خَصَاهُ
Root: خصى
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَصَاهُI
, Present.T يَخْصِيهِ, Verbal.Noun خِصَآءٌ and خَصَآءٌ, mentioned, by MF, from Expositions of the Fs, and خَصْىٌ, agreeably with analogy, occurs in a trad. of Esh-Shaabee, though we have not heard it, He drew forth, or extracted, his testicles; [he gelded, or castrated, him;] namely, a stallion, a sheep or goat, or a horse or similar beast, and a man or boy, or a slave. One says, بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الخِصَآءِ [I am irresponsible to thee for castration].
2 [Hence,] كَانَ جَوَادًا فَخُصِىَ [lit. He was a fleet and excellent horse, and he was gelded]; meaning
3 The poets term satire, and the act of overcoming, خِصَآء: one of them says,
2 [Hence,] كَانَ جَوَادًا فَخُصِىَ [lit. He was a fleet and excellent horse, and he was gelded]; meaning
3 The poets term satire, and the act of overcoming, خِصَآء: one of them says,
[خَصَيْتُكَ يَا ٱبْنَ حَمْزَةَ بِالقَوَافِى كَمَا يُخْصَى مِنَ الحَلَقِ الحِمَارُ
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