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خمل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خِمْلَةٌ خمل خمله خملة : see خَمْلٌ: and خَمْلَةٌ. -A2- Also A man's secret, which he conceals: and his secret disposition of the mind. (K.) One says, اِسْأَلْ عَنْ خِمْلَاتِهِ [in the CK خَمْلاتِه] Ask thou concerning his secrets, and his bad, evil, or foul, qualities, dispositions, habits, practices, or actions. (K, TA.) And هُوَ لَئِيمُ الخِمْلَةِ [ He is base, ignoble, or mean, in respect of the secret disposition of the mind ], and كَرِيمُهَا [ generous in respect thereof ]: (Fr, K:) or it is applied peculiarly to baseness, ignobleness, or meanness: (AZ, K:) حَسَنُ الخِمْلَةِ has not been heard. (AZ.)

Derived headwords

خِمْلَةٌ
  1. 1.
اِسْأَلْ عَنْ
هُوَ لَئِيمُ الخِمْلَةِ