Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِخْتَضَمَ

Root: خضم

Form: 8

Full Definition

إِخْتَضَمَVIII see 1.
2 [Hence,] السَّيْفُ يَخْتَضِمُ جَفْنَهُ The sword cuts, and eats, its scabbard, by reason of its sharpness; mentioned by J as a meaning of يَخْتَضِمُ: [see 8 in art. خصم:] and يَخْتَصِمُ العَظْمَ cuts the bone: and الذِّرَاعَ [the fore arm].
3 And اختضم الطَّرِيقَ He stopped the way, robbing and slaying passengers.


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