Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

خَدَلٌ خدل (S, K) and ↓ خَدَالَةٌ (JK, S, K) and ↓ خُدُولَةٌ (K) Fulness [or plumpness ], (S, K,) or roundness, (JK,) of the shank, (JK, K,) or of the shanks and fore arms. (S.) [All are properly inf. ns.: see 1.]

خَدْلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة fem. of خَدْلٌ [q. v.]. (JK, K.) ― -b2- Also A grape that is small and worthless by reason of blight, or the like, and want of moisture. (AHát, K * TA.) ― -b3- And The stem of the tree called صَاب, (M, K,) which is a sort of bitter tree; (TA;) as also ↓ خُدْلَةٌ. (M, K.)

خُدْلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة : see what next precedes.

خَدِلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة : see خَدْلٌ.

خَدْلَاآءُ خدلاآء : see خَدْلٌ.

خِدْلِمٌ خدلم : see خَدْلٌ.

خَدَالَةٌ خداله خدالة : see خَدَلٌ.

خُدُولَةٌ خدوله خدولة : see خَدَلٌ.

خَدَلَّجٌ خدلج Large, big, or bulky; (Mgh, Msb;) applied to the shank, (Mgh,) or to a man: (Msb:) or large, or big, in the shank, with a goodly fulness therein; applied to a female: (Lth, L:) or, with ة, applied to a woman, (S, K, TA,) juicy, (TA,) full in the fore arms and the shanks. (S, K, TA.) You say خَدَلَّجُ السَّاقَيْنِ, meaning Large, or big, in respect of the shanks; like خَدْل. (Mgh, TA.)

1 خَدَمَهُ خدم خدمه خدمة , aor. خَدُمَ (S, Msb, K) and خَدِمَ , (Lh, K,) inf. n. خِدْمَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and خَدْمَةٌ, (Lh, K,) or, as some say, the latter is the inf. n., and the former [though generally used as the inf. n.) is a simple subst., (TA,) He served him; did service for him; ministered to him; (PS, TA;) syn. مَهَنَهُ. (TA.) And خَدَمَ بِطَعَامِ بَطْنِهِ [ He served for, meaning in return for, the food of his belly ]. (S and A &c. in art. وغد.) ― -b2- One says also, هٰذَا القَمِيصُ يَخْدُمُ سَنَةً (tropical:) [ This shirt will serve, or last, a year ]: and ثَوْبٌ سَخِيفٌ لَا يَخْدُمُ (tropical:) [ A thin, or flimsy, garment, that will not serve or last, long; or that will not be serviceable ]. (TA.)

2 خدّمهُ خِدْمَةً خدمه خدمه خدمه خدمة He occupied, or busied, him with service. (TA.) ― -b2- خَدَّمَهَا He gave her several, or many, female servants. (Msb.) -A2- [خدّم البَعِيرَ He attached a خَدَمَة, meaning the thong thus called, upon the pastern of the camel. ― -b2- Hence,] تَخْدِيمٌ, [as inf. n. of خُدِّمَ,] in a horse, (assumed tropical:) The having a whiteness (S, Mgh, TA) such as is termed تَحْجِيل (S, TA) surrounding the pastern of each kind foot, (S, Mgh, TA,) above the أَشَاعِر [or extremities next the hoof ], and stopping short of the shank; (S, TA;) but not in the fore foot. (S, Mgh, TA.) [See also خَاتَمٌ, last sentence.] When it is in one hind leg, the horse is termed أَرْجَلُ. (S, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] خَدَّمَهَا زَوْجُهَا (assumed tropical:) Her husband attired her with the خَدَمَة [or anklet ]. (TA.)

4 اخدمهُ أخدمه اخدمه اخدمة خدم ٱخدمه He gave him a servant. (S, K, TA. [كَاخْدَمَهُ in the CK is erroneously put for فَأَخْدَمَهُ.]) And أَخْدَمْتُهَا I gave her a female servant. (Msb.) ― -b2- El-Kutb Er-Ráwendee asserts that one says, أَخْدَمْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى, peculiarly; [ I made him a servant to myself; ] but Ibn-Abi-l-Hadeed says, This is of the things that I know not. (TA.) [See اختدمهُ.]

8 اختدم اختدم He served himself; (Lh, K;) as one must do who has not a servant. (Lh.) -A2- اختدمهُ He made him a servant. (TA.) ― -b2- See also what next follows, in two places.

10 استخدمهُ أستخدمه استخدمه استخدمة ٱستخدم ٱستخدمه He asked him to give him a servant; as also ↓ اختدمهُ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ I asked him to serve me; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ اِخْتَدَمْتُهُ: (TA:) [or I took him as my servant: ] or I made him to serve me. (Msb) Accord. to El-Kutb Er-Ráwendee, one says, اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى and لِغَيْرِى [ I took him as a servant for myself and for another than myself: or I made him to be a servant to myself and to another than myself ]. (TA.)

خَدَمٌ خدم : see خَادِمٌ: -A2- and see also خَدَمَةٌ, in four places.

خَدْمَةٌ خدم خدمه خدمة , (K,) or ↓ خِدْمَةٌ, (JK,) A space, or period, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the night (JK, K) or of the day: (K:) and خَذْمَةٌ [or خِذْمَةٌ, q. v.,] is a dial. var. thereof. (TA.)

خُدْمَةٌ خدم خدمه خدمة a subst. signifying (assumed tropical:) The characteristic denoted by the epithet خَدْمَاآءُ [fem. of أَخْدَمُ], in a sheep or goat; (JK, K, TA;) i. e. whiteness in the lower end of the shank. (JK, K,) upon blackness; (K;) such whiteness resembling the خَدَمَة, (JK, TA,) or being likened to خَدَم, or anklets: (TA:) or blackness upon whiteness: &c. (K.) [See أَخْدَمُ: and see also خَدَمَةٌ.]

خِدْمَةٌ خدم خدمه خدمة , accord. to some, and inf. n. of 1: accord. to others, a simple subst. [signifying Service ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Also Pay for service: but in this sense probably post-classical.] -A2- See also خَدْمَةٌ.

خَدَمَةٌ خدم خدمه خدمة A thong, (JK, S, K,) plaited, (TA,) thick and strong, like a ring, (JK, K,) which is fastened upon the pastern of a camel, (JK, S, K,) and to which is attached the سَرِيحَة [or thong ] of the نَعْل [or leathern shoe with which the foot is sometimes protected], (S,) or to which are attached the سَرَائِح [or thongs ] of the نعل: (K:) [it is the n. un. of ↓ خَدَمٌ: and its pl. is خِدَامٌ; as below: in the TA, said to be tropical; but this is pro- bably a mistake: the other significations here following are all tropical:] accord. to AA, [the pl.] خِدَامٌ signifies shackles, or hobbles; syn. قُيُودٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) (tropical:) i. q. خَلْخَالٌ [meaning An anklet ]; (JK, S, Mgh, K;) because sometimes made of thongs, with gold and silver affixed thereon: (S:) pl. خِدَامٌ, (S,) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ خَدَمٌ. (Ham p. 612.) كَا@لْمَمْهُورَةٍ اـِحْدَى خَدَمَتَيْهَا is a prov. [meaning (assumed tropical:) Like her who has been dowered with one of her two anklets ]. (JK, TA. [See also مَهْمُورَةٌ.]) ― -b3- [And hence, (assumed tropical:) A ring of white a little above the hoof of a horse &c.] You say of a horse, لَهُ خَدَمَتَانِ مِنْ خِلَافٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He has a whiteness [or rather a ring of white a little above the hoof ] in his fore leg [or right fore leg ] and another in his left fore leg [probably a mistake of a copyist for his left kind leg ]. (TA in art. خلف.) [The coll. gen. n. ↓ خَدَمٌ is used in the Deewán of the Hudhalees, as stated by Freytag, in the sense of (assumed tropical:) A place where the colour differs, like an anklet, on the foot: and a whiteness on the foot of a bull, surrounding it like a circle: and خِدَامٌ as meaning whiteness: or, as some say, streaks (“striæ”). See also خُدْمَةٌ.] ― -b4- [Hence, also,] (assumed tropical:) The place where each foot comes forth from the trousers. (TA.) ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) The shank; (K;) because it is the place of the خَدَمَة, i. e. the anklet: (TA:) pl. خِدَامٌ and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ خَدَمٌ. (K.) Hence, in a trad. of Selmán, كَانَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَعَلَيْهِ سَرَاوِيلُ وَخَدَمَتاهُ تُذَبْذِبَانِ [ He was upon an ass, and upon him were trousers, and his shanks were dangling ]: or, as some say, the meaning here is, the parts from which his two feet came forth, of the trousers. (TA.) And one says, أَبْدَتِ الحَرْبُ عَنْ خِدَامِ المُخَدَّرَاتِ (tropical:) [ The war made apparent the shanks, or the anklets, of the girls that had been kept behind the curtains ]; meaning the war became vehement. (A, TA.) ― -b6- Also (assumed tropical:) A ring of people; (S, K;) a compact ring thereof: likened to the thong described in the first sentence of this paragraph. (TA.) Hence the saying of Khálid Ibn-El-Weleed, in a letter that he wrote to the Satraps of Persia, (TA,) الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى فَضَّ خَدَمَتَكُمْ, meaning [ Praise be to God, ] who hath dispersed, or broken up, your congregation: (S, * K, * TA:) for when the thong above mentioned is broken, or parted, the سَرَائِح [or thongs of the leathern shoe] become loosed, and the shoe falls off: so says IAth, and A'Obeyd says the like. (TA.)

خَدِمَةٌ خدم خدمه خدمة A thong: (K:) or a plaited thong. (TA.)

خَدُومٌ خدوم : see what next follows.

خَدَّامٌ خادم خدام One who does much service; (TA in the present art.;) as also ↓ خَدُومٌ. (TA in art. عقرب.) And also applied to A خَادِم [q. v.]. (TA in the present art. [It is commonly used in the latter sense in the present day: fem. with ة.])

خَادِمٌ خادم A servant; (S, * Mgh, * Msb, * K, * TA;) applied to a young man, (S, Mgh, Msb,) or a male: (K:) and, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) as also خَادِمَةٌ, (Msb, K,) each in chaste Arabic, (TA,) but the latter rare, (Msb,) to a young woman, (S, Mgh, Msb,) or a female: (K:) and خَدَّامٌ [q. v.] is also used in the same sense as خَادِمٌ: (TA:) the pl. of خَادِمٌ is ↓ خَدَمٌ, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or rather this is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and خُدَّامٌ (JK, Msb, K) and خَدَمَةٌ, and vulgarly خُدْمَانٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., of 'Abd-Er-Rahmán, (TA,) طَلَّقَ ا@مْرَأَتَهُ فَمَتَّعَهَا بِخَادِمٍ سَوْدَاآءَ, meaning [ He divorced his wife, and gave her on that occasion ] a black young woman [as a slave]. (Mgh, * TA.) In the saying فُلَانَةُ خَادِمَةُ غَدًا, the word خادمة is not properly an epithet: the meaning is, Such a woman will be a servant to-morrow; like as one says حَائِضَةٌ غَدًا. (Msb.)

[ خَادِمِيَّةٌ خادم خادميه خادمية Servitude; or the state, or condition, of a servant: a term in common use; and mentioned by Freytag on the authority of Meyd.: opposed to مَخْدُومِيَّةٌ.]

أَخْدَمُ ذ i. q. ↓ مُخَدَّمُ, (S, Mgh, K,) as meaning, applied to a horse, (tropical:) Having a whiteness (S, Mgh) such as is termed تَحْجِيل (S) surrounding the pastern of each kind foot, (S Mgh,) above the parts next the hoof, and stopping short of the shank; (S;) but not in the fore foot: (S, Mgh: [see 2:]) or, so applied, whose تَحْجِيل encircles [ the pastern ] above the أَشَاعِر [or extremities next the hoof ]: or the latter epithet, so applied, whose whiteness passes beyond the pasterns or part thereof. (K.) And خَدْمَاآءُ, [fem. of أَخْدَمُ,] applied to a sheep or goat, (JK, S, K,) i. e. to a شَاة, (S, K,) (assumed tropical:) Having in the lower end of her shank a whiteness (JK, K) like the خَدَمَة [or anklet ], (JK,) upon blackness; or a blackness upon whiteness; and in like manner applied to a mountain-goat: (K:) or having white shanks; (AZ, S, K;) like حَجْلَاآءُ; [but see this latter word;] and so ↓ مُخَدَّمٌ applied to a mountain-goat: (S:) or having one white shank; the rest of her being black. (K.)

مُخَدَّمٌ مخدم [pass. part. n. of 2, q. v.]. You say قَوْمٌ مُخَدَّمُونَ A people, or party, having many servants and other dependents. (S, K.) And in like manner مُخَدَّمَةٌ is applied to a woman. (A, TA.) -A2- And مُخَدَّمَةٌ (tropical:) A woman attired, or adorned, with anklets. (A, TA.) ― -b2- See also أَخْدَمُ, in two places. -A3- And مُخَدَّمٌ and ↓ مُخَدَّمَةٌ (S, K) The place of the thong [ called خَدَمَة] (K, TA) in the leg of the camel: (TA: [there said to be above the كَعْب; but this is a mistake:]) and (assumed tropical:) the place of the anklet [ so called ] (K, TA) in the shank of a woman: (TA:) the place of the خِدَام in the shank: (S:) the place of the خَدَمَ; like as مُسَوَّرٌ is the place of the سِوَار. (M in explanation of the former, in art. سور.) ― -b2- And the former (tropical:) The band of the trousers, (JK, K, TA,) at the lower part of the leg of a woman: (K, TA:) or the band at the lower part of the leg of the trousers: (M, TA:) the woman seems to be specified in the K because women generally tic the legs of the trousers upon the middle [or upper part] of the shank, and then make them to fall down over it. (TA.)

مُخَدَّمَةٌ مخدم مخدمه مخدمة as a subst.: see مُخَدَّمٌ; of which it is also the fem.

مَخْدُومٌ مخدوم [lit. Served: ― -b2- and hence, A master; ] a head, or chief: pl. مَخَادِيمُ. (TA.) ― -b3- And A man having a servant of the jinn, or genii. (S, K.)

[ مَخْدُومِيَّةٌ مخدوم مخدوميه مخدومية The state, or condition, of a master: opposed to خَادِمِيَّةٌ.]

3 خادنهُ خادن خادنه خادننه خادنة , (S, K,) inf. n. مُخَادَنَةٌ, (Mgh, TA,) He was, or became, his خِدْن [or friend; or his secret, or private, friend; &c.]: (JK, S, K, TA:) he associated, or kept company, with him as a friend: (Mgh:) or [simply] he associated, or kept company, with him. (TA.) ― -b2- مُخَادَنَةٌ also signifies The contracting of the eyes (Mgh, JM, TA) in holding amatory and enticing talk, or conversation, with another, the latter doing the same. (Mgh, JM.) ― -b3- The saying of certain of the lawyers, (JM,) لَا يَجُوزُ شَهَادَةَ صَاحِب الغِنَاآءِ الَّذِى يُخَادِنُ عَلَيْهِ means The testimony of the singer who has made singing to be his habitual occupation, or means of subsistence, and thereby associates as a خِدْن with people, and collects them to him, is not allowable. (Mgh, JM.)

خِدْنٌ خدن (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ خَدِينٌ (S, K) A friend: (S, TA:) or a secret, or private, friend; a friend in secrecy or privacy: (Mgh, Msb, and Ksh and Bd in iv. 29:) or a companion, or an associate, who converses, or talks, with one: (M, TA:) or [simply] a companion, or an associate: (K:) but accord. to Er-Rághib, mostly used as meaning an amorous companion or associate; a companion, or an associate, affected with sensual appetency: (TA:) the former is applied alike to the male and the female: (Ksh and Bd in v. 7:) and ↓ the latter signifies also one who is thy friend, &c., (مَنْ يُخَادِنُكَ, K,) and who is with thee, (TA,) in every affair, or case, open and secret: (K:) pl. (of the former, S, Mgh, Msb) أَخْدَانٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, TA) and [of the latter] خُدَنَاآءُ. (TA.) Hence, خِدْنُ الجَارِيَةِ [ The friend, &c., of the girl ]: (S:) or he who converses, or talks, with the girl. (JK.) It is said in the Kur [iv. 29], وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَانٍ, (S,) meaning [ Nor taking to themselves ] friends [or associates ] to commit fornication with them in secret. (Jel.) العُلَى ↓ خَدِينُ is a metaphorical expression, used by a poet, [meaning (tropical:) Lover of eminence, ] like عَشِيقُ العُلَى. (TA.)

خُدَنَةٌ خدن خدنه خدنة One who associates with men as their خِدْن [or friend, or secret friend, &c.,] (يُخَادِنُ النَّاسَ) much. (S, K.)

خَدِينٌ خد خدين : see خِدْنٌ, in three places.

أَخْدَنُ ذ Having أَخْدَان [or friends, or secret friends, &c.]. (TA.)

Q. 1 خَذْرَفَ ذ , (K,) inf. n. خَذْرَفَةٌ, (TA,) He hastened, sped, or went quickly. (K.) And خَذْرَفَتْ, said of a [wild] she-ass, She hastened, sped, or went quickly, and threw out her legs. (TA.) And, said of camels, They threw the pebbles with their feet by reason of quickness. (K.) -A2- خَذْرَفَهُ He cut off his (a man's) extremities with a sword. (K.) ― -b2- He sharpened it; namely, a sword. (K.) ― -b3- He filled it; namely, a vessel. (Ibn-' Abbád, K.)

Q. 2 تَخَذْرَفَ ذ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became rent, or pierced with holes. (TA.) -A2- تَخَذْرَفَتْهُ النَّوَى [ The place which was the object of a journey ] caused him to go forth, or depart; (L, K, TA;) as also تَخَذْرَمَتْهُ. (TA.)

خَذْرَفَةٌ ذ inf. n. of Q. 1. -A2- Also Roundness of the legs of an animal, or quadruped. (TA.) -A3- And A piece of a garment or cloth. (TA.)

خِذْرَافٌ ذ A certain plant of the spring, which dries up when it feels the [ heat of ] summer: (Lth, K:) or a species of the [ kind called ] حَمْض, (AHn, S, K,) having a small leaf, and rising to the height of a cubit: (AHn:) the latter is said by Az to be the correct explanation: the former he disapproves: (TA:) n. un. with ة. (S.)

خُذْرُوفٌ ذ [ A kind of whirling plaything; ] a thing which a boy turns round by means of a thread, or string, in his hands, causing it to make a sound such as is termed دَوِىّ: (S, K:) or a small piece of wood, or a slit, or split, reed or cane, in the middle of which is cut a notch, and which is then tied with a thread, or string, which being pulled, it turns round, and is heard to make a sound such as is termed حَفِيف: boys play with it; and it is also called خَرَّارَةٌ: (Lth, TA: [in the latter of which, in art. خر, the خرّارة is said to be a piece of wood like the half of a sandal, tied with a thread or string, which, being put in motion, draws along the piece of wood and causes it to make a sound: ]) or a small, round, piece of skin, attached to which are two connected threads or strings, which being pulled by a boy, with his fingers, it turns round, causing a sound to be heard such as is termed دَوِىّ: (EM p. 43:) pl. خَذَارِيفُ. (S.) Imra-el-Keys likens to it a swift horse: (S:) and it is applied as an epithet to a horse; (Lth;) meaning Swift in his running, (Lth, K, TA,) or in going. (TA.) And one says, تَرَكَتِ السُّيُوفُ رَأْسَهُ خَذَارِيفَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) The swords made his head to be pieces, each piece like the خذروف. (S, K.) ― -b2- Clay kneaded, and made like sugar, (يُعْمَلُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكَّرِ, in the CK يُعْمَلُ منهُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكُّرِ, [the latter reading evidently wrong, and the former I think doubtful,]) with which boys play. (K.) ― -b3- The piece of wood that is put [app. as a handle ] in the hole of the upper millstone. (TA.) ― -b4- A herd of camels: and one separate therefrom. (K.) ― -b5- Lightning gleaming, or shining brightly, in the clouds, and separate therefrom. (K.) ― -b6- Anything scattered from, or of, a thing. (L, O, K.) ― -b7- The خَذَارِيف of the هَوْدَج are The pieces of wood (سَقَائِف) with which the هودج is made of a square form. (K.) [See also دَامِغَةٌ.]

رَجُلٌ مُتَخَذْرِفٌ ذ A man of good natural disposition. (TA.)

1 خَذَفَ ذ , (Mgh, Msb,) aor. خَذِفَ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. خَذْفٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) trans. without a particle, (Msb,) and by means of بِ, (S,) He threw a pebble, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or a datestone, (Mgh, K,) or the like, (Mgh, Msb, K,) with the fingers; (S;) or by taking it between his two fore fingers; (Mgh, K;) or with the extremity of the thumb and that of the fore finger, (Mgh, Msb,) by putting the extremity of the thumb upon that of the fore finger [ and then jerking the latter forward ]; (Mgh;) or with a مِخْذَفَة of wood. (Lth, K.) The doing this was forbidden by Mohammad, because game cannot be taken thereby, nor an enemy defeated, but a tooth may be broken, and an eye put out. (TA.) حَصَى الخَذْفِ [properly] Pebbles that are thrown [ in the manner described above ], (Msb,) is used as meaning (tropical:) small pebbles. (Msb, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] خَذَفَ بِبَوْلِهِ He emitted his urine and then stopped it. (TA.) ― -b3- And خَذْفُ النُّطْفَةِ The emitting of the sperma genitale into the midst of the womb. (TA.) ― -b4- And خَذَفَ بِهَا, aor. and inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) He broke wind with a sound. (TA.) ― -b5- And الخَذْفُ The hastening, speeding, or going quickly, of camels. (TA. [See also خَذَفَانٌ.]) ― -b6- And The act of cutting, or cutting off. (Kr, TA.)

6 تَخَاْذَفَ [تَخَاذَفَا app. signifies They vied with each other in throwing in the manner described in the first sentence above. ― -b2- And hence,] عَيْنَاهُ تَخَاذَفَتَا بِالدَّمْعِ (tropical:) i. q. اسرتا [app. a mistranscription for أَجْرَتَاهُ, i. e. His eyes shed tears ]: so in the A. (TA.)

خَذَفَانٌ ذ A certain pace, or manner of going, of camels. ('Eyn, T, K. [See also 1, last sentence but one.])

خَذُوفٌ ذ A horse or the like (Lth) quick in pace. (Lth, K.) ― -b2- A she-ass that throws the pebbles by reason of her quickness: (S, K:) or whose navel is near to the ground by reason of her fatness: (K:) or so fat that, if a pebble is thrown at her with the fingers, or with two fore fingers, or with the extremity of the thumb and that of the fore finger, it sinks into her fat: (Z:) and that raises her legs to the side of her belly: (TA:) pl. خُذُفٌ. (As, TA.)

الخَذَّافَةُ ذ (assumed tropical:) The anus; syn. الاِسْتُ; (TA;) as also ↓ المِخْذَفَةُ. (K.)

مِخْذَفٌ ذ The loops of the مِقْرَن [q. v.] with which the [ quiver termed ] كِنَانَة is connected with the [ case termed ] جَعْبَة: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) pl. مَخَاذِفُ. (Ibn-'Abbád.)

مِخْذَفَةٌ ذ A kind of sling; syn. مِقْلَاعٌ: (S, K:) or a thing with which one throws: (S:) or it signifies also a wooden instrument with which one throws in the manner termed خَذْفٌ: (K:) or a thing into which stones are put, and with which they are thrown at birds &c., like a مِقْلَاع. (ISd.) [In the TA in art. دث, it is said (in my opinion erroneously) to signify a bullet. ] ― -b2- See also الخَذَّافَةُ.

1 خَذَلَهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) and خَذَلَ عَنْهُ, (Msb, K,) aor. خَذُلَ , (JK, Msb,) inf. n. خِذْلَانٌ (JK, S, K) and خَذْلٌ, (JK, Msb, * K,) or ↓ خِذْلَانٌ is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and ↓ اخذلهُ; (TA;) He abstained from, or neglected, aiding him, or assisting him; (JK, * S, Msb, K;) and held back from him: (Msb:) and خَذَلَهُ he left, forsook, or deserted, him: (MA:) and, accord. to AZ, خَذَلَ عَنْهُ, aor. خَذُلَ , inf. n. خُذُولٌ, he left him, and held back from going with him. (T in art. تلو.) And ↓ خِذْلَانٌ signifies God's failing to preserve a man; accord. to Az, from an evil action; so that he falls into it. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [iii. 154], وَ اـِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا ا@لَّذِى يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ [ But if He fail to aid you, or to preserve you, then who is he that will aid you after Him? ]: here 'Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr read ↓ يُخْدِلْكُمْ, with damm to the ى and kesr to the ذ. (TA.) ― -b2- And خَذَلَ He (a gazelle) held back from going with the herd; or remained behind the herd. (As, S.) And خَذَلَتْ She (a gazelle, &c., K, as, for instance, a [wild] cow, TA) held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone: or held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [ the others ]: (K:) or you say, of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow, تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا She holds back from going with her female companions, or remains behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As. (T, TA.) And خَذَلَتْ She (a wild animal, S, O, or a gazelle, K) remained attending to her young one [when the rest of the herd had gone]; (S, O, K;) said by some to be inverted [as to the meaning], because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left; (S;) as also ↓ تخاذلت, (S, K,) and ↓ اخذلت. (K.) ― -b3- A poet says, (namely, 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, TA,) describing a horse, فَهْوَ كَالدَّلْوِ بِكَفِّ المُسْتَقِى خَذَلَتْ عَنْهُ العَرَاقِى فَا@نْجَذَمْ meaning [ And he is, or was, like the bucket in the hand of the drawer of water, ] of which the cross pieces of wood have become separated from it [ so that it has become severed from the wellrope]. (S.)

2 خذّلهُ ذ , inf. n. تَخْذِيلٌ, He incited him, or induced him, to abstain from, or to neglect, aiding him, or assisting him; and hindered him, withheld him, or prevented him, from aiding his companion, or assisting him. (T, TA.) And خذّل عَنْهُ أَصْحَابَهُ, inf. n. as above, He incited, or induced, his companions to abstain from, or to neglect, aiding him, or assisting him. (S.) ― -b2- He induced him to be cowardly and weak-hearted, and to abstain from fighting. (Msb.)

4 أَخْذَلَ see 1, in three places. ― -b2- Also اخذل, (K,) or اخذل أُمَّهُ, (T, TA,) said of the young one of a wild animal, (K,) or of the young one of a gazelle or [wild] cow, (T,) means وَجَدَ أُمَّهُ تَخْذُلُهُ (K, TA) [which may be rendered He found his mother to hold back from him; or to leave him, and hold back from going with him: or it means] he found his mother to hold back from going with her female companions, or to remain behind them, with him; or to remain alone with him. (T.)