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خمّسهُ

Root: خمس

Form: 2

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خمّسهُII , Verbal.Noun تَخْمِيسٌ, He made it five. (EshSheybánee and K, voce وَحَّدَهُ.)
2 He made it to be five-cornered; five-angled; pentagonal.
3 خَمَّسَتْ She brought forth her fifth offspring. (TA in art. بكر.)
4 And خمّسهُ He made it five-fifths.
5 خمّس لِٱمْرَأَتِهِ, or عِنْدَهَا, He remained five nights with his wife: and in like manner the verb is used in relation to any saying or action. (TA voce سَبَّعَ.)
6 تَخْمِيسٌ also signifies [The watering of land or seedproduce on the fifth day, counting the day of the next preceding watering as the first;] the watering of land that is [next] after the تَرْبِيع.
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