مُخَضْرَمٌ
Root: خضرم
Full Definition
مُخَضْرَمٌ
[pass. part. n. of خَضْرَمَ]. You say نَاقَةٌ مُخَضْرَمَةٌ
A she-camel having the extremity of her ear cut. And أُذُنٌ مُخَضْرَمَةٌ
An ear cut. (Mz 49th نوع.)
2 Hence, as some say, A man, or a poet, who lived in the Time of Ignorance and in that of El-Islám; as though he were cut off from paganism to ElIslám; or from infidelity; as Lebeed, (S, K, and Mz 20th نوع,) and Hassán Ibn-Thábit, and Nábighah of the BenooJaadeh, and Aboo-Zubeyd, and 'Amr Ibn-Sha-s, and Ez-Zibrikán Ibn-Bedr, and 'Amr Ibn-MaadeeKerib, and Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr, and Maan Ibn-Ows: (Mz 20th نوع: [see also إِسْلَامِىٌّ, and شَاهِدٌ:]) or a person who passed half of his life in the Time of Ignorance, and half thereof in that of El-Islám: [I have generally found the word thus written;] but IB says that, accord. to most of the lexicologists, it is مُخَضْرِمٌ , with kesr to the ر; for the pagans, when they became Muslims, cut somewhat of the extremities of the ears of their camels (خَضْرَمُوا آذَانَ إِبِلِهِمْ) as a sign of their being Muslims in case of their being attacked and plundered, or their being made war with; and this they were ordered to do in a manner different from that of the pagans: accord. to some, the epithet applied to a poet of the class above mentioned is محضرم, with the unpointed ح, [i. e. مُحَضْرِمٌ,] from الحَضْرَمَةٌ signifying الخَلْطُ, [like الخَضْرَمَةُ, as shown above,] because of his mixing paganism with El-Islám: (Mz 49th نوع:) or مُحَضْرَمٌ: (K in art. حضرم:) and in like manner IKh explains the epithet مُخَضْرِمٌ .
3 Also A black man whose father is white.
4 And Deficient in respect of الحَسَب; meaning not of generous parentage.
5 And One whose origin is suspected; or who claims for his father one who is not: and so مُخَضْرَمُ النَّسَبِ: or مُخَضْرَمٌ فِى نَسَبِهِ means of mixed parentage. One whose father is unknown: [or, app., accord. to the TA, whose parents are unknown:] or one sprung from [a succession of] concubines.
6 Uncircumcised. And, with ة, applied to a woman, Circumcised: or, as some say, cut, by a mistake of the woman operating, in a place not that of circumcision.
7 Flesh-meat such that one knows not whether it be from a male or a female.
8 Accord. to IAar, who does not explain it, it is applied also to food, ISd thinks as meaning Insipid; neither sweet nor bitter.
9 And Water between heavy and light: or not sweet.
10 See also خِضْرِمٌ.
2 Hence, as some say, A man, or a poet, who lived in the Time of Ignorance and in that of El-Islám; as though he were cut off from paganism to ElIslám; or from infidelity; as Lebeed, (S, K, and Mz 20th نوع,) and Hassán Ibn-Thábit, and Nábighah of the BenooJaadeh, and Aboo-Zubeyd, and 'Amr Ibn-Sha-s, and Ez-Zibrikán Ibn-Bedr, and 'Amr Ibn-MaadeeKerib, and Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr, and Maan Ibn-Ows: (Mz 20th نوع: [see also إِسْلَامِىٌّ, and شَاهِدٌ:]) or a person who passed half of his life in the Time of Ignorance, and half thereof in that of El-Islám: [I have generally found the word thus written;] but IB says that, accord. to most of the lexicologists, it is مُخَضْرِمٌ , with kesr to the ر; for the pagans, when they became Muslims, cut somewhat of the extremities of the ears of their camels (خَضْرَمُوا آذَانَ إِبِلِهِمْ) as a sign of their being Muslims in case of their being attacked and plundered, or their being made war with; and this they were ordered to do in a manner different from that of the pagans: accord. to some, the epithet applied to a poet of the class above mentioned is محضرم, with the unpointed ح, [i. e. مُحَضْرِمٌ,] from الحَضْرَمَةٌ signifying الخَلْطُ, [like الخَضْرَمَةُ, as shown above,] because of his mixing paganism with El-Islám: (Mz 49th نوع:) or مُحَضْرَمٌ: (K in art. حضرم:) and in like manner IKh explains the epithet مُخَضْرِمٌ .
3 Also A black man whose father is white.
4 And Deficient in respect of الحَسَب; meaning not of generous parentage.
5 And One whose origin is suspected; or who claims for his father one who is not: and so مُخَضْرَمُ النَّسَبِ: or مُخَضْرَمٌ فِى نَسَبِهِ means of mixed parentage. One whose father is unknown: [or, app., accord. to the TA, whose parents are unknown:] or one sprung from [a succession of] concubines.
6 Uncircumcised. And, with ة, applied to a woman, Circumcised: or, as some say, cut, by a mistake of the woman operating, in a place not that of circumcision.
7 Flesh-meat such that one knows not whether it be from a male or a female.
8 Accord. to IAar, who does not explain it, it is applied also to food, ISd thinks as meaning Insipid; neither sweet nor bitter.
9 And Water between heavy and light: or not sweet.
10 See also خِضْرِمٌ.
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