Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِخَامَة

Root: خيم

Form: 4

Full Definition

إِخَامَةIV , [Verbal.Noun of أَخَامَ,] in the phrase إِخَامَة الفَرَسِ, which signifies The horse's standing upon three legs and the extremity of the hoof of the fourth, or raising one of his fore legs or one of his hind legs, belongs to the present art. and to art. خوم. Accord. to Fr and IAar, يُخِيمُ فِىإِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun as above, signifies He is unable to place one of his legs, or feet, firmly upon the ground, and to rest upon it, by reason of a fault therein.

def.2 أَخَامَ خَيْمَةً, and أَخْيمَهَا, He constructed a خَيْمَة; as also .


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