (S, Msb, Kur xlix. 10, Ham p. 434,) or أَخْوَانِ , with the خ quiescent, (TA, [but this I have found nowhere else,]) and some of the Arabs say أَخَانِ , (S, Msb,) and Kr mentions أَخُوَانِ , with damm to the خ , said by IB to occur in poetry, and held by ISd to be dual of أَخُو , with damm to the خ : (TA:) the pl. is إِخْوَةٌ and إِخْوَانٌ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) the former generally applied to brothers, and the latter to friends [or the like], (T, S,*) but not always, as in the Kur xlix. 10, where the former does not denote relationship, and in xxiv. 60 of the same, where the latter does denote relationship, (T, TA,) and sometimes the former is applied to a [single] man, as in the Kur iv. 12, (S,) and أُخْوَةٌ , (Fr, S, Msb, K, [in the CK اَخْوَةٌ ,]) or this is a quasi-pl. n., (Sb, TA,) and أُخْوَانٌ , (Kr, Msb, K,) and آخَآءٌ , (S, K,) like آبَآءٌ , (S,) and أُخُوٌّ , and أُخُوَّةٌ , (ISd, K,) the last mentioned by Lh, and thought by ISd to be formed from the next preceding by the addition of ة characterizing the pl. as fem., (TA,) and أَخُونَ , (S, Msb, K,) and اخاوون . (Msb: [there written without any syll. signs, and I have not found it elsewhere.]) The fem. of أَخٌ is أُخْتٌ [meaning A sister: and a female friend, &c.]: (S, Msb, K, &c. :) written with damm to show that the letter which has gone from it is و ; (S;) the ت being a substitute for the و ; (TA;) not to denote the fem. gender, (K, TA,) because the letter next before it is quiescent: this is the opinion of Sb, and [accord. to SM] it is the correct opinion: for Sb says that if you were to use it as a proper name of a man, you would make it perfectly decl.; and if the ت were to denote the fem. gender, the name would not be perfectly decl.; though in one place he incidentally says that it is the sign of the fem. gender, through inadvertence: Kh, however, says that its ت is [originally] ه [meaning ة ]: and Lth, that أُخْتٌ is originally أَخَةٌ : and some say that it is originally أَخْوَةٌ : (TA:) the dual. is أُخْتَانِ : (Kh:) and the pl. is أَخَوَاتٌ . (Kh, S, Msb, K.) The saying لَا أَخَالَكَ بِفُلَانٍ [Thou hast no brother, or friend, in such a one] means لَيْسَ لَكَ بِأَخٍ [such a one is not a brother, or friend, to thee]. (S, K.) It is said in a prov., مَنْ لَكَ بِأَخِيكَ كُلِّهِ [Who will be responsible to thee for thy brother, or thy friend, altogether? i. e., for his always acting to thee as a brother, or friend]. (JK.) And in another, رُبَّ أَخٍ لَكَ لَمْ تَلِدْهُ أُمُّكَ [ There is many a brother to thee whom thy mother has not brought forth]. (TA.) And in another, أَخُوكَ أَمِ الذَّئْبُ [Is it thy brother, or the wolf?]; said in suspecting a thing: as also أَخُوكَ أَمِ اللَّيْلُ [Is it thy brother, or is it the night that deceives thee?]. (Har p. 554.) And another saying is, الرُّمْحُ أَخُوكَ وَرُبَّمَا خَانَكَ [ The spear is thy brother, but sometimes, or often, it is unfaithful to thee]. (TA.) Ibn-'Arafeh says that when أُخُوَّةٌ does not relate to birth, it means conformity, or similarity; and combination, agreement, or unison, in action: hence the saying, هذَا الثَّوْبُ أَخُو هذَا [ This garment, or piece of cloth, is the like, or fellow, of this] : and hence the saying in the Kur [xvii. 29], كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِ They are the likes, or fellows, of the devils: and in the same [xliii. 47], إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا But it was greater than its like, or fellow; i. e., than what was like to it in truth &c. (TA.) It is said in a trad., النَّوْمُ أَخُ المَوْتِ [Sleep is the like of death]. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer.) One says also, لَقِىَ فُلَانٌ أَخَا المَوْتِ Such a one met with the like of death. (Msb, TA.) And they said, وَمَاهُ آللّٰهُ بِلَيْلَپٍ لَا أُخْتَ لَهَا [ God afflicted him with a night having none like to it], i. e., a night in which he should die. (TA.) And لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ إِلَّا أَخَا السِّرارِ I will not speak to him save the like of secret discourse. (As, TA.) [And hence,] أُخْتَا سُهَيْلٍ [ The two sisters of Canopus;] the two stars called الشّعْرَى العَبُورُ and الشّعْرَى الغُمَيْصَآءُ . (S and K in art. شعر , q. v.) يَاَ أَخَا بَكْرٍ , or تَمِيمٍ , means O thou of [the tribe of] Bekr, or Temeem. (Ham p. 284.) Lh mentions, on the authority of Abu-d-Deenár and Ibn-Ziyád, the saying, القُمْمُ بِأَخِى الشَّرَّ , as meaning The people, or company of men, are in an evil state or condition. (TA.) [But accord. to others,] one says, تَرَكْتُهُ بِأَخِى الخَيْرِ , meaning I left him in an evil state or condition: (JK, * Msb, K, TA:) and بِأَخِى الشَّرِّ in a good state or condition. (TA.) You say also, هُوَأَخُو الصَّدْقِ He is one who cleaves, or keeps, to veracity. (Msb.) [ أِخُو , as a prefixed noun, is also used in the sense of أَهْلُ , meaning Worthy, or deserving, of a thing: and meet, fit, or fitted, for it. So in the phrase أَخُو ثِقَةٍ Worthy, or deserving, of trust, or confidence; expl. by W (p. 91) as meaning a person in whom one trusts, or confides. And so in the prov., لَيْسَ أَخُو الكِظَاظِ مَنْ يَسْأَمُهُ He who is fit, or fitted, for vehement striving for the mastery is not he who turns away from it with disgust: see art. كظ .] It is also used in the sense of ذُو : as in the phrase, هُوَأَخُو الغِنَى [ He is possessed, or a possessor, of wealth, or competence, or sufficiency]. (Msb.) [So too in the phrase, أَخُو الخَيْرِ Possessed, or a possessor, of good, or of what is good. And in like manner,] أَخُو الخَنَعِ means [ ذُو الخَنَعِ , i. e. ذُو الذِّلَّةِ , i. e.] الّذَّلِيلُ [ The low, base, or abject]. (Ham p. 44.) [So too] سَيْرُنَا أَخُو الجِيْدِ means [ سَيْرُنَا ذُوالجَيْدِ , i. e.] سَيْرُنَا جَاهِدٌ [ Our journeying is laborious: see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. غدر ]. (TA.) حُمَّى الأَخَوَيْنِ A fever that affects the patient two days, and quits him two days; or that attacks on Saturday, and quits for three days, and comes [again] on Thursday; and so on. (Msb.) دَمُ الأَخَوَيْنِ : see دَمٌ , in art. دمى .
Nounأَخًا1 sense

Core sense — a brother; a friend, a companiongenerated

1

See أَخٌ.

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Nounأَخْوٌ1 sense

Core sense — a brother; a friend, a companiongenerated

1

See أَخٌ.

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Nounأَخُو1 sense

Core sense — a brother; a friend, a companiongenerated

1

See أَخٌ.

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Nounأُخْتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sister; a female friend; the like, or fellow, of a thinggenerated

1

See أَخٌ, in four places.

Qur’ānic occurrences أُخْت 1 shown of 11
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وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

And she said to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him" so she (the sister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see أَخٌ , in four places.
Nounأُخَيٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a little brothergenerated

1

This, and أُخَيَّةٌ, are diminutives of أَخٌ and أُخْتٌ.

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[ and أُخَيَّةٌ dims. of أَخٌ and أُخْتٌ .]
Nounأَخَوِيٌّ1 sense

Core sense — brotherly, fraternal; sisterlygenerated

1

Brotherly; fraternal; of, or relating to, a brother, and a friend or companion.

Also sisterly; of, or relating to, a sister; because one says أَخَوَاتٌ [meaning “sisters”]; but Yoo used to say أُخْتِىُّ, which does not agree with analogy.

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Brotherly; fraternal; of, or relating to, a brother, and a friend or companion: and also, sisterly; of, or relating to, a sister; because you say أَخَوَاتٌ [meaning “sisters”]; but Yoo used to say أُخْتِىُّ , which is not agreeable with analogy. (S, TA.)
Nounأُخْتِىُّ1 sense

Core sense — sisterly, of, or relating to, a sistergenerated

1

See أَخَوِىُّ.

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Nounإِخْوَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — brothers; friends, companionsgenerated

1

Besides being a plural of أَخٌ, it is a dialectal variant of خِوَانٌ. See خون.

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, besides being a pl. of أَخٌ , q. v., is a dial. var. of خِوَانٌ . (TA. [See art. خون .])
Nounإِخَاوَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — fraternizing, acting in a brotherly waygenerated

1

See form 3.

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: see 3.
Nounأُخُوَّهٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — brotherhood, the relation of brother; conformity, similaritygenerated

1

A maṣdar of form 1; and also used as a simple noun. See form 1.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Ibn-'Arafeh: when it does not relate to birth, it means conformity, or similarity; and combination, agreement, or unison, in action.

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an inf. n. of 1: and also [used as] a simple subst. (TA.) See 1. When it does not relate to birth, it means Conformity, or similarity; and combination, agreement, or unison, in action. (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA.)
Nounآخِيَّةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a buried rope-loop to which a beast is tied; a sacred, inviolable rightgenerated

1

Originally of the measure فَاعُولَةٌ [i.e. آخُويَةٌ]; also آخِيَةٌ and أَخِيَّةٌ. [In the K the spelling of these three words is expressed differently in different copies, and obscurely in all that I have seen.]

A piece of rope with its two ends buried in the ground, with a small staff or stick, or a small stone, attached to it, a part of it like a loop remaining exposed, to which the beast is tied.

It is made in soft ground, as being easier for horses than pegs or stakes sticking out of the ground, and firmer in soft ground than a peg or stake.

Or a loop tied to a peg, or stake, driven into the ground, to which the beast is attached; or a stick, or piece of wood, set crosswise in a wall, or in a rope with its two ends buried in the ground, the other end sticking out like a ring, to which the beast is tied; or a peg, or stake, to which horses are tied. [See also آرِىُّ.]

The plural of the first is أَوَاخِىُّ, of the second أوَاخٍ, and of the third أَخَايَا, as خَطَايَا is the plural of خَطِيَّةٌ.

In a tradition the believer and belief are likened to a horse tied to his آخيّة, because the horse wheels about and then returns to his آخيّة, and the believer is heedless and then returns to belief.

In another, men are forbidden to make their backs like the أَخَايَا of beasts, that is, in prayer; meaning that they should not arch them so as to make them like the loops so called.

1.1

Also the same as طُنُبٌ, i.e. the kind of tent-rope so called; see طنب.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred[Such a one has sacred, or inviolable, rights, and ties of relationship and love, to be regarded]لِفُلَانٍ أَوَاخِىُّ وَأَسْبَابٌ تُرْعَى

A sacred, or an inviolable, right or the like; synonymous with حُرْمَةٌ and ذِمَّةٌ.

he has with me a strong, sacred right, and a near tie or means of accessلَهُ عِنْدِى آجِيَّةٌ
1.3you are the most excellent of the ancestors of the Apostle of Godأَنْتَ آخِيَّةُ آبَآءِ رَسُولِ اَللّٰهِ

In a tradition of 'Omar, who is related to have said this to El-'Abbás; the word is used in the sense of بَقِيَّةَ, as though he meant: you are the one on whom a person leans, and to whom he clings, of the stock of the Apostle of God.

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, (Lth, S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally of the measure فَاعُولَةٌ , [i. e. آخُويَةٌ ,] (Msb,) and آخِيَةٌ , (Lth, Msb, K,) and أَخِيَّةٌ , (JK, K, TA, [but in the K the orthography of these three words is differently expressed in different copies, and somewhat obscurely in all that I have seen,]) A piece of rope of which the two ends are buried in the ground, (ISk, JK, S,) with a small staff or stick, or a small stone, attached thereto, (ISK, S,) a portion thereof, resembling a loop, being apparent, or exposed, to which the beast is tied; (ISk, JK, S;) it is made in soft ground, as being more commodious to horses than pegs, or stakes, protruding from the ground, and more firm in soft ground than the peg, or stake: (TA:) or a loop tied to a peg, or stake, driven [into the ground], to which the beast is attached: (Msb:) or a stick, or piece of wood, (K, TA,) placed crosswise (TA) in a wall, or in a rope of which the two ends are buried in the ground, the [other] end [or portion] protruding, like a ring, to which the beast is tied: (K, TA:) or a peg, or stake, to which horses are tied: (Har p. 42:) [see also آرِىُّ :] the pl. of the first is أَوَاخِىُّ ; (JK, S, Msb, K;*) and of the second, أوَاخٍ ; (Msb;) and of the third, أَخَايَا , (JK, K,*) like as خَطَايَا is pl. of خَطِيَّةٌ . (TA.) In a trad., the believer and belief are likened to a horse attached to his آخيّة ; because the horse wheels about, and then returns to his آخيّة ; and the believer is heedless, and then returns to believe. (TA.) And in another, men are forbidden to make their backs like the أَخَايَا of beasts; i. e., in prayer; meaning that they should not arch them therein, so as to make them like the loops thus called. (TA.) Also i. q. طُنُبٌ ; (K;) i. e. The kind of tent-rope thus called. (TA in art. طنب , q. v.) And A sacred, or an inviolable, right or the like; syn. حُرْمَةٌ and ذِمَّةٌ . (S, K.) You say, لِفُلَانٍ أَوَاخِىُّ وَأَسْبَابٌ تُرْعَى [ To such a one belong sacred, or inviolable, rights, and ties of relationship and love, to be regarded]. (S.) And لَهُ عِنْدِى آجِيَّةٌ He has, with me, or in my estimation, a strong, sacred, or inviolable, right; and a near tie or connexion, or means of access or intimacy or ingratiation. (TA.) In a trad. of 'Omar, in which it is related that he said to El-'Abbás, أَنْتَ آخِيَّةُ آبَآءِ رَسُولِ اَللّٰهِ , it is used in the sense of بَقِيَّةَ ; [and the words may therefore be rendered Thou art the most excellent of the ancestors of the Apostle of God;] as though he meant, thou art he upon whom one stays himself, and to whom one clings, of the stock of the Apostle of God. (TA.)