خَرِبَ
Root: خرب
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَرِبَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرَابٌ, said of a place, or a country, or a dwelling, or place of abode, or a house, It was, or became, in a state of ruin, waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, uncultivated, or in a state the contrary of flourishing: خَرَابٌ is the contr. of
عِمَارَةٌ.
2 خَرِبَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرَبٌ, It had in it a slit, or a round perforation: or he had his ear slit, or bored with a round perforation.
def.2 خَرَبَ: see 4.
2 Also, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خِرَابَةٌ, He stole: or he became a thief, or robber. And خَرَبَ إِبِلَ فُلَانٍ, or خَرَبَ بِإِبِلِ فُلَانٍ, both mentioned as on the authority of Lh, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خِرَابَةٌ and خَرَابَةٌ and خَرْبٌ and خُرُوبٌ, He stole the camels of such a one.
3 خَرَبَهُ, Present.T ـُ inf n. خَرْبٌ, He bored it, perforated it, or made a hole through it: or he slit it: namely, a thing.
4 And He struck his خُرْبَةٌ, meaning the part where the head of his thigh-bone was inserted; or خربة here has some other of the significations assigned to it in this article.
2 خَرِبَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرَبٌ, It had in it a slit, or a round perforation: or he had his ear slit, or bored with a round perforation.
def.2 خَرَبَ: see 4.
2 Also, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خِرَابَةٌ, He stole: or he became a thief, or robber. And خَرَبَ إِبِلَ فُلَانٍ, or خَرَبَ بِإِبِلِ فُلَانٍ, both mentioned as on the authority of Lh, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خِرَابَةٌ and خَرَابَةٌ and خَرْبٌ and خُرُوبٌ, He stole the camels of such a one.
3 خَرَبَهُ, Present.T ـُ inf n. خَرْبٌ, He bored it, perforated it, or made a hole through it: or he slit it: namely, a thing.
4 And He struck his خُرْبَةٌ, meaning the part where the head of his thigh-bone was inserted; or خربة here has some other of the significations assigned to it in this article.
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