Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَذَمَهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَخْذِمُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَذْمٌ, (JK, Ṣ, TA,) He cut it, or cut it off: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he did so quickly: (JK, Z, TA:) andخذّمهُ↓ andتخذّمهُ↓ signify the same: (Ḳ:) or↓ the second, inf. n. تَخْذِيمٌ, he cut it in pieces; (Ṣ, in which only the inf. n. is mentioned;) and so↓ the third. (TA.) [It is like جَذَمَهُ.] Hence, in a trad., خَذَمُوا بِالسُّيُوفِ, said of men stopping the road, and robbing and slaying passengers, They cut, and smote, men with the swords. (TA.) And خَذَمَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ خِذْمَةً He cut off for him a portion of his property. (JK.)

Also, said of a hawk, He struck him, or it, with his talon, or claw. (IAạr, Ḳ.*)

خَذِمَ, aor. ـَ {يَخْذَمُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَذْمٌ, (TḲ, [as indicated in the Ḳ by its being said that the verb is like سَمِعَ,]) It became cut, or cut off; as alsoتخذّم↓: (Ḳ:) [or] the latter is quasi-pass. of خَذَّمَهُ [and therefore signifies it became cut in pieces]. (TA.) And خَذِمَتِ النَّعْلُ The [thong called] شِسْع [q. v.] of the sandal became cut, or severed. (TA.)

خَذِمَ, aor. ـَ {يَخْذَمُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَذَمٌ (Ṣ, TA) [and app. خَذَمَانٌ, q. v. infrà]; or خَذَمَ, [so in the JK, which may be also correct, agreeably with the primary signification of this verb, though the aor. is there said to be ـَ, which may perhaps be a mistranscription for ـِ,] inf. n. خَذْمٌ [there mentioned in two places] and خَذَمٌ; (JK;) ‡ He was quick (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) in pace, or rate of going; (JK, Ṣ, TA;) as alsoاخذم↓. (JK. [But this last may be erroneously taken from the phrase مَرَّ مُخْذِمًا, there immediately following; for this phrase may be mistranscribed for مَرَّ يَخْذَمُ, which I find in the TA.])

[And hence,] خَذَمٌ signifies also † [The being liberal, or bountiful; (see the part. n. خَذِمٌ;) or] the giving a gift, or making a present. (KL.)

see 1, in the latter part.

اخذم النَّعْلَ He repaired the [thong called] شِسْع of the sandal. (AA, TA.) [Here, as in many other instances, the ا has a privative effect: see خَذِمَتِ النَّعْلُ, above.]

اِخْتَذَامٌ, [accord. to some, seems to signify The cutting off a thing for oneself:] accord. to some, طِيبُ النَّفْسِ [as meaning the being pleased, content, or willing: see خَذِمٌ]. (Ḥam p. 703, q. v.)

خَذِمٌ A cutting, or sharp, sword; (Ḳ;) as alsoخَذُومٌ↓ (JK, Ḳ) andمِخْذَمٌ↓; (JK, T, Ṣ, ISd, TA;) the last erroneously said in the Ḳ to be like مُعَظَّمٌ. (TA.) One of the swords of Moḥammad was named المِخْذَمُ↓: it was formerly the sword of El-Hárith El-Ghassánee. (TA.)

A garment, or piece of cloth, altogether, or wholly, old and worn out. (TA.) [And in like manner, accord. to Freytag (who does not name his authority), خَذُومٌ↓, applied to a scabbard of a sword, Lacerated and worn by use.]

‡ Quick, or swift of pace, applied to a horse; (JK, Ṣ;) and soخَذُومٌ↓, applied to an ostrich. (Ṣ.)

[And hence.] ‡ A man (JK, Ṣ) liberal, or bountiful, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) in giving; (Ṣ;) pleased, content, or willing, (JK, Ḳ, TA,) to be liberal or bountiful; plenteous in gifts: (TA:) pl. خَذِمُونَ: (JK, Ḳ:) it has no broken pl. (TA.)

خَذْمَةٌ A snatching away; a snatch: and a stroke, or blow. (TA.)

A certain mark (سِمَةٌ) of camels: (JK, Ḳ:) an Islámee term: (Ḳ:) a certain mark of sheep or goats, (JK, T, TA,) being a slit across the ear, (T, TA,) which leaves the ear dried up. (JK, T, TA. [See خَذْمَآءُ.])

Also, [or خِذْمَةٌ, q. v.,] A space, or period, syn. سَاعَةٌ, (Ḳ,) [of the night, or of the day:] and خَدْمَةٌ [or خِدْمَةٌ] is a dial. var. thereof. (TA.)

خِذْمَةٌ [like جِذْمَةٌ] A piece cut off of a garment. (JK. [See also خُذَامَةٌ.]) A portion cut off from property. (JK.) A portion of the night. (JK. [See also خَذْمَةٌ.])

A company of men. (JK. [But perhaps this may be a mistake for خَدَمَةٌ.])

خَذْمَآءُ A sheep or goat, (شَاةٌ, JK, Ḳ,) or a she-goat, (Ṣ,) having the mark in the ear termed خَذْمَةٌ; (JK;) [i. e.] having the ear slit across, without its being separated: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or a ewe having the extremity of her ear cut off. (T, TA.)

خَذَمَانٌ [app. an inf. n. of خَذِمَ] Quickness of pace, or of rate of going. (TA.)

أُذُنٌ خَذِيمٌ An ear cut, or cut off: (Ḳ:) pl. خُذُمٌ. (TA.)

خُذَامَةٌ A piece cut off. (JK, Ḳ. [See also خِذْمَةٌ.])