خَنٍ

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خَنٍ Foul, abominable, unseemly, or obscene, speech; and كَلِمَةٌ خَنِيَةٌ a foul, an abominable, an unseemly, or an obscene, word or expression or sentence: or most foul, &c.: [or having a foul, an abominable, an unseemly, or an obscene, meaning; for] خَنٍ is not a verbal epithet, since we know not خَنِيَتِ الكَلِمَةُ, but a possessive epithet; like the instance, mentioned by Sb, in رَجُلٌ طَعِمٌ, meaning ذُو طَعَامٍ; and نَهِرٌ, meaning [صَاحِبُ نَهَارٍ or] سَيَمُرُّ بِالنَّهَارِ; &c.

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