خَصَاهُ

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خَصَاهُI , Present.T يَخْصِيهِ, Verbal.Noun خِصَآءٌ and خَصَآءٌ, mentioned, by MF, from Expositions of the Fs, and خَصْىٌ, agreeably with analogy, occurs in a trad. of Esh-Shaabee, though we have not heard it, He drew forth, or extracted, his testicles; [he gelded, or castrated, him;] namely, a stallion, a sheep or goat, or a horse or similar beast, and a man or boy, or a slave. One says, بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الخِصَآءِ [I am irresponsible to thee for castration].
2 [Hence,] كَانَ جَوَادًا فَخُصِىَ [lit. He was a fleet and excellent horse, and he was gelded]; meaning he was rich, and he became poor.
3 The poets term satire, and the act of overcoming, خِصَآء: one of them says, خَصَيْتُكَ يَا ٱبْنَ حَمْزَةَ بِالقَوَافِى كَمَا يُخْصَى مِنَ الحَلَقِ الحِمَارُ [ I have emasculated thee, O son of Hamzeh, with rhymes, like as the he-ass is emasculated in consequence of the disease termed حَلَق; for which, it is asserted, (as is said in the TA, art. حلق,) there is no remedy but gelding].

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