أَخْرَبُ
Root: خرب
Full Definition
أَخْرَبُ
Slit: or having a round hole or perforation: [fem. خَرْبَآءُ; as in] أُذُنٌ خَرْبَآءُ
An ear having the lobe slit.
2 A man, or a ram, having his ear slit; as also مُخَرَّبٌ and مُخَرَّمٌ; from مَخْرُوبٌ signifying slit: and having his ear pierced, or bored: when it is slit , he is said to be أَخْرَمُ: (S, Msb, TA: [but see this last in art. خرم:]) and أَخْرَبُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having the ears pierced, or bored: (AM, TA in art. خرت:) and خَرْبَآءُ a female slave having the lobe of her ear slit [or pierced, or bored]: and a female slave having her ear [slit or] pierced, or bored: and خَرْبَآءُ a she-goat having her ear slit, but so that the slit is not long nor wide.
def.2 أَخْرَبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.
2 A man, or a ram, having his ear slit; as also مُخَرَّبٌ and مُخَرَّمٌ; from مَخْرُوبٌ signifying slit: and having his ear pierced, or bored: when it is slit , he is said to be أَخْرَمُ: (S, Msb, TA: [but see this last in art. خرم:]) and أَخْرَبُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having the ears pierced, or bored: (AM, TA in art. خرت:) and خَرْبَآءُ a female slave having the lobe of her ear slit [or pierced, or bored]: and a female slave having her ear [slit or] pierced, or bored: and خَرْبَآءُ a she-goat having her ear slit, but so that the slit is not long nor wide.
def.2 أَخْرَبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.
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