Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اختوى

Root: خوى

Form: 8

Full Definition

اختوىVIII He abstained from food: and it may mean he became void of everything but anger.
2 He lost his reason, or intellect.

def.2 See also 1, last sentence.
2 Also He took away a thing. He took altogether, or entirely, what another possessed; as also .
3 He stole and ate the young one of a cow.
4 He cut off for himself (اِقْتَطَعَ) a land, or district; as also اختات and تخوّت.
5 He thrust at a horse in his خَوَآء; i. e., the space between his fore legs and his hind legs.


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