خمد

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Form 1خَمَدَتِ النَّارُ3 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarخُمُودٌ

Core sense — the fire subsided, its flame ceasing; the fever was allayed; he faintedgenerated

1.1it died away, and became utterly extinguished—هَمَدَت

Said of the fire: it subsided — its flaming ceasing, but its embers remaining alight. Muḍāriʿ خَمُدَ and خَمِدَت, and also خَمَدَ; maṣdar خُمُودٌ and خَمْدٌ.

You say this of the fire when its embers have gone out.

1.1.1figurative · مجازthe fever was allayed—خَمَدَتِ الحُمَّى

the violence of the fever was allayed—خَمِدَت

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe fainted, or swooned—خَمَدَ

Said of a sick man; or it means: he died.

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, aor. خَمُدَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and خَمِدَت , (A, K,) aor. خَمَدَ ; (K;) inf. n. خُمُودٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and خَمْدٌ ; (IKtt, K;) The fire subsided; its flaming; or blazing, ceasing; (S, A, Msb, K;) but its embers remaining unextinguished: (S, Msb, K:) when its embers have become extinguished, you say of it, هَمَدَت : (S:) or it died away, and became utterly extinguished. (Msb.) [Hence,] خَمَدَتِ الحُمَّى , (S, Msb, K,) or خَمِدَت , (A,) The fever became allayed: (A, Msb:) or the vehemence of the fever became allayed. (S, K.) And خَمَدَ He (a sick man, S) fainted, or swooned: (S, A, Msb, K:) or he died. (S, A, Msb.)

Form 4اخمد النَّارَ2 senses

Core sense — he put out the flaming of the fire; he became still and silentgenerated

4.1the wind allayed its flaming—اخمدتها الرِّيحُ

He allayed the flaming of the fire, leaving its embers alight; or he put the fire out completely.

4.2figurative · مجاز

He was, or became, still, motionless, and silent.

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He allayed the flaming, or blazing, of the fire; leaving its embers unextinguished: (S, Msb, K:) or he extinguished the fire utterly. (Msb.) And اخمدتها الرِّيحُ The wind allayed its flaming, or blazing. (A.) He was, or became, still, or motionless, and silent. (K, TA.)

Derived nouns 3

Nounخَمُّودٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place where fire is buried so that its flaming ceasesgenerated

A place in which fire is buried so that its flaming ceases, its embers remaining alight; [or so that it may become utterly extinguished: see 1.]

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A place in which fire is buried in order that its flaming, or blazing, may cease; its embers remaining unextinguished: (S, K:) [or in order that it may become utterly extinguished: see 1.]

Nounخَامِدٌ1 sense

Core sense — silent; still, motionlessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredstill, or motionless, and silent—مُخْمِدٌ

Also: still, or motionless; having settled and submitted himself to an affair or event.

silent and dead—خَامِدُونَ

In Qur'ān 36:28; or the meaning is: silent, having died and become like extinguished ashes.

on this sense Silent; one from whom no voice is heard.

Qur’ān 36:29 approximate — somewhere between 36:7 and 36:66 Lane cites “Kur xxxvi. 28”

Qur’ān 36:29 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَـٰمِدُونَ

It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were (like ashes) quenched and silent.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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Silent; from whom no voice is heard: and in like manner, مُخْمِدٌ signifies still, or motionless, and silent: still, or motionless; having disposed and submitted himself to an affair, or event. (L.) خَامِدُونَ in the Kur xxxvi. 28 means Silent and dead: (Jel:) or silent; having died, and become like extinguished ashes. (Zj, Bd. *)

Nounمُخْمِدٌ1 sense

Core sense — putting out a fire; still and silentgenerated

See the paragraph just before this one.

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: see the paragraph next preceding.