أَخْرَبُ

1.
Slit: or having a round hole or perforation: (S:) [feminine خَرْبَاءُ; as in] أُذُنٌ خَرْبَاءُ An ear having the lobe slit. (K.)
2.
A man, (S,) or a ram, (Msb,) having his ear slit; (S, Msb, K;) as also مُخَرَّبٌ and مُخَرَّمٌ; (TA;) from مَخْرُوبٌ signifying slit: (S:) and (so in the S and TA, but in the Msb “ or ” ) having his ear pierced, or bored: when it is slit (after the piercing, S, TA), he is said to be أَخْرَمُ: (S, Msb, TA: [but see this last in article خرم:]) and أَخْرَبُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having the ears pierced, or bored: (AM, TA in article خرت:) and خَرْبَاءُ a female slave having the lobe of her ear slit [or pierced, or bored]: and مُخَرَّبَةٌ a female slave having her ear [slit or] pierced, or bored: (TA:) and خَرْبَاءُ a she-goat having her ear slit, but so that the slit is not long nor wide. (K.)
3.
أَخْرَبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.

Perseus ID: n10257