ختم

خِتَامٌ ختام an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (Lh, K.) ― -b2- And a subst. signifying The first watering of seedproduce, or of a sown field: (JK, TA:) or the turning up the earth over sown seed, and then watering it. (Et-Táïfee, TA.) -A2- See also خَاتِمٌ. ― -b2- Also The clay, (JK, S, K,) and the wax, (TA,) with which one seals, or stamps, (JK, S, K,) upon a writing, (JK,) or upon a thing: (K:) or which is sealed, or stamped, upon a writing. (Msb.) [See also خَتَمٌ. And see an ex. in a verse of Lebeed cited in art. دكن.] ― -b3- (tropical:) [The hymen; as being the seal of virginity; as also ↓ خَاتَمٌ.] You say, زُفَّتْ اـِلَيْكَ بِخِتَامِهَا (tropical:) [ She was conducted as a bride to thee with her seal of virginity ], and رَبِّهَا ↓ بِخَاتَمِ [ with the seal of her Lord ]. (TA.) And [hence, app.,] سِيقَتْ هَدِيَّتُهُمْ اـِلَيْهِ بِخِتَامِهَا (tropical:) [if it mean, as I suppose it to do, Their present was sent to him with what rendered it perfect or complete, or with what appertained to it ]. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) The furthest part of a valley. (JK, TA.) (assumed tropical:) The last of a company of men; (Lh, TA;) as also ↓ خَاتَمٌ and ↓ خَاتِمٌ: (K:) whence النَّبِيِّينَ ↓ خَاتَمُ (assumed tropical:) [ The last of the prophets ], in the Kur [xxxiii. 40]; accord. to one reading, ↓ خَاتُم, with damm to the ت; (TA;) or خاتمُ الأَنْبِيَاآءِ, i. e. Mohammad; (S;) also called ↓ الخَاتَمُ and ↓ الخَاتِمُ. (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) The last portion of anything that is drunk [&c.]. (TA.) خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ, in the Kur [lxxxiii. 26], means (assumed tropical:) The last that they will perceive thereof will be the odour of musk: (S, TA:) or, accord. to 'Alkameh and Mujáhid, its admixture shall be musk: accord. to Ibn-Mes'ood, its result shall be the taste of musk: Fr says, ↓ خَاتَمٌ and ↓ خَاتِمٌ and خِتَامٌ are nearly the same in meaning; whence the reading of 'Alee, مِسْكٌ ↓ خَاتَمُهُ: and the explanation is this; that when any one shall drink thereof, he will find the last cup thereof to have the odour of musk: Er-Rághib says that the meaning is, the end, and the last draught, i. e. what shall remain, thereof shall be in perfume [like] musk: and that the assertion that it means it shall be sealed with musk is nought. (TA.) [See also خَاتَمٌ and خَاتِمَةٌ.] -A3- Also, (IAar, K,) and ↓ خَاتِمٌ, (K,) or, accord. to IAar, ↓ خَتَامٌ, (TA,) sings. of خُتُمٌ, which signifies (assumed tropical:) The places of separation (فُصُوص [q. v.]) of the joints (مَفَاصِل) of horses. (IAar, K.) خَاتَمٌ (JK, S, Msb, K) and خَأْتَمٌ (TA) and ↓ خَاتِمٌ, (S, Msb, K,) which is more commonly known than خَاتَمٌ, (Msb, [but see what follows,]) and ↓ خَاتَامٌ and ↓ خِيتَامٌ (JK, S, K, the last in the CK and TA ↓ خَيْتَام) and ↓ خِتَامٌ (K and TA but omitted in the CK) and ↓ خَتَمٌ (ISd, IHsh, K) and ↓ خَتْمٌ (Ez-Zeyn El-'Irákee, TA) and ↓ خَيْتَمْ (Ibn-Málik, TA) and ↓ خَيْتُومٌ (EzZeyn El-'Irákee, TA) and ↓ خَاتِيَامٌ (K) signify the same; (JK, S, Msb, K, TA;) [ A signet; generally a signet-ring; i. e.] a certain ornament (حَلْىٌ, M, K) for the finger, (K,) app., at the first, used for sealing, or stamping, therewith; so that the word is of the same class as طَابَعٌ: afterwards, in consequence of frequency of usage, applied to one not used for that purpose: (ISd, TA:) or a ring having a فَصّ of a substance different therefrom [ set in it; i. e., having a stone, or gem, set in it ]: if without a فَصّ, it is called فَتَخَةٌ: (Msb:) or ↓ خَاتِمٌ signifies the agent [i. e. the person sealing, or stamping ]: (JK, Az, Msb:) خَاتَمٌ, the thing that is put upon the piece of clay [or wax, for the purpose of sealing, or stamping ]: (Az, Msb, K:) the pl. [of خَاتَمٌ and خَاتِمٌ] is خَوَاتِمٌ (K) and [properly of خَاتَامٌ] خَوَاتِيمُ: (S, in which the former pl., though more common, is not mentioned, and K:) Sb says that those who use the latter pl. make it to be pl. of a sing. of the measure فَاعَالٌ, though it be not in their language; which shows that he knew not خَاتَامٌ: the pl. of خَتْمٌ is خُتُومٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- خَاتَمٌ also signifies A seal, or stamp, and a mark: so in a trad., in which it is said, اآمِينَ خَاتَمُ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ المُؤْمِنِينَ, i. e. [اآمِينَ (or Amen ) is ] the seal, or stamp, and the mark, [ of the Lord of the beings of the whole world upon his servants the believers, ] which removes from them accidents, and causes of mischief; for the seal of the writing protects it, and precludes those who look from [seeing] what is within it. (TA.) ― -b3- See also خِتَامٌ, in seven places. [It is nearly syn. with خِتَامٌ, as Fr says: and thus,] it signifies also, (JK, K,) and so does ↓ خَاتِمَةٌ, (S, K,) (assumed tropical:) The end, or last part or portion, (JK, S, K,) and result, or issue, (K,) of a thing (JK, S, K) of any kind: (JK, K:) ↓ the latter [particularly] signifies (assumed tropical:) the last part or portion (JK, Msb) of a chapter of the Kur-án, (JK,) and of the Kur-án itself: (Msb:) [and (assumed tropical:) a concluding chapter or section: an epilogue: and an appendix: ] and ↓ مُخْتَتَمٌ signifies [in like manner] the contr. of مُفْتَتَحٌ; as in the saying, التَّحْمِيدُ مُفْتَتَحُ ا@لْقُرْاآنِ وَ ا@لِاسْتِعَاذَةُ مُخْتَتَمُهُ (assumed tropical:) [ The declaration of the praises of God is the opening portion of the Kur-án, and the prayer for the protection of God is its closing portion ]; (A, TA;) and it is a chaste word, of frequent occurrence, though the contr. has been asserted. (TA.) One says also, الأَعْمَالُ بِخَوَاتِيمِهَا [ Actions are characterized, or to be judged, as good or evil, by their results ]. (TA.) ― -b4- Also, i. e. خَاتَمٌ, of a mare, (tropical:) The lower ring (الحَلْقَةُ الدُّنْيَا [app. meaning the extremity, in which is the orifice, see حَلْقَتَا الرَّحِمِ and حَلْقَةُ الدُّبُرِ, in art. حلق,]) of the طُبْيَة [evidently here used as a dial. var. of طُبْى, i. e. the teat, though I do not find it mentioned in its proper art. in any lexicon; unless مِنْ [...]