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خمط

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Nounخَمْطٌ1 sense

Core sense — a bitter tree, or its fruit, disagreeable in taste and chokinggenerated

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The kind of tree called أَرَاك; or a species of the اراك having a fruit that is eaten; or the fruit of the اراك; or any trees having no thorns; or trees having thorns, as cited from Fr, and by Z in the Ksh on the authority of A 'Obeyd.

Or certain trees like the سِدْر, the fruit of which is like the mulberry; or certain deadly trees; or deadly poison; or any plant that has taken on a taste of bitterness, so that it cannot be eaten; or scanty fruit of any trees; or the fruit of what is called فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ; or a certain fruit called فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ, shaped like the poppy, easily crumbled, and of no use.

Or, in the Qur'ān 34:15, fruit that is disagreeable in taste and choking; or, [as an adjective,] bitter, and disagreeable in taste, and choking; or bitter, applied to anything; or acid.

In the same verse of the Qur'ān some read ذَوَاتَىْ أَكُلِ خَمْطٍ. This is the right reading according to the one who makes خمط mean the اراك; but according to the one who makes it mean the fruit of the اراك, the right reading of اكل is with tenween, and خمط is a substitute for that word.

[The plural is خِمَاطٌ: see an example under خَلٌّ.]

Qur’ān 34:15 approximate — somewhere between 34:10 and 34:19 Lane cites “Kur xxxiv. 15”
Lane cites “Bd in xxxiv. 15” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 34:16 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ

But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences خَمْط
34:16
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ

But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

Show Lane's original text
The [kind of tree called] أَرَاك : (Bd in xxxiv. 15:) or a species of the اراك , having a fruit which is eaten: (Lth, S:) or the fruit of the اراك : (IB, K:) or any trees having no thorns: (IDrd, Bd, K:) or trees having thorns; cited from Fr; and by Z, in the Ksh, on the authority of A 'Obeyd: (TA:) or certain trees like the سِدْر , (K, TA,) the fruit of which is like the mulberry: (TA:) or certain deadly trees: (K:) or deadly poison: (TA:) or any plant that has acquired a taste of bitterness, (Zj, Bd, K,) so that it cannot be eaten: (Zj, TA:) or scanty fruit of any trees: (AHn, K:) or the fruit of what is called فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ : (K:) or a certain fruit called فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ , having the form of the poppy, friable, and of no use: (IAar:) or it signifies, in the Kur xxxiv. 15, fruit that is disagreeable in taste, and choking: (Bd:) or, [as an epithet,] bitter, and disagreeable in taste, and choking: (Jel:) or bitter; applied to anything: or acid. (K.) In the Kur, ubi suprà, some read, ذَوَاتَىْ أَكُلِ خَمْطٍ : (S, IB, Jel:) this is the right reading accord. to him who makes خمط to mean the اراك : but accord. to him who makes it to mean the fruit of the اراك , the right reading of اكل is with tenween, and خمط is a substitute for that word. (IB.) [The pl. is خِمَاطٌ : see an ex. voce خَلٌّ .]