خَصْم

xaSomN xSm An adversary in contention or altercation, in dispute, or in litigation; an antagonist; a litigant: (JK, K, TA:) as also ↓ xaSiymN : (JK, S, K, TA:) the former is used alike as masc. and fem. (S, Msb, K) and sing. (JK, S, Msb, K) and dual (Msb, K) and pl.; (JK, S, Msb, K;) because it is originally an inf. n.: (S, TA:) [see an ex. of its use in a pl. sense in a verse cited voce janafN :] but it also has the dual form, xaSomaAni ; (S, Msb;) and the pl. xuSuwmN (JK, S, Msb, K) and xiSaAmN (Msb) and perhaps A^axoSaAmN , [which is a pl. of pauc.,] or this may be pl. of xaSimN : (TA:) the pl. of ↓ xaSiymN is xuSamaA='u (JK, S, K) and xuSomaAnN . (K.)

xuSomN xSm The side (S, K) of anything; (S, TA;) as, for instance, of a load such as is called Eidol ; (S;) and of a bed; and the edge thereof: (TA:) written by Aboo-Moosà with D ; but IAth says that it is correctly with S : (TA in art. xDm :) a lateral part or portion (S, K) of anything: (S:) a corner, (S, K,) as well as a side, (S,) of an Eidol , and of a receptacle, such as a xuroj or a juwaAliq or an Eayobap : (S:) and the [ anterior lower ] extremity of a [water-bag of the kind termed] raAwiyap , that is opposite to the EazolaA=' ; (JK, K, TA; [in the CK, Alz~Awiyapi and AlgazolA'i are erroneously put for Alr~aAwiyapi and AlEazolaA='i ;]) the upper extremity [correctly extremities, at which are the loops whereby it is suspended upon the side of the camel,] being called the ESm [i. e. EuSom , pl. of EiSaAmN ]: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] A^axoSaAmN and [of mult.] xuSuwmN : (K:) but some say that the A^axoSaAm of the [water-bag termed] mazaAdap , and its xuSuwm , are its corners: the xuSuwm of a cloud are its sides: (TA:) and A^axoSaAmu AlEayoni signifies the part, or parts, of the eye upon which the edges of the lids close together. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Also A gap, or an intervening space: it is said in the TA that] AlA^axoSaAmu [pl. of AlxuSomu ] signifies Alfrj [i. e. Alfuraju , pl. of Alfurojapu : and it is added,] one says, of an unsound, a corrupt, or a disordered, affair, laA yus~adu minohu xuSomN A_il~aA A@nofataHa xuSomN A=xaru (tropical:) [ A gap of it will not be stopped up but another gap will open ]; occurring in a trad., meaning, the state of affairs is disordered and distressing, and not to be rectified and repaired. (TA.) ― -b3- [The pl.] xuSuwmN also signifies The mouths of valleys. (JK, K.) ― -b4- And The lower parts, or stocks, syn. A^uSuwlN , (JK, K,) of [trees of the kind called] saraHaAt [pl. of saroHapN ]; used in this sense by Et- Tirimmáh. (JK.)

xaSimN xSm Vehement in altercation or dispute or litigation; (S, K, * TA;) as also ↓ xaSuwmN : (Ham p. 628:) [or each signifies contentious, disputatious, or litigious: ] or the former, knowing, or skilled, in altercation &c., though not practising it: (IB, TA:) or valid, or sound, therein; as also ↓ xaSiymN : (Msb:) or this last signifies one who contends with another in an altercation, disputes with him, or litigates with him: (IB, TA:) the pl. of the first is xaSimuwna , (K,) occurring in the Kur xliii. 58; and perhaps A^axoSaAmN , or this may be a pl. of xaSomN . (TA.)