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Kh-Miim-Dal
To subside, be utterly extinguished (a fire); it's flaming or blazing ceasing, faint or swoon, be allayed (fever or vehemence of a fever), be still/motionless and silent (Al-Qamoos & Tajul-Arus), dispose and submit oneself to an affair or event, be silent and dead, become like extinguished ashes.
khamada
vb. (1) pcple. act.
21:15
فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِيداً خَامِدِينَ
Famā Zālat Tilka Da`wāhum Ĥattá Ja`alnāhum Ĥaşīdāan Khāmidīna
So that remained their cry until We took them all, and they became still.
36:29
إِنْ كَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَيْحَة ً وَاحِدَة ً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ
'In Kānat 'Illā Şayĥatan Wāĥidatan Fa'idhā Hum Khāmidūna
For all it took was one scream, whereupon they were stilled.
Hans Wehr
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