خَمَّ

Root: خم

Form: 1

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خَمَّI , Present.T خَمِمَ and خَمُمَ [the latter irreg.,] Verbal.Noun خُمُومٌ and خَمٌّ, It was, or became, stinking; said of what is roasted, or cooked; or mostly said of what is cooked, and what is roasted: or became altered for the worse in odour; said of roasted meat, and of meat cut into strips and dried: or became stinking after having been thoroughly cooked: and said also of milk, in like manner, it became altered by the bad odour of the skin, and corrupt: and signifies the same, in both cases: and خَمٌّ also, said of a cake of bread not thoroughly baked, signifies the becoming altered in odour. [Hence,] خَمَّ, Verbal.Noun خُمُومٌ, is likewise said of a man. And one says, هُوَ لَا يَخِمُّ, meaning He will not become altered from his state, or condition, or from his liberality, and generosity. And هُوَ السَّمْنُ لَا يَخِمُّ, [lit.] meaning [It is the clarified butter] that will not become altered [for the worse]: a prov., relating to a man when one speaks well of him, and praises him. And هُوَ السُّمُّ لَا يَخِمُّ, i. e. It is unmixed poison.
2 خَمٌّ signifies also The act of weeping violently. You say, هُوَ يَخِمُّ He weeps violently.

def.2 خَمَّ, Present.T خَمُمَ Verbal.Noun خَمُّ, He cleaned out a well: and he swept a tent, or house, or chamber: and signifies the same, in both cases.
2 [Hence,] هُوَ يَخُمُّ ثِيَابَهُ He eulogizes him, commends him, or speaks well of him: and خَمَّهُ بِثَنَآءٍ حَسَنٍ, Present.T خَمُمَ Verbal.Noun خَمٌّ, He eulogized him: [and so, app., خَمَّهُ alone; for] خَمٌّ signifies The act of eulogizing.
3 خَمٌّ also signifies The act of cutting; and so .
4 And خَمَّ النَّاقَةَ, Present.T خَمُمَ Verbal.Noun خَمٌّ, He milked the she-camel: or خَمَّ, Present.T خَمُمَ signifies he turned in his thumb upon his palm when milking.

def.3 خُمَّ, said of a domestic fowl, It was confined in a خُمّ, i. e. cage, or coop.

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