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خضل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaخَضِلٌ خضل A thing, (S,) or roasted meat, (JK, T, M, K,) moist, or juicy, (JK, T, S,) and well cooked: (T:) or dripping with its gravy; or succulent, and dripping with its juice: (M, K:) and anything moist so that its moisture becomes sprinkled, or scattered in drops; (JK, M, K; *) as also ↓ خَاضِلٌ. (K: in the copies of which we find يَتَرَشَّفُ in the place of يَتَرَشَّشُ; the latter being the reading in the [JK and] M, TA.) ― -b2- Applied to a plant, or herbage, Soft, or tender. (S, TA.) ― -b3- And hence metaphorically applied to life: you say عَيْشٌ خَضِلٌ, (Har pp. 54-55,) and ↓ مُخْضِلٌ, and ↓ مُخْضِلٌّ, (K,) (tropical:) A soft and delicate life. (K, and Har ubi suprà.)
Derived headwords
خَضِلٌ
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عَيْشٌ خَضِلٌ