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خَرِسَ

Root: خرس

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَرِسَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرَسٌ, He was dumb; was naturally, by conformation, prevented from speaking; [he was destitute of the faculty of speech, by natural conformation, like the beast: see أَخْرَسُ:] or he was, or became, tonguetied, or withheld from speech, either from inability to find words to express what he would say, or by natural conformation [of the organs of speech]. You say also خَرِسَ المَجْلِسُ The assembly was, or became, mute, or speechless.

def.2 خَرَسَ المَرْأَةَ, Present.T ـُ [Verbal.Noun, app., خَرْسٌ,] He fed the woman with what is termed خُرْسَة; He fed her on the occasion of child-birth; as also خرّس عَليهَا, Verbal.Noun تَخْرِيسٌ and تَخْرِسَةٌ. In like manner you say, خرّسهَا , Verbal.Noun تَخْرِيسٌ; and خرس عَنْهَا; [so in the TA, without any syll. signs to the verb;] He made for her what is termed خُرْسَة. And , or خُرِسَتْ, She was fed with what is so termed: or a feast on the occasion of her having given birth to a child was made for her.

def.3 خَرِسَ, Present.T ـَ He drank from the [kind of wine-jar called] خَرْس, i. e. the دَنّ.
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