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تَحَصْرَمَ

Root: حصرم

Form: Q. 2

Full Definition

تَحَصْرَمَ [تَحَصْرَمَ app. signifies It became in the state in which it is termed حِصْرِم. And hence,] تَزَبَّبَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَحَصْرَمَ [app. meaning He did the latter part of an affair before the first; as when a man writes a book before he has qualified himself by preparatory study]: a prov.
2 تحصرم said of butter [in the process of formation] means It became dissundered, or separated [into clots], by reason of intense cold; and did not coalesce; as also تخضرم.
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