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خرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَخْرَبُ ذ Slit: or having a round hole or perforation: (S:) [fem. خَرْبَاآءُ; as in] أُذُنٌ خَرْبَاآءُ An ear having the lobe slit. (K.) ― -b2- A man, (S,) or a ram, (Msb,) having his ear slit; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُخَرَّبٌ and مُخَرَّمٌ; (TA;) from ↓ مَخْرُوبٌ signifying slit: (S:) and (so in the S and TA, but in the Msb “ or ” ) having his ear pierced, or bored: when it is slit (after the piercing, S, TA), he is said to be أَخْرَمُ: (S, Msb, TA: [but see this last in art. خرم:]) and أَخْرَبُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having the ears pierced, or bored: (AM, TA in art. خرت:) and خَرْبَاآءُ a female slave having the lobe of her ear slit [or pierced, or bored ]: and ↓ مُخَرَّبَةٌ a female slave having her ear [ slit or] pierced, or bored: (TA:) and خَرْبَاآءُ a she-goat having her ear slit, but so that the slit is not long nor wide. (K.) -A2- أَخْرَبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.

Derived headwords

أَخْرَبُ
  1. 1.
أُذُنٌ خَرْبَاآءُ