Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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خدن خذرف خذف


Q. 1. ⇒ خذرف

خَذْرَفَ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَذْرَفَةٌ, (TA,) He hastened, sped, or went quickly. (Ḳ.) 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. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: Q. 1. Dissociation: B

خَذْرَفَهُ He cut off his (a man's) extremities with a sword. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: B2

He sharpened it; namely, a sword. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: B3

He filled it; namely, a vessel. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)


Q. 2. ⇒ تخذرف

تَخَذْرَفَ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became rent, or pierced with holes. (TA.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: Q. 2. Dissociation: B

تَخَذْرَفَتْهُ النَّوَى [The place which was the object of a journey] caused him to go forth, or depart; (L, Ḳ, TA;) as also تَخَذْرَمَتْهُ. (TA.)


خَذْرَفَةٌ

خَذْرَفَةٌ inf. n. of Q. 1.

Root: خذرف - Entry: خَذْرَفَةٌ Dissociation: B

Also Roundness of the legs of an animal, or quadruped. (TA.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خَذْرَفَةٌ Dissociation: C

And A piece of a garment or cloth. (TA.)


خِذْرَافٌ / خِذْرَافَةٌ

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


خُذْرُوفٌ

خُذْرُوفٌ [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: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) 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. (Ṣ.) Imra-el-Ḳeys likens to it a swift horse: (Ṣ:) and it is applied as an epithet to a horse; (Lth;) meaning Swift in his running, (Lth, Ḳ, TA,) or in going. (TA.) And one says, تَرَكَتِ السُّيُوفُ رَأْسَهُ خَذَارِيفَ, meaning † The swords made his head to be pieces, each piece like the خذروف. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A2

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. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A3

The piece of wood that is put [app. as a handle] in the hole of the upper millstone. (TA.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A4

A herd of camels: and one separate therefrom. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A5

Lightning gleaming, or shining brightly, in the clouds, and separate therefrom. (Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A6

Anything scattered from, or of, a thing. (L, O, Ḳ.)

Root: خذرف - Entry: خُذْرُوفٌ Signification: A7

The خَذَارِيف of the هَوْدَج are The pieces of wood (سَقَائِف) with which the هودج is made of a square form. (Ḳ.) [See also دَامِغَةٌ.]


مُتَخَذْرِفٌ

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


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