مَخْرِمٌ

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مَخْرِمٌ The end of a prominence, or projecting part, of a mountain: pl. مَخَارِمُ: or مَخْرِمُ جَبَلٍ signifies the prominence, or projecting part, of a mountain: [like خَرْمٌ:] and مَخْرِمُ سَيْلٍ, the extremity of a torrent: (K: [accord. to the TK, of a sword; for مخرم السيف is there put in the place of مخرم السِيل:]) pl. as above: and مَخْرِمُ أَكَمَةٍ and اكمةٍ signify the place where a hill such as is termed اكمة ends. Also A [road such as is termed] ثَنِيَّة, between two mountains: [or the pl.] مَخَارِمُ signifies the mouths of [mountain-roads such as are termed] فِجَاج: or roads in rugged tracts: or roads in mountains, and in sands. [Hence,] يَمِينٌ ذَاتُ مَخَارِمَ An oath in which are ways of evasion. And لَا خَيْرَ فِى يَمِينٍ لَا مَخَارِمَ لَهَا There is no good in an oath that has not ways of evasion: from مَخْرِمٌ signifying “ a ثَنِيَّة between two mountains. ” And هٰذِهِ يَمِينٌ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ فِى المَخَارِمِ [This is an oath that has come forth in expressions that admit of ways of evasion]: said of an oath that affords a way [or rather ways] of evasion to the utterer thereof.
2 [The pl.] المَخَارِمُ [or مَخَارِمُ اللَّيْلِ] also signifies The first portions of the night. It occurs in an instance in which some read المَحَارِمُ [pl. of مَحْرَمٌ, q. v.].

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