أَخْطَبُ
Root: خطب
Full Definition
أَخْطَبُ
Of the colour termed
خُطْبَةٌ.
2 An ass, i. e. a wild ass, of a colour tinged with خُضْرَة [here meaning a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour]: or of a dustcolour suffused with خُضْرَة: or having a black line, or stripe, along the middle of the back: fem. خَطْبَآءُ, applied to a she-ass; and likewise to a she-camel.
3 See also خُطْبَةٌ.
4 حَمَامَةٌ خَطْبَآءُ القَمِيصِ [A pigeon of the colour termed خُطْبَةٌ].
5 يَدٌ خَطْبَآءُ, and أَنَامِلُ خُطْبٌ, (TA, [خُطْبٌ being the pl.,]) [A hand, and fingers' ends,] of which the darkness of the dye imparted by حِنَّآء has faded: and in like manner the epithet [أَخْطَبُ] is sometimes applied to the hair. One says also اِمْرَأَةٌ خَطْبَآءُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ [A woman pale in the lips; whose lips have lost their deep red hue].
6 حَنْظَلٌ أَخْطَبُ, or خُطْبَانٌ , Colocynths that are yellow, with green stripes: fem. (applied to a single colocynth, which is termed حَنْظَلَةٌ, TA) خَطْبَآءُ, with which is syn.: the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of this last [or pl. of أَخْطَبُ] is خُطْبَانٌ , and خِطْبَانٌ , which is extr. [with respect to rule]. And خُطْبَانٌ (a pl. of أَخْطَبُ, JK) also signifies Green leaves of the سَمُر.
7 الأَخْطَبُ The [bird called] شَقِرَّاق; called in Persian, accord. to a marginal note in a copy of the S, كَاسْكِينَةْ: or the [bird called] صُرَد; because it has a mixture of black and white.
8 And The صَقْر [or hawk].
9 And A certain creeping thing (دُوَيْبَّة) of a green colour, longer than the locust, having six legs; called in Persian شش پايه, and سبوشكنك.
2 An ass, i. e. a wild ass, of a colour tinged with خُضْرَة [here meaning a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour]: or of a dustcolour suffused with خُضْرَة: or having a black line, or stripe, along the middle of the back: fem. خَطْبَآءُ, applied to a she-ass; and likewise to a she-camel.
3 See also خُطْبَةٌ.
4 حَمَامَةٌ خَطْبَآءُ القَمِيصِ [A pigeon of the colour termed خُطْبَةٌ].
5 يَدٌ خَطْبَآءُ, and أَنَامِلُ خُطْبٌ, (TA, [خُطْبٌ being the pl.,]) [A hand, and fingers' ends,] of which the darkness of the dye imparted by حِنَّآء has faded: and in like manner the epithet [أَخْطَبُ] is sometimes applied to the hair. One says also اِمْرَأَةٌ خَطْبَآءُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ [A woman pale in the lips; whose lips have lost their deep red hue].
6 حَنْظَلٌ أَخْطَبُ, or خُطْبَانٌ , Colocynths that are yellow, with green stripes: fem. (applied to a single colocynth, which is termed حَنْظَلَةٌ, TA) خَطْبَآءُ, with which is syn.: the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of this last [or pl. of أَخْطَبُ] is خُطْبَانٌ , and خِطْبَانٌ , which is extr. [with respect to rule]. And خُطْبَانٌ (a pl. of أَخْطَبُ, JK) also signifies Green leaves of the سَمُر.
7 الأَخْطَبُ The [bird called] شَقِرَّاق; called in Persian, accord. to a marginal note in a copy of the S, كَاسْكِينَةْ: or the [bird called] صُرَد; because it has a mixture of black and white.
8 And The صَقْر [or hawk].
9 And A certain creeping thing (دُوَيْبَّة) of a green colour, longer than the locust, having six legs; called in Persian شش پايه, and سبوشكنك.
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