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خنّثهُ

Root: خنث

Form: 2

Full Definition

خنّثهُII , Verbal.Noun تَخْنِيثٌ, He bent it; namely, a thing. Hence the epithet مُخَنَّثٌ.
2 He made him to be, or become, such as is termed خَنِثٌ.
3 خنّث كَلَامَهُ He made his speech like that of women, in softness and gentleness: so some say.

def.2 تَخْنِيثٌ also signifies The doing what is excessively foul, or obscene; [i. e. the acting the part of a catamite;] but this meaning was unknown to the Arabs [of the classical ages].
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