خاصمهُ

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خاصمهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُخَاصَمَةٌ and خِصَامٌ and [quasi-Verbal.Noun] خُصُومَةٌ, the last said in the S to be a simple subst., He contended with him in an altercation, disputed with him, or litigated with him; i. q. نَازَعَهُ: (Mgh and Msb and K in art. نزع:) accord. to El-Harállee, الخِصَامُ signifies the saying which the listener is made to hear, and which is made to enter his ear-hole, such as may cause him to refrain, or desist, from his assertion, and his plea, or claim. You say, خَاصَمْتُهُ, Present.T of the latter أَخْصِمُهُ, with kesr, or أَخْصُمُهُ, with damm, or not with damm, or both these forms of the Present.T are used, accord. to AHei; the latter agreeable with analogy; the former anomalous; for the regular Present.T of an unaugmented sound verb in a case of this kind is with damm, as in the instance of عَالَمْتُهُ فَعَلَمْتُهُ, Present.T أَعْلُمُهُ; if it has not a faucial letter for its medial radical, in which case it is with fet-h, as in the instance of فَاخَرْتُهُ فَفَخَرْتُهُ, Present.T أَفْخَرُهُ, accord. to the opinion of Ks, but this is contr. to the opinion generally held: the Verbal.Noun of خَصَمْتُهُ is خَصْمٌ: and the meaning is, [I contended with him in an altercation, or I disputed, or litigated, with him, and] I overcame him in the altercation, &c.

def.2 خاصمهُ also signifies He put it in, or by, the خُصْم, i. e. edge, or side, of the bed.

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