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خدم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استخدمهُ أستخدمه استخدمه استخدمة ٱستخدم ٱستخدمه He asked him to give him a servant; as also ↓ اختدمهُ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ I asked him to serve me; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ اِخْتَدَمْتُهُ: (TA:) [or I took him as my servant: ] or I made him to serve me. (Msb) Accord. to El-Kutb Er-Ráwendee, one says, اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى and لِغَيْرِى [ I took him as a servant for myself and for another than myself: or I made him to be a servant to myself and to another than myself ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

استخدمهُverb
  1. 1.
اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى