Arabic edit

Root
خ ص م (ḵ-ṣ-m)

Verb edit

اِخْتَصَمَ (iḵtaṣama) VIII, non-past يَخْتَصِمُ‎ (yaḵtaṣimu)

  1. to quarrel, to dispute (with each other)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:28:
      قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
      Allah will respond, “Do not dispute in My presence, since I had already given you a warning.

Conjugation edit