Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حُسُامٌ

Root: حسم

Full Definition

حُسُامٌ A sword; because it cuts that upon which it comes: or a sharp sword; and in the same sense applied to a [knife such as is termed] مُدْيَة: and the edge of a sword, with which one strikes.
2 لَيْلَةٌ حُسَامٌ A lasting night: or a night of lasting evil, especially.


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