أَخَوْتَ
1.
, [third pers. أَخَا,] (S, K,) aorist تَأْخُو, (S,) verbal noun أُخُوَّةٌ; (S, K, &c.;) and
اخَيْتَ, (K, TA,) [in the CK اَخَيْتُ, which is wrong in respect of the pers., and otherwise, for it is correctly] with medd, (TA,) verbal noun إِخَاءٌ and مُوءَاخَاةٌ; (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 ↓إِخَاءٌ and مُوءَاخاةٌ; and ↓تَأَخٍ: (Lth, TA:) and the relation of sister. (S.) You say, بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ أُخُوَّةٌ and ↓إِخَاءٌ [&c., meaning] Between me and him is brotherhood. (JK, TA.) And ↓بَيْنَ السَّمَاحَةِ وَالحَمَاسَةِ تَأَخٍ (assumed tropical:) [Between liberality and courage is a relation like that of brothers]. (TA.) And خُوَّةٌ is a dialect var. of أُخُوَّةٌ, occurring in a tradition (IAth, TA.)
2.
[It is also transitive] You say, أَخَوْتُ عَشَرَةً
I was, or became, a brother to ten. (TA.)