Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

خَوْنٌ خون خونن an inf. n. of 1. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] (tropical:) Weakness. (JK, K, TA.) One says فِى ظَهْرِهِ خَوْنٌ (tropical:) In his back is weakness. (JK, TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Languidness in the sight. (K.)

خَانِىٌّ خان خانى خاني Of, or belonging to, a خان of the mer chants. (TA.)

خِوَانٌ خائن خوان (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خُوَانٌ (ISk, Msb, K) and ↓ اـِخْوَانٌ, (IF, Msb, K,) the first of which is the most common, (Msb,) A table; (JK;) a thing upon which one eats; (S, Mgh, Msb;) a thing upon which food is eaten: (K:) but said to be not so called except when food is upon it: (Har p. 360:) arabicized [from the Persian]: (S, Msb:) the pl. (of pauc., of the first, S, Msb) is أَخْوِنَةٌ and (of mult., S, Msb) خُونٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) said by IB to be the only instance of its kind except بُونٌ pl. of بِوَانٌ, (TA,) originally خُوُنٌ, like كُتُبٌ pl. of كِتَابٌ, (Msb,) but خُوُنٌ is not used: (S:) the pl. of ↓ اخوان is أَخَاوِنُ, (Msb,) or أَخَاوِينُ. (TA, from a trad.)

خَؤُونٌ ذ [for خَوُونٌ]: see خَائِنٌ.

خَوَّانٌ خائن خوان : see خَائِنٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] الخَوَّانُ The lion: (JK, S:) because he is [very] treacherous. (JK.) And (assumed tropical:) Time, or fortune. (TA.) ― -b3- أَعُوذُ بِا@للّٰهِ مِنَ الخَوَّانِ means (assumed tropical:) [ I seek protection by God ] from the day of the exhaustion of provisions. (A, TA.) -A2- Also, and ↓ خُوَّانٌ, [accord. to the CK, each is with ال, but this seems to be a mis take, (see شَهْرٌ,)] The month [ latterly called ] رَبِيعٌ الأَوَّلَ: pl. أَخْوِنَةٌ: (K:) but ISd says, "I know not how this is." (TA.)

خُوَّانٌ خائن خوان : see what next precedes.

الخَوَّانَةُ الخوانه الخوانة خوان i. q. الاِسْتُ [meaning (assumed tropical:) The anus ]. (TA.)

خَائِنٌ ذ and ↓ خَائِنَةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) the latter an intensive epithet, (S, Msb,) like عَلَّامَةٌ and نَسَّابَةٌ, (S,) [and also fem. of خَائِنٌ,] and ↓ خَؤُونٌ and ↓ خَوَّانٌ, (K,) [which are likewise intensive epithets,] Unfaithful, or acting unfaithfully, to the confidence, or trust, reposed in him; (K;) [ treacherous, perfidious, or unfaithful; or acting treacherously, perfidiously, or unfaithfully: thus the first signifies: the others signifying very un faithful, &c.:] pl. [of the first] خَوَنَةٌ, (S, M, K,) which is anomalous, (M,) like حَوَكَةٌ [pl. of حَائِكٌ], (S,) and خُوَّانٌ. (K.) [Hence,] خَائِنٌ النَّظَرِ Looking treacherously, and clandestinely, at a thing at which it is not allowable to look. (TA.) ― -b2- خَائِنُ العَيْنِ (assumed tropical:) [ The languid in respect of the eye ] is an appellation applied to the lion; (K, TA;) because of a languidness in his eye when he looks. (TA.)

خَائِنَةٌ ذ : see خَائِنٌ. -A2- It is also an inf. n. of خَانَ. (TA.) [Hence,] خَائِنَةٌ الأَعْيُنِ (as used in the Kur xl. 20, TA) A surreptitious look (JK, Mgh, K) at a thing at which it is not allowable to look: (JK, K:) or the looking with a look that induces suspicion or evil opinion: (Th, K:) or the making a sign with the eye to indicate a thing that one conceals in the mind: (TA:) or, as some say, the contracting of the eye, or eyes, by way of making an obscure indication: or the looking intentionally [ at a thing at which it is not allowable to look ]. (Msb.)

اـِخْوَانٌ أخ أخوان اـخوان اخوان : see خِوَانٌ, in two places. -A2- [It is also a pl. of أَخٌ: see art. اخو.]

مُتَخَوَّنٌ متخون One to whom خِيَانَة [i. e. treachery, perfidy, or unfaithfulness, ] is attributed. (TA.)

1 خَوَتِ الدَّارُ خوت الدار , (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. تَخْوِى, (Msb,) inf. n. خَوَاآءٌ (S, Msb, TA) and خُوِىٌّ, (Msb,) The house became empty, vacant, or un occupied: (S:) in [some of the copies of] the S with teshdeed, [i. e. خَوَّت,] which is incorrect: (TA:) or became devoid, or destitute, of its occu pants; as also خَوِيَت, aor. تَخْوَى, inf. n. خَوَاآءٌ: (Msb:) or its occupants perished: (JK:) and it fell down: (S:) or it became demolished: and خَوَت and خَوِيَت, inf. n. خَىٌّ and خُوِىٌّ and خَوَاآءٌ and خَوَايَةٌ, it became devoid, or destitute, of its occupants, (K, TA,) standing, without inhabitant. (TA.) And خَوَى المَكَانُ, aor. يَخْوِى, inf. n. خَىٌّ, The place became empty, vacant, or unoccupied. (Mgh.) And خَوِىَ البَطْنُ, aor. يَخْوَى, inf. n. خَوًى, The belly became empty of food. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] خَوِىَ, aor. يَخْوَى, inf. n. خَوًى [and خَوَاآءٌ], He was, or became, hungry; (JK;) as also ↓ اخوى: (K:) or his belly became empty of food: (Har p. 167:) or خَوَى, like رَمَى, [aor. يَخْوِى,] inf. n. خَوًى and خَوَاآءٌ, he was affected with un interrupted hunger. (K.) And خَوَتْ, said of a woman, She became empty in her belly on the occasion of childbirth; as also خَوِيَتْ: (S, K:) in [some of] the copies of the K, خَوَّتْ is here erroneously put for خَوِيَتْ. (TA.) And She abstained from food on the occasion of childbirth; (JK, K;) as also خَوِيَتْ. (JK, TA.) ― -b3- خَوَتِ النُّجُومُ The stars inclined to setting: (so in two copies of the S:) or so ↓ خَوَّت, inf. n. تَخْوِيَةٌ. (JK, Msb, and so in some copies of the S.) And the former, (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. تَخْوِى, (JK, S,) inf. n. خَىٌّ, (JK, S, K,) The stars set; as also ↓ اخوت: and the stars brought no rain: (JK:) or the stars set aurorally and brought no rain; (S, Msb, * K; *) as also ↓ اخوت (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K) and ↓ خوّت. (K.) ― -b4- خَوَى الزَّنْدُ, (K,) inf. n. خَوًى (TA) [or خَىٌّ], The زند [q. v.] failed to produce fire; as also ↓ اخوى. (K.) -A2- خَوِىَ, aor. يَخْوَى, He called, or cried, out. (JK.) -A3- خَوَى, (TA,) inf. n. خَىٌّ, (K, TA,) i. q. قَصَدَ [ He, or it, pursued a right, or direct, course; &c.: if trans., it may mean he aimed at, intended, or purposed, a thing]. (K, * TA.) -A4- خَوَاهُ, inf. n. خَوًى and خَوَايَهُ, He seized it; took it, or carried it off, by force; or snatched it away; (K;) and so ↓ اختواهُ. (IAar, TA.)

2 خوّت الاـِبِلُ خوت الابل , inf. n. تَخْوِيَةٌ, The camels became empty (JK, M, Msb) and drawn up (M) in their bellies. (JK, M, Msb.) ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- And خوّى, inf. n. as above, said of a camel, (JK, S, TA,) He lay down upon his breast, and then set firmly upon the ground his [ callous protuberances called the ] ثَفِنَات: (JK:) or he made his belly to be separated by some interval from the ground, in lying upon his breast, (S, TA, *) and set firmly [ upon the ground ] his ثَفِنَات. (TA.) And in like manner, (S,) خوّى فِى سُجُودِهِ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) said of a man, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He raised his belly from the ground in his prostration: (S, * Msb:) or he put, or set, his upper arms apart, or remote, from his sides therein: (Mgh, Msb:) or he drew up his body, and made a space between his upper arms and his sides, in his prostration: (K:) thus a man is directed to do in prostrating himself in prayer. (Mgh, TA.) ― -b4- Said of a man, it signifies also He lowered his eyes, or looked towards the ground, desiring to be silent. (JK.) ― -b5- Said of a bird, It hung down its wings: (S:) or it spread its wings, (JK, TA,) and stretched out its legs, (TA,) desiring to alight. (JK, TA.) ― -b6- خَوَّتِ النُّجُومُ: see 1, in two places. -A2- خَوَّيْتُهَا, inf. n. as above, I dug (K, TA) for her, namely, a woman, (TA,) a hole, or hollow, in the ground, and kindled [ fire ] in it, and then seated her in it, or upon it, (فِيهَا [i. e. فِى الحَفِيرَةِ],) on account of a disease that she had. (K, TA.) One says of a woman for whom this is done, خُوِّيَتْ. (As, TA.) -A3- And خوّى لَهَا, (JK, Kr, S, K,) and خَوَّاهَا, (K,) inf. n. as above, He made for her (namely, a woman,) the food called خَوِيَّة, (JK, Kr, S, K,) that she might eat it. (S.)

4 أَخْوَىَ see 1, in four places. ― -b2- اخوى المَالُ The cattle, or camels &c., attained the utmost degree of fatness; as also ↓ خوّى, inf. n. تَخْوِيَةٌ. (Fr, K.) -A2- See also 8.

8 اختوى اختوى اختوي He abstained from food: and it may mean he became void of everything but anger. (Ham p. 219.) ― -b2- He lost his reason, or intellect. (K.) -A2- See also 1, last sentence. ― -b2- Also He took away a thing. (JK.) He took altogether, or entirely, what another possessed; as also ↓ اخوى. (JK, K.) ― -b3- He (a beast of prey) stole and ate the young one of a cow. (IAar, K.) ― -b4- He cut off for himself (اِقْتَطَعَ) a land, or district; (IAar, K;) as also اختات and تخوّت. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- He thrust at a horse in his خَوَاآء; i. e., the space between his fore legs and his hind legs. (JK, K.)

خَوًى خواء خوى خوي خويي Emptiness of the belly; (JK, K;) i. e. its emptiness of food; as also ↓ خَوَاآءٌ; (K;) [both inf. ns.;] the former of higher authority than the latter. (TA.) And Hunger; (JK, Msb;) as also ↓ خَوَاآءٌ, (TA,) i. q. خَوٌّ. (K, TA. [In the CK, والخُوُّ بالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ is erroneously put for والخَوُّ وَبِالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ. The word خَوٌّ belongs to art. خو, q. v.]) ― -b2- See also خَوَاآءٌ. ― -b3- Also, [الخَوِىٌّ in the CK being a mistake for الخَوَى,] A low, or depressed, tract between two moun tains: and a soft tract of land: (K, TA:) or a low, or depressed, tract, in plain, or soft, and in rugged and hard, ground, sinking into the earth, larger than the [ tract termed ] سُهْب, producing much herbage: (AHn, TA:) or any wide valley in a soft, or plain, [ low ground such as is termed ] جَوّ; (Az, TA;) as also خَوٌّ: (Az, TA in art. خو:) or a soft, far-extending, valley. (As, TA.) -A2- Also i. q. ثَابِتٌ [ Continuing, subsisting, lasting, &c.]: (K:) of the dial. of Teiyi. (TA.) -A3- And A flow of blood from the nose; or blood flowing from the nose. (K. [In this instance the word is correctly given in the CK.])

خَوَاةٌ خواء خواه خواة خوى The space between the udder and the vulva in the she-camel and other cattle; (K, * TA; [accord. to the CK and JK, ↓ خَوِيَّةٌ; but this is app. a mistake;]) also with medd [i. e. ↓ خَوَايَةٌ, for خَوَاةٌ is originally خَوَيَةٌ]. (K.) -A2- Also A sound: (A 'Obeyd, S, TA:) and the confused and continued sound (حَفِيف) of pouring of rain: (IAar, TA:) and ↓ خَوَايَةٌ signifies the confused and continued sound (حَفِيف [in the CK, erroneously, خَفِيف,]) of the running of horses: (K, TA:) and a sound like what one fancies. (Aboo-Málik, TA.)

خَوَاآءٌ خواآء : see خَوًى, in two places. ― -b2- Also An intervening space between two things. (JK, Mgh, * TA.) The space between the fore legs and the kind legs of a horse; (JK, K;) as also ↓ خَوًى. (JK.) A vacant space between two things; (K;) such between the heaven and the earth; (TA;) like هَوَاآءٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b3- A wide, or spacious, open tract of the earth, containing no herbage nor trees nor habitations. (TA.)

خُوَاآءٌ خواآء (like غُرَابٌ [in measure], TA) Honey. (Ez-Zejjájee, K, TA. [By a mistake in the CK, mentioned above, voce خَوًى, the word thus explained is there made to be خُوٌّ.])

خَوِىٌّ خواء خوى خوي خويي , of the measure فَعِيلٌ, A low, or de pressed, soft, or plain, tract of land. (S, TA.)

خَوَايَةٌ خوايه خواية : see خَوَاةٌ, first sentence. ― -b2- Also The part that a horse closes with his tail, of the space between his hind legs. (TA.) ― -b3- The part of a spear-head into which the shaft enters. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- And The wide part of the interior of a رَحْل [or camel's saddle]. (K, TA. [In the CK, من الرَّجُلِ is erroneously put for من الرَّحْلِ.]) -A2- See also خَوَاةٌ, second sentence.

خَوِيَّةٌ خوي خويه خوية Food prepared for a woman on the oc casion of childbirth. (S, K.) -A2- See also خَوَاةٌ.

[ خَاوٍ خاو خاوي part. n. of 1.] فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً, in the Kur [xxvii. 53], means [ And those are their houses, ] empty; or, as some say, fallen down: like the phrase in the same [ii. 261 and xxii. 44], خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا having fallen down upon its roofs: (S:) or this means empty; its walls having fallen upon its roofs. (Bd in ii. 261. [See also عَرْشٌ.]) You say also أَرْضٌ خَاوِيَةٌ A land devoid of its inhabitants: (K:) and some times it means, of rain. (TA.) كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ, in the Kur [lxix. 7], means [ As though they were trunks of palm-trees ] torn up: (TA:) or eaten within: (Bd:) or fallen down and empty. (Jel.)

خَاوِيَةٌ خاوي خاويه خاوية [fem. of خَاوٍ: and hence, as a subst.,] A calamity, or misfortune. (Kr, TA.)

خَاوِىٌّ خاوى خاوي خاويي : see خَائِىٌّ, in art. خوأ.

مُخَوًّى مخوى مخوي The place of a camel's lying down in the manner described above voce خَوَّى: [and so app. مُخَوَّاةٌ; for] the pl. is مُخَوَّيَاتٌ. (JK.)

2 خَيَّيْتُ خَاآءً خييت خاآء I wrote a خ. (JK, TA.)

[ خُيَيَّةٌ خييه خيية . dim. of خَاآءٌ, q. v. in art. خوأ.]

1 خَابَ خاب , (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. يَخِيبُ (Msb, K) and يَخُوبُ, (TA,) inf. n. خَيْبَةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He (a man, S) was disappointed of attaining what he desired or sought; was balked; was unsuccessful; failed of attaining his desire: (S, Msb, K:) he was denied, refused, prohibited from attaining, or debarred from, what he desired or sought. (A, K.) You say, مَنْ هَابَ خَابَ [ He who fears will be disappointed ]. (A, TA.) And خَابَ سَعْيُهُ وَأَمَلُهُ [ His labour, and his hope, or expectation, resulted in disappointment; were disappointed, balked, or frustrated; ] he attained not what he sought or desired. (A, TA.) [See also خَيْبَةٌ, below.] ― -b2- Also He suffered loss. (K.) ― -b3- And i. q. كَفَرَ [ He disbelieved; or be came an unbeliever, or infidel; &c.]. (K.)

2 خيّبهُ خيب خيبه خيبة , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَخْيِيبٌ, (S,) He (God, A, Msb, K, or a man, S) disappointed him; or caused him to be disappointed of at taining what he desired or sought, to be balked, to be unsuccessful, or to fail of attaining his desire: (S, Msb:) he denied him, refused him, prohibited him from attaining, or debarred him from, that which he desired or sought. (A, K.)

خَيْبَةٌ خيب خيبه خيبة inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) It is said in a prov., (S, Msb, K,) الهَيْبَةٌ خَيْبَةٌ [ Fear is a cause of disappointment ]. (S, A, Msb, K.) And one says, خَيْبَةً لِزَيْدٍ [May God send dis appointment to Zeyd ], and خَيْبَةٌ لِزَيْدٍ [ Disappointment be to, or befall, Zeyd ]: (S, K:) خيبة in the former instance being in the accus. case as governed by a verb understood; and in the latter, in the nom. case as an inchoative: (S:) each being a form of imprecation. (K.)

قَدْحٌ خَيَّابٌ قدح خياب (tropical:) [ An endeavour to produce fire with a زَنْد] that does not produce fire (لَايُورِى). (A, K. * [In some copies of the K, for قَدْح, we find قِدْح. Golius explains خَيَّابٌ as meaning ignitabulum fallens, quod non excudit semina ignis: but I cannot anywhere find قَدْحٌ or قِدْحٌ in the sense which he assigns to one of these words, which is that of مِقْدَحَةٌ &c.]) ― -b2- In the following verse, quoted by Th, اُسْكُتْ وَلَا تَنْطِقْ فَأَنْتَ خَيَّابْ كُلُّكَ ذُو عَيْبٍ وَأَنْتَ عَيَّابٌ حيّاب may be [an epithet] of the measure فَعَّال from الخَيْبَةُ; [so that the meaning may be (assumed tropical:) Be thou silent, and speak not, for thou art habitually unsuccessful; thou art altogether vitious, or faulty, and thou art a great imputer of vices, or faults, to others; ] or the person there men tioned may be meant to be likened to the قدح above mentioned. (TA.) ― -b3- One says also, سَعْيُهُ فِى خَيَّابِ بْنِ هَيَّابٍ (tropical:) His labour [has ended, or ends, or will end,] in loss. (A, K.)

خَائِبٌ ذ part. n. of 1. (Msb, TA.) -A2- خَائِبِكَ and بِخَائِبِكَ: see خَاآءَ بِكَ in art. خوأ.

قِدْحٌ أَخْيَبُ ذ (assumed tropical:) An arrow of those employed in the game called المَيْسِر, to which no lot, or portion, pertains: for there are three such arrows; namely, the مَنِيح, the سَفِيح, and the وَغْد: occurring in a trad. of 'Alee. (TA.)

وَقَعُوا فِى وَادِى تُخُيِّبَ وقعوا في وادي تخيب , (Ks, S, A, K, but in the last وَقَعَ,) and تُخَيِّبَ, (A, K,) the last word being imperfectly decl. [in each of these instances], (Ks, S, A, K,) meaning فِى البَاطِلِ [i. e. They fell into that which was vain, unreal, nought, futile, or the like, and consequently, into disappointment ], (Ks, S, K,) or فى بَاطِلٍ [ into a state of things that was vain, &c.]. (A.)

1 خَاتَ خات , aor. يَخِيتُ, (IAar,) inf. n. خَيْتٌ and خُيُوتٌ, (IAar, K,) and inf. n. of un. خَيْتَةٌ, (IAar,) He made a sound, syn. صَوَّتَ; (IAar, K;*) [app. with his wings, in pouncing down, or making a stoop; see 1 in art. خوت;] said of a bird. (IAar.) -A2- خَاتَهُ مَالَهُ, aor. يَخِيتُهُ: see 1 in art. خوت.

1 خَارَ خار , aor. يَخِيرُ, (K,) inf. n. خَيْرٌ, (TA,) He (a man, TA) was, or became, possessed of خَيْر [or good, &c.]. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [ He was, or be came, good: and he did good: contr. of شَرَّ.] You say, خِرْتَ يَا رَجُلُ [ Thou hast been good; or thou hast done good, or well; O man ]. (S.) And خَارَا@للّٰهُ لَكَ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [ May God do good to thee, bless thee, prosper thee, or favour thee, in this affair: or] may God cause thee to have, or appoint to thee, good in this affair: (K:) or may God choose for thee the better thing [ in this affair ]. (A.) الّٰهُمَّ خِرْلِى occurs in a trad., meaning O God, choose for me the better of the two things. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 8. ― -b4- خَارَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ, aor. as above, inf. n. خِيرَةٌ and خِيَرٌ (Msb, K *) and خِيَرَةٌ (K) and خَيْرٌ; (Msb, TA;) and ↓ خيّرهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَخْيِيرٌ; (TA;) He preferred him before his companion, (Msb, K. *) ― -b5- خَايَرَهُ فَخَارَهُ: see 3.

2 خيّرهُ خير خيره خيرة He gave him the choice, or option, (S, A, * Mgh, * Msb, * K,) بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ [ between the two things ], (S, Mgh, Msb,) or بين الأَمْرَيْنِ [ between the two affairs ]: ↓ فَتَخَيَّرَ [ so he had the choice, or option, given him ]. (A.) ― -b2- See also 1. It is said in a trad., خَيَّرَ بَيْنَ دُورِ الأَنْصَارِ, meaning He preferred some among the houses of the Assistants before others of them. (TA.) And in another trad., خُيِّرَ, meaning He was preferred, and pronounced to have surpassed, or overcome, or won, in a contest, or dispute. (IAth.)

3 خَاْيَرَ ↓ خَايَرَهُ فَخَارَهُ, (A, K,) inf. n. مُخَايَرَةٌ, (A,) He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, or contended with him for superiority, in goodness, or excellence, (A, K,) in, or with respect to, (فِى,) a thing, (A,) and he surpassed him therein. (A, K.)

4 مَا أَخْيَرَ فُلَانًا ذ , (A,) and ↓ مَا خَيْرَهُ, which latter is extr. [with respect to form, though more commonly used than the former], (TA,) [ How good is such a one! ] phrases similar to مَاأَشَّرَهُ and مَا شَّرَهُ [which have the contr. meaning]. (TA.) اللَّبَنَ لِلْمَرِيضِ ↓ مَا خَيْرَ [ How good is milk for the diseased! ], (K, * TA,) with nasb to the ر and ن, is an expression of wonder: (K:) it was said to Khalaf El-Ahmar, by an Arab of the desert, in the presence of Aboo-Zeyd; whereupon Khalaf said to him, “ What a good word, if thou hadst not defiled it by mentioning it to the [common] people! ” and Aboo-Zeyd returned to his companions, and desired them, when Khalaf ElAhmar should come, to say, all together, these words (ما خير اللبن للمريض), [in order to vex him], and they did so. (TA.)

5 تخيّر تخير خار خير , as an intrans. v.: see 2. -A2- As a trans. v.: see 8.

6 تخايروا فِيهِ اـِلَى حَكَمٍ تخايروا فيه الي حكم They contended together for superior goodness, or for excellence, in it, or with respect to it, appealing to a judge, or an arbiter. (A.)

8 اختارهُ أختاره اختاره اختارة ٱختار ٱختاره ; and ↓ تخيّرهُ, (S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. [or rather quasi-inf. n.] ↓ خِيَرَةٌ, said by IAth to be the only instance of the kind except طِيَرَةٌ; (TA voce تَطَيَّرَ;) and ↓ استخارهُ; (A;) and ↓ خَارَهُ; (K;) He chose, made choice of. selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it. (S, Msb, * K.) You say also, اِخْتَرْتُهُ الرِّجَالَ, and مِنَ الرِّجَالِ, [ I chose him from the men, ] and عَلَيْهِمْ, (K,) which last signifies in preference to them. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [vii. 154], وَا@خْتَارَ مُوسَى قَوْمِهِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا [ And Moses chose from his people seventy men ]. (TA.) وَلَقَدِ ا@خْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَى عِلْمٍ, in the Kur [xliv. 31, Verily we have chosen them with knowledge ], may be indicative of God's producing good, or of his preferring them before others. (TA.)

10 استخار استخار ٱستخار He sought, desired, or asked for, خِيرَة (S, Msb, K) or خِيَرَة (as in some copies of the K) [i. e. the blessing, prospering, or favour, of God; &c.]. [And it is trans.; for] one says, اِسْتَخِرِ ا@للّٰهَ يَخِرْ لَكَ [ Desire thou, or ask thou for, the blessing, prospering, or favour, of God; &c.; and He will bless, prosper, or favour, thee; &c.]. (S.) And اِسْتَخَرْتُ ا@للّٰهَ فِيهِ فَخَارَ لِى I desired, or asked, of God, the better of the two things, [or rather the better in it, meaning a case, or an affair,] and He chose it for me. (A.) ― -b2- See also 8.

خَيْرٌ خير [ Good, moral or physical; anything that is good, real or ideal, and actual or potential; and, being originally an inf. n., used as sing and pl.;] a thing that all desire; such as intelligence, for instance, and equity; (Er-Rághib, and so in some copies of the K;) [or goodness; ] and excellence; and what is profitable or useful; benefit; (Er-Rághib;) contr. of شَرٌّ: (S, A, Msb:) pl. خُيُورٌ, (Msb, K,) and also, accord. to the Msb, ↓ خِيَارٌ: (TA:) [but this latter seems to be properly pl. only of خَيْرٌ used as an epithet (see below) and as a noun denoting the comparative and superlative degrees: it may however be used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant:] خير is of two kinds: namely, absolute خير, which is what is desired in all circumstances and by every person: and what is خير [or good ] to one and شرّ [or evil ] to another; as, for instance, (Er-Rághib,) wealth, or property: (Zj, L in art. شد, Er-Rághib, K:) it has this last signification, namely wealth, or property, in the Kur, ii. 176 (S, TA) and ii. 274 and xxiv. 33 and xli. 49: or in the first and second of these instances it is thus called to imply the meaning of wealth, or property, that has been collected in a praiseworthy manner, or it means much wealth or property; and this is its meaning in the first of the instances mentioned above, agreeably with a trad. of 'Alee; and also in the Kur, c. 8: (TA:) [being used as a pl. (as well as a sing.), it may be also rendered good things: ] and it is also used by the Arabs to signify horses; (K, * TA;) and has this meaning in the Kur, xxxviii. 31: (TA:) [it is often best rendered good fortune; prosperity; welfare; wellbeing; weal; happiness; or a good state or condition: and sometimes bounty, or beneficence. ] رَجُلٌ قَلِيلُ الخَيْرِ means [ A man possessing little, or no, good; possessing few, or no, good things; or poor: and in whom is little, or no, good or goodness; or niggardly: and also] a man who does little good: (TA in art. عص:) or [ who does no good; ] who is not near to doing good; denoting the nonexistence of good in him. (Msb in art. قل.) [Thus it sometimes means the same as رَجُلٌ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ A man in whom is no good or goodness; devoid of goodness; worthless. ] And قِلَّةُ خَيْرٍ means Poverty: and also niggardliness. (A and TA in art. جحد.) هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الخَيْرِ وَالخِيرِ is explained voce خِيرٌ. عَلَىيَدَىِ الخَيْرِ وَاليُمْنِ [May it be with the aid of good fortune and prosperity ] is a prayer used with respect to a marriage. (A 'Obeyd, TA.) And اـِنَّكَ مَا وَخَيْرًا means مَعَ خَيْرٍ, i. e., Mayest thou meet with, or attain, good. (K.) ― -b2- خَيْرٌ in the phrase فُلَانٌ خَيْرٌ resembles an epithet [like ↓ خَيِّرٌ, and signifies Good; or possessing good ]; (Akh, S;) therefore the fem. is خَيْرَةٌ, of which the pl. is خَيْرَاتٌ, (Akh, S, Msb, *) as occurring in the Kur, lv. 70; and they do not [there] mean by it [the comparative or superlative signification of the measure] أَفْعَلُ: (Akh, S:) you say ↓ رَجُلٌ خَيِّرٌ, (S, A, Msb,) meaning [ A good man; or] a man possessing خَيْر [or good ]; (Msb;) and رَجُلٌ خَيْرٌ: (S:) and in like manner, ↓ اِمْرَأَةٌ خَيِّرَةٌ and خَيْرَةٌ, (S, Msb,) meaning [ A good woman; or] a woman excellent in beauty and disposition: (Msb:) or خَيْرٌ and ↓ خَيِّرٌ signify possessing much خَيْر [or good ], (K,) applied to a man; (TA;) and in the same sense you say ↓ رَجُلٌ خَيْرَى, and ↓ خُورَى, and ↓ خِيَرى: and the fem. of the first is خَيْرَةٌ; and of the second, ↓ خَيِّرَةٌ: (K:) and the pl. [of pauc.] (of the first, TA) is أَخْيَارٌ, and [of mult.] خِيَارٌ: (A, Msb, K:) you say also خِيَارُ المَالِ, meaning The excellent of the camels or the like: (Msb, K:) and in like manner you say of men &c.: (TA:) [see also below:] and the fem. is خَيْرَةٌ, of which the pl. is خَيْرَاتٌ: (Msb:) خِيَارٌ is contr. of أَشْرَارٌ, (S, Mgh,) [thus] used as an epithet: (Mgh:) and ↓ خَيْرَةٌ [used as a subst.] signifies anything excellent; and the pl. thereof in this sense, خَيْرَاتٌ, occurs in the Kur, ix. 89: (S:) or خَيْرٌ, (K,) or the fem. خَيْرَةٌ, (Lth,) or each, (K.) signifies excellent in beauty: (Lth, K:) and ↓ خَيِّرٌ and خَيِّرَةٌ signify excellent in righteousness (Lth, K) and religion: (K:) or there is no difference in the opinion of the lexicologists [in general] between خَيْرَةٌ and ↓ خَيِّرَةٌ: (Az:) accord. to Zj, خَيْرَاتٌ and ↓ خَيِّرَاتٌ, both occurring in different readings of the Kur, lv. 70, signify good in dispositions: accord. to Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, خَيْرَةٌ, applied to a woman, signifies generous in race, exalted in rank or quality or reputation, goodly in face, good in disposition, possessing much wealth, who, if she bring forth, brings forth a generous child: (TA:) [↓ خِيَارٌ is also applied as an epithet to a sing. subst., either masc. or fem.:] you say جَمَلٌ خِيَارٌ and نَاقَةٌ خِيَارٌ, meaning A he-camel [ that is excellent or] excellent and brisk and so a she-camel. (TA.) See also مُخْتَارٌ, in three places. In the saying لَعَمَرُ أَبِيكَ الخَيْرُ, the word خَيْر is in the nom. case as an epithet of عَمْر; [so that the phrase lit. means By the good life of thy father; ] but properly it should be لَعَمْرُ أَبِيكَ الخَيْرِ [ By the life of thy good father ]: and the like is said with شَرّ. (TA.) [See also art. عمر.] ― -b3- خَيْرٌ is also used to denote superiority: one says, هٰذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا This is better than this: and in the dial. of the Benoo-'Ámir, ↓ هٰذَا أَخْيَرُ مِنْ هٰذَا, with أ, and in like manner, أَشَّرُ; but the rest of the Arabs drop the أ in each case: (Msb:) you say, مِنْكَ ↓ هُوَ أَخْيَرُ [ He is better than thou ], and in like manner, أَشَّرُ مِنْكَ; and هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ, and in like manner, شَرٌّ مِنْكَ; and, [using the dim. form of خَيْرٌ,] مِنْكَ ↓ خُيَيْرٌ, and in like manner, شُرَيْرٌ مِنْكَ. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) You also say, when you mean to express the signification of superiority, فُلَانَةٌ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ [ Such a woman is the best of mankind ]; [...]

خِيرٌ خير Generousness; generosity; (S, A, Msb, K;) liberality; munificence. (Msb.) You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو خِيرٍ Such a one is a possessor of generousness, or generosity, &c. (Msb.) And هُوَ مِنْ وَالخِيرِ ↓ أَهْلِ الخَيْرِ [ He is of the people of good, or of wealth, &c., and of generosity ]. (A.) ― -b2- Eminence; elevated state or condition; nobility. (IAar, K.) ― -b3- Origin. (Lh, K.) ― -b4- Nature, or disposition. (A, K.) You say, هُوَ كَرِيمُ الخِيرِ He is generous in nature, or disposition. (A.) ― -b5- Form, aspect, or appearance; figure, person, mien, feature, or lineaments; guise, or external state or condition; or the like; syn. هَيْئَةٌ. (Lh, K.)

خُورَةٌ خور خوره خورة [app. originally خُيْرَةٌ]: see خَيْرٌ, near the end of the paragraph; and see also art. خور.

خَيْرَةٌ خير خيره خيرة fem. of خَيْرٌ [q. v.] used as an epithet: pl. خَيْرَاتٌ. (Akh, S, Msb.) ― -b2- [Also, used as a subst., or as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, A good thing, of any kind: a good quality; an excellency: and a good act or action: &c.: pl. as above:] see خَيْرٌ, in the former half of the paragraph.

خِيرَةٌ خير خيره خيرة : see خَيْرٌ, in three places, towards the end of the paragraph: ― -b2- and see خِيَرَةٌ, in four places: ― -b3- and خِيَارٌ. ― -b4- It is also a subst. from خَارَا@للّٰهُ لَكَ فِىهٰذَاالأَمْرِ, (S,) and so ↓ خِيَرَةٌ; both signifying [The blessing, prospering, or favour, of God; his causing one to have, or appointing to one, good in an affair: or his choosing for one the better thing in an affair: or] the state that results to him who begs God to cause him to have good, or to choose for him the better thing, in an affair. (TA.) You say, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ خِيرَةً مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ [ That was through God's blessing, prospering, or favour; &c.: or through God's choosing the better thing in the affair ]. (A.)

خِيَرَةٌ خير خيره خيرة and ↓ خِيرَةٌ (of which the former is the better known, TA) are substs. from اِخْتَارَهُ, (K,) or from اِخْتَارَهُ ا@للّٰهُ, (S,) both signifying A thing, man, or beast, and things, &c, that one chooses: (TA:) or [ a thing, &c.,] chosen, selected, or elected: (Mgh:) as in the saying, مُحَمَّدُ خِيَرَةُ ا@للّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ and ↓ خِيرَتُهُ [ Mohammad is the chosen, or elect, of God, from his creatures ]: (S, Mgh: *) or ↓ خِيرَةٌ is a subst. from الاِخْتِيَارٌ, like فِدْيَةٌ from الاِفْتِدَاآءُ; and خِيَرَةٌ is syn. with خِيَارٌ and اِخْتِيَارٌ; or is from تَخَيَّرْتُ الشَّىْءَ: or, as some say, خِيرَةٌ and خِيَرَةٌ are syn.: (Msb:) see 8; and see also خِيَارٌ: and ↓ هٰذِهِ خِيرَتِى (Msb, TA) or خِيَرَتِى (TA) means This is what I choose; (Msb, (TA;) and so هٰذَا خيرتى: and هٰؤُلَاآءِ خيرتى These are what I choose. (TA.) [See مُخْتَارٌ.] ― -b2- See also خِيرَةٌ.