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خَصَلَ

Root: خصل

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَصَلَI , Verbal.Noun خَصْلٌ, He cut, or cut off, a thing; as also قَصَلَ. [Accord. to the TA, this is the proper, or primary signification.]
2 خَصَلَهُمْ, [Present.T, accord. to rule, ـُ] Verbal.Noun خَصْلٌ and خِصَالٌ, He overcame them, or surpassed them, in shooting. (S, K. [In the CK, فَضَلَهُمْ is erroneously put for نَضلَهُمْ.]) See also 3.
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