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خشم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَخْشَمُ ذ Wide in the nose: (K:) applied to a man. (TA.) ― -b2- And, so applied, Having a certain disease in the nose, (S, Msb,) whereby it is rendered corrupt, or unsound, so that he cannot smell: (Msb:) or whose خَيْشُومٌ has a fetid odour; (Mgh, Msb;) from خَشِمَ said of flesh-meat, explained above: (Msb:) or that cannot smell anything, (JK, Az, Mgh, K, TA,) whether sweet or stinking, (Az, Mgh, TA,) by reason of a stoppage in his خَيَاشِيم, from having one of the three bones broken: (TA:) and ↓ مَخْشُومٌ [in like manner] signifies having his nose altered for the worse in odour, or stinking, his nose altered for the worse in affecting the passage of the breath, and preventing respiration; or having one of its three bones broken: (TA:) fem. of the former خَشْمَاآءُ. (Msb.) ― -b3- And, applied to the nose, Altered for the worse in odour, or stinking, by reason of a disease therein, (K, TA,) i. e., by a stoppage therein, affecting the passage of the breath, and preventing respiration: or having one of its three bones broken. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَخْشَمُ
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