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خلى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اـِخْتَلَىَ see 1, in two places. [Hence,] السَّيْفُ يَخْتَلِى الأَيْدِى وَالأَرْجُلَ (tropical:) The sword cuts off the arms and the legs. (JK, S, * TA.)

Derived headwords

اـِخْتَلَىَverb
  1. 1.
السَّيْفُ يَخْتَلِى
الأَيْدِى وَالأَرْجُلَ