Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اخترق

Root: خرق

Form: 8

Full Definition

اخترقVIII He, or it, passed through, or over, or across. [See also 1, in the former half of the paragraph.] He traversed, or crossed, a desert, or a land, not following a road. [ He travelled a road: see an ex. voce ثُغْرَةٌ.] He made a mosque, and a house, to be his way, or thoroughfare. Hence, اخترق الحِجْرَ He entered into the midst of the حِجْر [q. v.], without going around the حَطِيم. And الخَيْلُ تَخْتَرِقُ مَابَيْنَ القُرَى وَالأَرْضِ The horses, or horsemen, pass through the midst of the intervening spaces of the towns, or villages, and the land. And اِخْتَرَقْتُ القَوْمَ I stepped into the midst of the people, or party. And الرَّيحُ تَخْتَرِقُ الأَشْجَارَ [The wind passes, or blows, through the trees.] اِخْتِرَاقُ الرِّيَاحِ signifies The passing [or blowing] of the winds. [See also 1, in the middle of the paragraph; and see 7.]
2 اخترق الكَذِبَ: see 1, in the middle of the paragraph.


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