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صَدَمَهُ

Root: صدم

Form: 1

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صَدَمَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَدْمٌ, He dashed himself, i. e. his body, against him, or against it, i. e., a thing: or he struck it, or knocked it, [or struck or knocked against it,] namely, a hard thing with the like thereof. Hence the saying, الكَلْبُ إِذَا قَتَلَ الصَّيْدَ صَدْمًا لَا يُؤْكَلُ [i. e. When the dog kills the game by dashing himself against it, it shall not be eaten]. [See also 3.]
2 And صَدَمَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He pushed, thrust, or repelled, him, or it. One says, صَدَمْتُ الشَّرَّ بِالشَّرِّ [I repelled evil with evil].
3 And صَدَمَتْهُ حُمَيَّا الكَأْسِ i. e. [The intoxicating influence of the cup of wine] smote him [or attacked him] in his head.
4 And صَدَمَهُمْ أَمْرٌ, Verbal.Noun as above, An event befell them.
5 And صَدَمَهُ بِالقَوْلِ He silenced him by speech.


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