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قَذَّ

Root: قذ

Form: 1

Full Definition

قَذَّI [Present.T قَذُذَ ] Verbal.Noun قَذٌّ, He cut the edges, or extremities, of the feathers, [for the arrow, or arrows,] with the instrument called مِقَذّ, and made them (حَذَّفَهُ, M, L, [in the K, تَحْرِيفُهُ is put for تَحْذِيفُهُ]) of the suitable dimensions, (عَلَى نَحْوِ الحَذْوِ والتَّقْدِيرُ, M, [in the L and K, التَّدْوِير is put for التَّقْدِير, and in the K الحذو and the foll. conjunction are omitted,]) and even.
2 And قَذَّ, He cut anything in a similar manner.
3 [Hence,] قُذَّ, It was made even, and fine, or delicate, or elegant; [as also قُذِّذَ : see مُقَذَّذٌ, and see 2.]
4 قَذَّ السَّهْمَ, Present.T قَذُذَ Verbal.Noun قَذٌّ; and , Verbal.Noun إِقْذَاذٌ; and ; He feathered the arrow; fixed, or stuck, upon it the feathers; whereof an arrow has three, also called its آذَان.

def.2 قَذَّهُ, Present.T قَذُذَ Verbal.Noun قَذٌّ, He struck him upon the part called the مَقَذّ; on the back of his neck. [But see طَبَعَ قَفَاهُ in art. طبع.]
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