خوزلى

Arabic

Root
خ ز ل (ḵ-z-l)

Alternative forms

• خَيْزَلَى (ḵayzalā), خَوْزَرَى (ḵawzarā), خَيْزَرَى (ḵayzarā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaw.za.laː/

Noun

خَوْزَلَى • (ḵawzalā) m

1. elegant, proud and self-conceited gait (a certain mode of walking, with a looseness of the joints)
   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, Diwan of Mutanabbi:

     أَلَا كُلُّ مَاشِيَةِ ٱلْخَيْزَلَى
     فِدَا كُلِّ مَاشِيَةِ ٱلْهَيْذَبَى
     وَكُلِّ نَجَاةٍ بُجَاوِيَّةٍ
     خَنُوفٍ وَمَا بِيَ حُسْنُ ٱلْمِشَى

     ʔalā kullu māšiyati l-ḵayzalā
     fidā kulli māšiyati l-hayḏabā
     wakulli najātin bujāwiyyatin
     ḵanūfin wamā biya ḥusnu l-mišā

     Indeed, all the mincing women are
     a ransom for all the fast she-camels
     and for all the fleet Bujawi rescuing camels
     straddling in gait for I don't possess elegance of gait either.

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْزَلَى (ḵawzalā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā	الْخَوْزَلَى al-ḵawzalā	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā
Nominative	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā	الْخَوْزَلَى al-ḵawzalā	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā
Accusative	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā	الْخَوْزَلَى al-ḵawzalā	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā
Genitive	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā	الْخَوْزَلَى al-ḵawzalā	خَوْزَلَى ḵawzalā