خمدت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of subsiding, quieting down, or becoming dormant. It applies to fire losing its flames but not its embers, illness abating, and generally to a state of stillness or silence.

Derived headwords

خَمَدَتْverb

1.
to subsideboth
The fire's flames subsided, but its embers remained.
2.
to become dormantboth
The patient became unconscious or fell into a stupor.
3.
to abateboth
The fever subsided or its intensity lessened.

خَمْدًاnoun

1.
subsidenceclassical
The act or state of subsiding, particularly of flames.

خُمُودًاnoun

1.
dormancyboth
The state of being dormant, quiet, or still.

أَخْمَدَتْverb

1.
to extinguishboth
To cause something to subside, become quiet, or be extinguished.
2.
to suppressboth
To cause a fire to die down or a fever to abate.

تَخْمُدُverb

1.
to subside (imperfect)both
The imperfect form of the verb 'to subside', used for ongoing or future actions.

تَخْمِيدnoun

1.
extinguishingclassical
The act of causing something to subside or become quiet.

مَخْمَدٌnoun

1.
burial placeclassical
A place where something is buried or interred, intended to cause it to subside or become still.

Parallel reading

خمدت النار، كنصر وسمع، خمدا وخمودا: سكن لهبها، ولم يطفأ جمرها، وأخمدتها.

The fire subsided, as in 'nasara' and 'sami'a', with 'khamdan' and 'khumudan': its flame quieted, but its embers were not extinguished, and I extinguished it.

وكتنور: مدفنها لتخمد فيه.

And like 'tanur': its burial place, so that it might subside within it.

وخمد المريض: أغمي عليه

And the patient subsided: he became unconscious.

و الحمى: سكن فورانها.

And the fever subsided: its intensity quieted.

وأخمد: سكن، وسكت.

And he became quiet: he became still, and he became silent.