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خل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خُلِّىٌّ خل خلى خلي a rel. n. from خُلَّةٌ as meaning the “ sweet kind of plants or herbage.” (S.) You say بَعِيرٌ خُلِّىٌّ, (Yaakoob, S,) and اـِبِلٌ خُلِّيَّةٌ (Yaakoob, S, K) and ↓ مُخْلَّةٌ and ↓ مُخْتَلَّةٌ, (K,) meaning [ A camel, and camels, ] pasturing upon خُلَّة. (K.) And hence the prov., فَتَحَمَّضْ ↓ اـِنَّكَ مُخْتَلٌّ (assumed tropical:) [meaning Verily thou art disordered in temper, therefore sooth thyself; or] shift from one state, or condition, to another: accord. to IDrd, said to him who is threatening: (TA. [See also 5 in art. حمض:]) [or it may mean verily thou art weary of life, therefore submit to death: see Ham p. 315.] And the saying of El- 'Ajjáj, فَلَاقَوْا حَمْضَا ↓ كَانُو مُخَلِّينَ [lit. They were pasturing upon خُلَّة, and they found حَمْض; meaning (assumed tropical:) they were seeking to do mischief, and found him who did them worse mischief ]: applied to him who threatens, and finds one stronger than he. (TA. [See also حَمْضٌ.])

Derived headwords

خُلِّىٌّ
  1. 1.
اـِبِلٌ خُلِّيَّةٌ
فَلَاقَوْا حَمْضَا