فَمَا بَرِحَ يَبِيعُهُ فِي سُوقِ الْهَضْمِ وَيُتْلِفُ ثَمَنَهُ فِي الْخَضْمِ وَالْقَضْمِ
He kept selling it at a loss and consuming the proceeds in eating.
Haḍm denotes being diminished or selling at a loss in this context. Khaḍm and qaḍm refer to kinds of eating and sharpen the accusation of wasteful consumption.
The triple sound pattern dramatizes a financial sequence: loss-making disposal followed by eating through the proceeds. The description belongs to the wife’s complaint and has not yet been independently established by the court.
Semantic distinction exercise
What is the contextual sense of sūq al-haḍm?