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أَخْبَثُ

Root: خبث

Full Definition

أَخْبَثُ [compar. and superl. of خَبِيثٌ]: pl. أَخَابِثُ. You say, هُمْ أَخَابِثُ النَّاسِ [They are the worst, or the most wicked or deceitful, of men]. And هُوَ مِنَ الأَخَابِثِ [He is of the worst, &c., of men]. And هِىَ أَخْبَثُ الُّغَتَيْنِ It is the worse, or more corrupt, [in respect of authority,] of the two words, or dialectic variants.
2 الأَخْبَثَانِ Urine and dung of a human being: or vomit and human ordure or thin human ordure: or fetor of the mouth, and sleeplessness: or sleeplessness, and disquietude of mind by reason of grief. It is said in a trad., لَا يُصَلِّى الرَّجُلُ وُهُوَ يُدَافِعُ الأَخْبَثَيْنِ [The man shall not pray while he is striving to suppress the urine and ordure].
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