خَلاَخِلُtheir anklets

Example sentences

• قَدْ بَدَتْ خَلاَخِلُهُنَّ وَأَسْوَاقُهُنَّ رَافِعَاتٍ ثِيَابَهُنَّ،

  Indeed, their anklets were plainly visible, and their sashes were raised, lifting their garments,

  خَلاَخِلُهُنَّ — their anklets. A reshaped (broken) plural 'anklets' with a feminine-plural '-hunna' tail attached as the owners, so one word means 'their anklets'. The plural is formed by changing the inner letters, and the attached possessor names the women as owners.

  From: A Companion at Battle →