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khamaʿa

limp

خَمَعَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

خ م ع

Forms

Present
يَخْمَعُ

In the library

أظلعته يقال ظلع الرجل، إذا خمع في مشيه.

Eloquence and Exposition, page 158 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ خَمَعَيَخْمَعُ—
she هِيَ خَمَعَتتَخْمَعُ—
they two (m.) هُما خَمَعايَخْمَعانِ—
they two (f.) هُما خَمَعَتاتَخْمَعانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ خَمَعُوايَخْمَعُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ خَمَعْنَيَخْمَعْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ خَمَعْتَتَخْمَعُاِخْمَعْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ خَمَعْتِتَخْمَعِينَاِخْمَعِي
you two أَنْتُما خَمَعْتُماتَخْمَعانِاِخْمَعَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ خَمَعْتُمتَخْمَعُونَاِخْمَعُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ خَمَعْتُنَّتَخْمَعْنَاِخْمَعْنَ
I أَنا خَمَعْتُأَخْمَعُ—
we نَحْنُ خَمَعْنانَخْمَعُ—

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • خَمَعَ Form I He limped, or had a slight lameness
    , (Lth, S, K,) aor. , inf. n. خَمْعٌ (Lth, IDrd, K) and خُمُوعٌ (Lth, K) and خَمَعَانٌ, (Az, K,) said of a hyena, (K,) &c., (TA,) He limped, or had a slight lameness, (IDrd, S,) in his gait, or manner of going; (S;) he went as though he had a lameness. (K, TA.)
  • خِمْعٌ A wolf
    A wolf: (S, K:) pl. أَخْمَاعٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) A thief. (S, K.)
  • خُمَاعٌ A limping, or slight lameness
    A limping, or slight lameness (IDrd, S;) a manner of going as though with a lameness; a subst. from the above-mentioned verb. (K.) You say, بِهِ خُمَاعٌ [He has a limping, &c.]. (S.)
  • خَمُوعٌ Vitious, or immoral; an adulteress, or a fornicatress
    , applied to a woman, Vitious, or immoral; an adulteress, or a fornicatress; as also ↓ خَيْمَعٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
  • خَامِعٌ Limping, or having a slight lameness
    [Limping, or having a slight lameness;] going as though having a lameness. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (TA,) خَامِعَةٌ A hyena, or a female hyena: (S, K:) pl. خَوَامِعُ. (K.)
  • خَيْمَعٌ Open entry
    : see خَمُوعٌ.

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