جذم

1 جَذَمَهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. جَذِمَ (Msb, K, TA) and جَذُمَ also, (accord. to some copies of the K,) inf. n. جَذْمٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He cut it off; (S, Msb, K;) and so ↓ جذّمهُ: (K:) or جذّم signifies he cut off many things; or cut off much, or frequently: and جَذْمٌ signifies also the cutting off quickly. (TA.) [It is like خَذَمَهُ.] You say, جَذَمَ يَدَهِ, (Msb, K,) aor. جَذِمَ , inf. n. as above, (Msb,) He cut off, or amputated, his arm, or hand; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ اجِذمِها, (K,) inf. n. اـِجْذَامٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] جَذَمَ فُلَانٌ حَبْلَ وِصَالِهِ (tropical:) Such a one severed the bond of his union; as also جَذَبَهُ. (TA.) -A2- جَذِمَ, (S, Msb,) aor. جَذَمَ , (Msb,) inf. n. جَذَمٌ, He (a man) had his arm, or hand, cut off, or amputated; was maimed of it. (S, Msb.) You say, حَتَّى ↓ مَا الَّذِى أجْذَمَهُ جّذِمَ [ What is it that has maimed him of his arm, or hand, so that he has become maimed of it? ] (TA.) ― -b2- And جَذِمِتِ اليَدُ, aor. جَذَمَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَذَمٌ, (Msb,) The arm, or hand, was cut off, or amputated. (Msb, K.) -A3- جُذِمَ He (a man, S, Msb) was, or became, affected, or smitten, with the disease termed جُذَام. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.)