خَمَّ
Root: خم
Form: 1
Full Definition
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
2 خَمٌّ signifies also The act of weeping violently. You say, هُوَ يَخِمُّ He weeps violently.
def.2 خَمَّ, Present.Tخَمُمَ
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 ثِيَابَهُخَمُمَ
Verbal.Noun خَمٌّ,
3 خَمٌّ also signifies The act of cutting; and so .
4 And خَمَّ النَّاقَةَ, Present.Tخَمُمَ
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.
2 خَمٌّ signifies also The act of weeping violently. You say, هُوَ يَخِمُّ He weeps violently.
def.2 خَمَّ, Present.T
2 [Hence,] هُوَ يَخُمُّ ثِيَابَهُ
3 خَمٌّ also signifies The act of cutting; and so .
4 And خَمَّ النَّاقَةَ, Present.T
def.3 خُمَّ, said of a domestic fowl, It was confined in a خُمّ, i. e. cage, or coop.
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