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خَنِىَ

Root: خنى

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَنِىَI عَلَيْهِ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ Present.T يَخْنَى, Verbal.Noun خَنًى; as also خَنَا, Present.T يَخْنُو, Verbal.Noun خَنْوٌ and خَنًا; and عَلَيْهِ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ, or فِى كَلَامِهِ, He uttered foul, abominable, unseemly, or obscene, speech against him.

def.2 خَنَى, [Present.T يَخْنِى,] Verbal.Noun خَنْىٌ, He cut, or severed, the trunk of a palm-tree with an axe; as also خَنَأَ.
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