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تشاخس

Root: شخس

Form: 6

Full Definition

تشاخسVI : see 1: and 3.
2 It was made by the repairer to incline, so that it remained not closed up.
3 It, said of the upper part of a man's skull, (i. e. said of his قِحْف, IDrd, O,) or said of his head, became severed in twain, in consequence of a blow: or said of the two [lateral] bones of his head (قِحْفَا رَأْسِهِ), meaning تدانيا واختلفا; [but the former of these two verbs is app. a mistranscription for تَبَايَنَا; and the meaning, they became separated, each from the other, and not fitting together:] and it is sometimes said of the thumb; and of a vessel.
4 تشاخس القَوْمُ The people, or party, became distant, or remote, one from another.
5 تشاخس أَمْرُ القَوْمِ The state of affairs of the people, or party, became divided, and conflicting, or inconsistent. And تشاخس مَا بَيْنَ القَوْمِ The state between the people, or party, became bad, or corrupt.
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