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خمد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 خَمَدَتِ النَّارُ خمدت النار , aor. خَمُدَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and خَمِدَت, (A, K,) aor. خَمَدَ ; (K;) inf. n. خُمُودٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and خَمْدٌ; (IKtt, K;) The fire subsided; its flaming; or blazing, ceasing; (S, A, Msb, K;) but its embers remaining unextinguished: (S, Msb, K:) when its embers have become extinguished, you say of it, هَمَدَت: (S:) or it died away, and became utterly extinguished. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] خَمَدَتِ الحُمَّى, (S, Msb, K,) or خَمِدَت, (A,) (tropical:) The fever became allayed: (A, Msb:) or the vehemence of the fever became allayed. (S, K.) ― -b3- And خَمَدَ (tropical:) He (a sick man, S) fainted, or swooned: (S, A, Msb, K:) or he died. (S, A, Msb.)

Derived headwords

خَمَدَتِ النَّارُverb
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خَمَدَتِ الحُمَّى