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ب خ ذ ع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of cutting or severing something, particularly with a sword. It is presented as a rare or obscure root, with variations in spelling and potential inversions of related terms.

Derived headwords

بَخَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut, severclassical

    To cut something, specifically with a sword, implying a decisive severing.

خَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut, severclassical

    To cut or sever something, used as an inversion or variant of بَخَذَعَ.

Parallel reading

بجعه بالجيم، هكذا في النسخ، والصواب بخذعه، بالخاء والذال المعجمتين، كما في نسخة أخرى
He struck him with jim, as it is in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is with kha and dhal, as in another copy.
وقد أهمله الجوهري
And Al-Jawhari omitted it.
وقال ابن دريد: ضربه فبخذعه، أي قطعه بالسيف، كخذعه، وهو مقلوب منه.
And Ibn Duraid said: He struck him, and he severed him, meaning he cut him with the sword, like khadha'ahu, which is an inversion of it.