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خشب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَشِيبٌ ذ and ↓ مَخْشُوبٌ Mixed. (TA.) ― -b2- And the former, (K,) or both, (TA,) Picked out, chosen, or selected: (K, TA:) both words thus having two contr. significations. (TA.) -A2- Also the former (S, K) and latter, (K,) A sword polished: (S, K: *) this is [said to be] the prevailing signification: (TA:) or both signify a sharpened sword. (JK, TA.) ― -b2- And the former, (As, S, K,) or both, (JK, A,) A sword of which the forging is commenced; thus [again] having two contr. significations: (S:) or forged, (K, * TA,) or fashioned with the file, but not yet polished: (As, TA:) or newly made: (TA:) or imperfectly, not thoroughly, or not well, wrought; (JK, A;) and thus both words applied to an arrow: (A:) or the former, (S, K,) or both, (TA,) applied to an arrow, (S, K,) and to a bow, (K,) shaped out (S, K) [ in a rough manner, ] by the first operation, (S, TA,) not yet perfected, or made smooth, or even: (TA:) pl. of the former (accord. to the TA as applied to a bow [but I see no reason for this restriction]) خُشُبٌ and خَشَائِبُ. (K.) لَمْ يُنَقَّحْ ↓ مَخْشُوبٌ [ Rough hewn, not yet trimmed, ] is a prov., mentioned by Meyd and Z. (MF, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] شِعْرٌ خَشِيبٌ and ↓ مَخْشُوبٌ (tropical:) Poetry said, spoken, or uttered, as it has come to the speaker, [ unpolished, and unstudied, ] without his affecting nicety, or refinement, therein, and without study, or labour. (A, * TA.) And جَاآءَ ↓ بِلمَخْشُوبِ (tropical:) [ He said, or uttered, that which came to him, as it came, unpolished, and unstudied ]. (A, TA.) ― -b4- See also خَشِيبٌ voce خَشِبٌ, in three places. ― -b5- It also signifies Bad, corrupt, or vile. (K.)

Derived headwords

خَشِيبٌ
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لَمْ يُنَقَّحْ
شِعْرٌ خَشِيبٌ