Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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خثر خثى خجل


1. ⇒ خثى

خَثَى, aor. يَخْثِى, inf. n. خَثْىٌ, said of a beast of the ox-kind, (JK, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or of a bull, but not [خَثَتْ] of a cow, (AʼObeyd, TA,) and of an elephant, (Ḳ,) He dunged. (JK, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.) [See also خِثْىٌ.]


4. ⇒ اخثى

اخثى He (a man, TA) kindled [dry dung such as is called] خِثْى. (Ḳ.)


خِثْىٌ

خِثْىٌ Dung of a beast of the ox-kind; (JK, Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) as alsoخَثًى↓: (Mṣb:) or of a bull: (IAạr, TA:) and of the elephant: (Ḳ:) and metaphorically, of the camel; as used in a trad.: or, accord. to AZ, compact dung of a beast of the ox-kind, and of the sheep or goat, and of any cloven-hoofed animal, and of the camel: (TA:) pl. أَخْثَآءٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (JK, Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and خَثِىٌّ, (CK, [a quasi-pl. n. like عَبِيدٌ,]) or خِثِىٌّ, (Ḳ accord. to the TA, [like حِنِىٌّ, q. v., a pl. of حِنْوٌ,]) and خُثِىٌّ [originally خُثُوىٌ], (Ḳ,) these two from Fr. (TA.)

Root: خثى - Entry: خِثْىٌ Signification: A2

خِثْىٌ also signifies † A number of people in a state of dispersion: (Ṣgh, TA:) or so خِثْىٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ. (JK.)


خَثًى


مِخْثًى

مِخْثًى, (JK, TA,) so in the Tekmileh, (TA,) [or مِخْثًا accord. to the CK, there, with the article, written المِخْثا,] orمِخْثَآءٌ↓, (Ḳ accord. to the TA,) The [kind of pouch called] خَرِيطة, (JK, Ḳ,) and small [bag such as is termed] جِرَاب, (JK,) of the gatherer of [wild] honey, (JK, Ḳ,) which he puts beneath the part between his armpit and his flank, (TA,) and in which he deposits the honey. (JK.)


مِخْثَآءٌ

مِخْثَآءٌ: see what next precedes.


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