خَتَنَ
Root: ختن
Form: 1
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خَتَنَI
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ـُ Verbal.Noun خَتْنٌ, He circumcised a boy, and a girl also: or, as some say, خَتْنٌ relates to men [or boys], and خَفْضٌ to women [or girls]. خُتِنَ: see 8.
2 And خِتَانٌ [which see below, app. as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is as above,] signifies The making a feast, or banquet, to which people are invited, on account of a wedding, and of a circumcision also.
3 [And accord. to Golius, as on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, خَتَنَ also signifies He diminished; he rendered imperfect: and he acted unjustly.]
def.2 خَتَنَهُ is also syn. with خَتَلَهُ [He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him, unawares]: and is syn. with مُخَاتَلَةٌ [which signifies in like manner the act of deceiving, deluding, &c.; or practising mutual deceit, &c.; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to deceive, &c.].
2 And خِتَانٌ [which see below, app. as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is as above,] signifies The making a feast, or banquet, to which people are invited, on account of a wedding, and of a circumcision also.
3 [And accord. to Golius, as on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, خَتَنَ also signifies He diminished; he rendered imperfect: and he acted unjustly.]
def.2 خَتَنَهُ is also syn. with خَتَلَهُ [He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him, unawares]: and is syn. with مُخَاتَلَةٌ [which signifies in like manner the act of deceiving, deluding, &c.; or practising mutual deceit, &c.; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to deceive, &c.].
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