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جَذَمَهُ

Root: جذم

Form: 1

Full Definition

جَذَمَهُI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ also, Verbal.Noun جَذْمٌ, He cut it off; and so جذّمهُ : or جذّم signifies he cut off many things; or cut off much, or frequently: and جَذْمٌ signifies also the cutting off quickly. [It is like خَذَمَهُ.] You say, جَذَمَ يَدَهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun as above, He cut off, or amputated, his arm, or hand; as also , Verbal.Noun إِجْذَامٌ.
2 [Hence,] جَذَمَ فُلَانٌ حَبْلَ وِصَالِهِ Such a one severed the bond of his union; as also جَذَبَهُ.

def.2 جَذِمَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَذَمٌ, He had his arm, or hand, cut off, or amputated; was maimed of it. You say, مَا الَّذِى حَتَّى جّذِمَ [What is it that has maimed him of his arm, or hand, so that he has become maimed of it?]
2 And جَذِمِتِ اليَدُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَذَمٌ, The arm, or hand, was cut off, or amputated.

def.3 جُذِمَ He was, or became, affected, or smitten, with the disease termed جُذَام.
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