خَرَعَهُ

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, (S,) aorist خَرَعَ , (K,) verbal noun خَرْعٌ, (S, K,) He cut it, or divided it, lengthwise; slit it; split it; (S, K;) as also اخترعهُ. (K.)
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خَرَعَ أُذُنَ الشَّاةِ, aorist and verbal noun as above, He slit the ear of the sheep, or goat: or he slit it in the middle, cutting the upper part thereof lengthwise, so that it became three pieces, and the middle piece hung down upon the cavity of the ear. (TA.)
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خَرُعَ, aorist خَرُعَ , verbal noun خَرَاعَةٌ (IDrd, K) and خُرُوعَةٌ, (IDrd, TA,) in the K خُرُوعٌ, which is a mistake, (TA,) and خُرْعٌ, (Ibn-' Abbád, K,) [and quasiinf. n. خَرَعٌ, which see below,] He was, or became, supple in the joints: (IDrd, K:) and it (a thing, TA) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, or fragile. (K.)
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خَرِعَ, (S, K,) aorist خَرَعَ , (K,) [verbal noun خَرَعٌ, apparently signifies the same as خَرُعَ: (see خَرَعٌ, below:) and also] He (a man, S, IAth) was, or became, weak, or infirm; (S, IAth, K) as also انخرع: (Lth, K:) he was, or became, weak, or infirm, in body, after firmness, strength, or hardiness: (IAar:) and he (a man, Lth) was, or became, languid, or languishing, or broken in spirit; synonym اِنْكَسَرَ; as also انخرع: (Lth, K:) and [in like manner] تخرّع he (a man) was, or became, relaxed, or flaccid, and weak, or infirm, and soft, or tender. (TA.)
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(assumed tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, weak (اِسْتَرْخَى) in his opinion, after being strong. (IAar.)
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Also, (Sh, IAth,) verbal noun خَرَعٌ, (Sh, K,) (assumed tropical:) He (a man, Sh, IAth) became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of shame, or fear, or grief, or the like. (Sh, IAth, K.) Hence the saying of Aboo-Tálib, when death overtook him, [and he was urged to make profession of El-Islám,] لَوْلَا رَهْبَةَ أَنْ تَقُولَ قُرَيْشٌ وَهَرَهُ الخَرَعُ لَفَعَلْتُ (assumed tropical:) [Were it not for fear that Kureysh would say, “ Confusion, ” &c. “ put him into a state from which there was no escape for him, “ I would do what thou desirest]. (TA.)
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خَرِعَتِ النَّخْلَةُ The palm-tree lost the stumps of its lopped branches [from its trunk, which thus became comparatively smooth]. (S, K.)

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