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أَخَضْتُ

Root: خوض

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَخَضْتُIV [I made my beast to wade, or ford, through the water]. اخاض القَوْمُ خَيْلَهُمُ المَآءَ [The people, or company of men, made their horses to wade, or ford, through the water] is said when they wade, or ford, with their horses through the water. اخاض القَوْمُ: and اخاضوا المَآءَ: [which are evidently elliptical phrases:] and اخاض الفَرَسَ: see 1, second sentence.
2 اخاض البَاطِلَ: see 1.

def.2 اخاض المَآءُ The water admitted of being walked [or waded or forded] in or through: contr. to general rule; being intrans. while the unaugmented verb is trans.
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