muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarخَشْبٌ
Core sense — he mixed a thing with another; he selected it; he polished, or forged, a swordgenerated
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He mixed a thing with another thing.
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And he picked out, chose out, or selected, a thing: the verb thus having two opposite meanings.
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Also, with the same muḍāriʿ and maṣdar: he polished a sword, by laying a broad, smooth spearhead on it and rubbing the sword with that.
So according to El-Aḥmar, who relates that an Arab of the desert said to him: I said to a sword-polisher, “Have you finished my sword?” and he answered, نَعَمْ إِلَّا أَنِّى لَمْ أَخْشِبْهُ [Yes, except that I have not polished it].
And, or as in the TA “or”, he sharpened it.
1.2.1[How well has it been forged!]—مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا خُشِبَ
And he forged a sword: or he fashioned it with the file, without polishing it: or he made it imperfectly, not thoroughly, or not well — so here again the verb has two opposite meanings.
He also made an arrow in this way: or he shaped out a bow, or an arrow, [in a rough manner, or] by the first operation, without perfecting it, or making it smooth, or even.
Said of a sword before it has been filed.
One says the same of an arrow when it has been filed, before the سَفَن [with which it is smoothed] has been applied to it.
Skr, on a verse of Sakhr, cited under خَشِيبَةٌ.
1.2.2figurative · مجازhe uttered the poetry as it came, without aiming at refinement, and without study—خَشَبَ الشِّعْرَ
Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.
Jereer did this, while Farezdak trimmed his verses; but Jereer's verses so produced are better than Farezdak's trimmed ones.
اختشبهُ has the same meaning.
they speak words, and do work, without aiming at refinement, and without study—هُمْ يَخْشِبُونَ الكَلَامَ وَالعَمَلَ
Or: imperfectly, or not thoroughly; inelegantly, or not well.
And for اِتَّخَذَ السَّيْفَ خَشَبًا see form 8.
Show Lane's original text
, (S, K,) aor. خَشِبَ , (K,) inf. n. خَشْبٌ , (TA,) He mixed a thing (S, K) with ( بِ ) another thing. (S.) And He picked out, chose out, or selected, a thing: the verb thus having two contr. significations. (K, TA.) Also, (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (S,) He polished a sword, (S, K,) by laying on it a broad and smooth spearhead and rubbing it therewith: so accord. to ElAhmar, who relates that an Arab of the desert said to him, I said to a sword-polisher, “ Hast thou finished my sword? ” and he answered, نَعَمْ إِلَّا أَنِّى لَمْ أَخْشِبْهُ [Yes, except that I have not polished it]. (S.) And [or, as in the TA, “ or ”] He sharpened it. (K, TA.) And He forged a sword: (K:) or fashioned it with the file, without polishing it: (TA:) or he made it imperfectly, not thoroughly, or not well: (A:) thus, again, the verb has two contr. significations: (K:) also he thus made an arrow: (A:) or he shaped out a bow, (AHn, K,) and an arrow, (TA,) [in a rough manner, or] by the first operation, (AHn, K, TA,) without perfecting it, or making it smooth, or even. (TA.) You say of a sword, before it has been filed, مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا خُشِبَ [How well has it been forged!]: and in like manner one says of an arrow, when it has been filed, before the سَفَن [with which it is smoothed] has been applied to it. (Skr, on a verse of Sakhr, cited below, voce خَشِيبَةٌ .) [Hence,] خَشَبَ الشِّعْرَ , (ISk, S, A, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (A,) He said, spoke, or uttered, the poetry (ISk, S, A, K) as it came, (ISk, S,) [unpolished, and unstudied,] without affecting nicety, or refinement, therein, (ISk, S, A, K,) and without study, or labour: (A, K:) Jereer did thus, and Farezdak trimmed his verses; but the verses of Jereer thus produced are better than the trimmed verses of Farezdak: (A, TA:) and اختشبهُ signifies the same. (A, K.) You say also, هُمْ يَخْشِبُونَ الكَلَامَ وَالعَمَلَ [They say, speak, or utter, words, and do work, without affecting nicety, or refinement, and without study, or labour]: (A:) or imperfectly, or not thoroughly; inelegantly, or not well. (TA.) And اِتَّخَذَ السَّيْفَ خَشَبًا : see 8.