خَامَ
Root: خيم
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَامَI
as syn. with خَيَّمَ: see the latter.
2 خَامَ عَنْهُ, Present.T يَخِيمُ, Verbal.Noun خَيْمُومَةٌ and خَيْمٌ and خَيَمَانٌ and خُيُومٌ and خُيومَةٌ and خِيَامٌ, He held back, or refrained, from him, or it, through cowardice, and fear: i. e., from war, or from encounter, or conflict. And one says also, خَامُوا فِى القِتَالِ They held back, or refrained, through cowardice, in fight, and attained no good: and the poet Junádeh Ibn-'Ámir El-Hudhalee says, خام القِتَالَ for خام فِى القِتَالِ.
3 And خام also signifies He drew back, through cowardice and fear, from a stratagem, or plot, after he had devised it, not seeing in it what he liked, or approved.
def.2 خام رِجْلَهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun خَيْمٌ, He raised his leg, or foot.
2 خَامَ عَنْهُ, Present.T يَخِيمُ, Verbal.Noun خَيْمُومَةٌ and خَيْمٌ and خَيَمَانٌ and خُيُومٌ and خُيومَةٌ and خِيَامٌ, He held back, or refrained, from him, or it, through cowardice, and fear: i. e., from war, or from encounter, or conflict. And one says also, خَامُوا فِى القِتَالِ They held back, or refrained, through cowardice, in fight, and attained no good: and the poet Junádeh Ibn-'Ámir El-Hudhalee says, خام القِتَالَ for خام فِى القِتَالِ.
3 And خام also signifies He drew back, through cowardice and fear, from a stratagem, or plot, after he had devised it, not seeing in it what he liked, or approved.
def.2 خام رِجْلَهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun خَيْمٌ, He raised his leg, or foot.
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