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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the cessation of intensity, whether it be fire, conflict, or sharpness. It denotes the act of becoming calm, extinguished, or subdued, and also the action of causing something to cease or be extinguished.

Derived headwords

خَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to subsideboth

    The fire, war, or sharpness became calm or subsided.

خَبُواverb
  1. 1.
    to subsideboth

    The fire, war, or sharpness became calm or subsided.

أَخْبَيْتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to extinguish itboth

    I caused the fire, war, or sharpness to be extinguished or to cease.

Parallel reading

خبت النار والحرب والحدة
The fire, war, and sharpness subsided.
خبوا وخبوا: سكنت، وطفئت
They subsided and subsided: it became calm, and it was extinguished.
وأخبيتها: أطفأتها
And I extinguished it: I put it out.