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اخصى

Root: خصى

Form: 4

Full Definition

اخصىIV [as though meaning He did away with that which rendered him like one emasculated; the ا, app., having a privative property;] he learned one science.
2 The use of إِخْصَآءٌ [its Verbal.Noun] in the sense of خِصَآءٌ Verbal.Noun of خَصَى is a mistake.
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