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خَدَّ

Root: خد

Form: 1

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خَدَّI , Present.T خَدُدَ or خَدَّ فِى الأَرْضِ, [Present.T, if accord. to rule, خَدِدَ ] Verbal.Noun خَدٌّ, He furrowed, or trenched, or clave, the ground; he made a furrow, or trench, [or furrows, or trenches,] in the ground. The latter (خدّ فى الارض) is also said of a torrent, meaning It furrowed, or clave, the ground by its course.
2 خَدَّ, Verbal.Noun خَدُدَ also signifies He, or it, marked, scored, or impressed, a thing: and made a mark or marks, or an impression or impressions, upon a thing. You say, خَدَّ الفَرَسُ الأَرْضَ بِحَوَافِرِهِ The horse marked, or scored, [or furrowed,] the ground with his hoofs. And خَدَّ الدَّمْعُ فِى خَدِّهِ The tears made marks upon his cheeks.
3 Also He clave a thing with his ناب [or tush].
4 And He cut a thing.
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