استأصل
Root: اصل
Form: 10
Full Definition
استأصلX
: see 1, in two places, first and second sentences.
def.2 استأصلهُ He uprooted it; unrooted it; eradicated it; extirpated it; pulled it up, or out, or off, from its root, or foundation, or lowest part, or with its roots, or foundations, or lowest parts;; he cut it off from its root, or lowest part, or with its roots, or lowest parts. You say, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ, a precative phrase, meaning May God [extirpate or] remove their شأفة; which is an ulcer, or a purulent pustule, that comes forth in the foot, and is cauterized, and in consequence goes away: or استأصل شأفتهم [in general usage] means he extirpated them, or may he extirpate them; or he cut off, or may he cut off, the last remaining of them. (TA. [See also art. شأف.]) And استأصل القَوْمَ, i. e. قَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ [He cut off the root, race, or stock, of the people; i. e. he extirpated them]. And استأصل ٱللّٰهُ الكُفَّارَ God destroyed altogether or entirely, or may God destroy altogether or entirely, the unbelievers. And استأصل الخِتَانَ He performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce utterly. (TA in art. سحت.)
def.2 استأصلهُ He uprooted it; unrooted it; eradicated it; extirpated it; pulled it up, or out, or off, from its root, or foundation, or lowest part, or with its roots, or foundations, or lowest parts;; he cut it off from its root, or lowest part, or with its roots, or lowest parts. You say, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ, a precative phrase, meaning May God [extirpate or] remove their شأفة; which is an ulcer, or a purulent pustule, that comes forth in the foot, and is cauterized, and in consequence goes away: or استأصل شأفتهم [in general usage] means he extirpated them, or may he extirpate them; or he cut off, or may he cut off, the last remaining of them. (TA. [See also art. شأف.]) And استأصل القَوْمَ, i. e. قَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ [He cut off the root, race, or stock, of the people; i. e. he extirpated them]. And استأصل ٱللّٰهُ الكُفَّارَ God destroyed altogether or entirely, or may God destroy altogether or entirely, the unbelievers. And استأصل الخِتَانَ He performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce utterly. (TA in art. سحت.)
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