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4 أَخَضْتُ فِى المَآءِ دابَّتِى ذ [I made my beast to wade, or ford, through the water]. (S, A. *) اخاض القَوْمُ خَيْلَهُمُ المَآءَ [The people, or company of men, made their horses to wade, or ford, through the water] is said when they wade, or ford, with their horses through the water. (TA.) اخاض القَوْمُ: and اخاضوا المَآءَ: [which are evidently elliptical phrases:] and اخاض الفَرَسَ: see 1, second sentence. ― -b2- اخاض البَاطِلَ: see 1. -A2- اخاض المَآءُ The water admitted of being walked [or waded or forded] in or through: contr. to general rule; being intrans. while the unaugmented verb is trans. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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