خفر

4 اخفرهُ أخفره اخفره اخفرة خفر He sent, (S, K,) or appointed, (A,) with him a خَفِير [or protector ], (S, A, K,) to defend and guard him. (Abu-l-Jarráh El-'Okeylee, TA.) -A2- He broke, or violated, his covenant, or engagement, with him; (S, A, Msb, K;) the أ having a privative effect; (TA;) he behaved perfidiously, treacherously, or unfaithfully, to him; as also بِهِ ↓ خَفَرَ, (Msb, K,) aor. خَفِرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خَفْرٌ (K, TA, in the CK خَفَرٌ) and خُفُورٌ: (K, TA:) or خُفُورٌ is an inf. n. syn. with اـِخْفَارٌ as inf. n. of اخفر in the sense above explained, but having no verb, such as خَفَرَ, belonging to it: (TA:) or you say, ذِمَّةُ فُلَانٍ ↓ خَفَرَتْ, inf. n. خُفُورٌ, such a one's compact, covenant, or obligation, by which he had become responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing, or the like, was unfulfilled: and اخفرهاالرَّجُلُ the man broke, or violated, or failed of performing, it: (Sh, TA:) and اخفرالعَهْدَ he broke, or violated, the covenant, or engagement: (Mgh:) and اخفر alone signifies the same. (IAth.)