خم

1 خَمَّ خم , aor. خَمِ3َ (JK, S, K) and خَمُ3َ , (K,) [the latter irreg.,] inf. n. خُمُومٌ (JK, K) and خَمٌّ, (K,) It (flesh-meat) was, or became, stinking; (S, K;) said of what is roasted, or cooked; (S;) or mostly said of what is cooked, and what is roasted: (IDrd, K:) or became altered for the worse in odour; said of roasted meat, and of meat cut into strips and dried: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or became stinking after having been thoroughly cooked : (TA:) and said also of milk, (JK, K,) in like manner, (JK,) it became altered by the bad odour of the skin, (K, TA,) and corrupt: (TA:) and ↓ اخمّ signifies the same, (JK, S, K,) in both cases: (TA:) and خَمٌّ also, said of a cake of bread not thoroughly baked, signifies the becoming altered in odour. (TA.) [Hence,] خَمَّ, inf. n. خُمُومٌ, is likewise said of a man. (TA. [See also 10.]) And one says, هُوَ لَا يَخِمُّ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He will not become altered (JK, TA) from his state, or condition, (JK,) or from his liberality, and generosity. (TA.) And هُوَ السَّمْنُ لَا يَخِمُّ, (S, TA,) [lit.] meaning [ It is the clarified butter ] that will not become altered [ for the worse ]: (TA:) a prov., relating to a man when one speaks well of him, and praises him. (S, TA.) And هُوَ السُّمُّ لَا يَخِمُّ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) It is unmixed poison. (TA.) ― -b2- خَمٌّ signifies also The act of weeping violently. (K.) You say, هُوَ يَخِمُّ He weeps violently. (TK.) -A2- خَمَّ, (JK, S, K,) aor. خَمُ3َ , (S,) inf. n. خَمُّ, (TK,) He cleaned out a well: (S, K: *) and he swept a tent, or house, or chamber: (JK, S, K:) and ↓ اختمّ signifies the same, (S, K,) in both cases. (TA, and so in some copies of the K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] هُوَ يَخُمُّ ثِيَابَهُ (tropical:) He eulogizes him, commends him, or speaks well of him: (K, TA:) and خَمَّهُ بِثَنَاآءٍ حَسَنٍ, aor. خَمُ3َ , inf. n. خَمٌّ, (tropical:) He eulogized him: (TA:) [and so, app., خَمَّهُ alone; for] خَمٌّ signifies The act of eulogizing. (K, TA.) ― -b3- خَمٌّ also signifies The act of cutting; and so ↓ اِخْتِمَامٌ. (K.) ― -b4- And خَمَّ النَّاقَةَ, (K,) aor. خَمُ3َ , inf. n. خَمٌّ, (TA,) He milked the she-camel: (K:) or خَمَّ, aor. خَمُ3َ , signifies he turned in his thumb upon his palm when milking. (JK.) -A3- خُمَّ, said of a domestic fowl, It was confined in a خُمّ, i. e. cage, or coop. (K.)