Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خدّمهُ

Root: خدم

Form: 2

Full Definition

خدّمهُII He occupied, or busied, him with service.
2 خَدَّمَهَا He gave her several, or many, female servants.

def.2 [خدّم البَعِيرَ He attached a خَدَمَة, meaning the thong thus called, upon the pastern of the camel.
2 Hence,] تَخْدِيمٌ, [as Verbal.Noun of خُدِّمَ,] in a horse, The having a whiteness such as is termed تَحْجِيل surrounding the pastern of each kind foot, above the أَشَاعِر [or extremities next the hoof], and stopping short of the shank; but not in the fore foot. [See also خَاتَمٌ, last sentence.] When it is in one hind leg, the horse is termed أَرْجَلُ.
3 [Hence, also,] خَدَّمَهَا زَوْجُهَا Her husband attired her with the خَدَمَة [or anklet].


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