أَخْلَفُ
Root: خلف
Full Definition
2 Also Contrarious, hard in disposition, as though going with a leaning towards one side: and [simply] leaning towards one side; applied to a camel: so says A'Obeyd; and so As.
3 Also A camel that has the sheath of his penis slit, and that will not remain stationary, by reason of pain: and مَخْلُوفٌ signifies a camel having the sheath of his penis slit in the hinder part, when suffering suppression of his urine in consequence of the pressure of his hind girth upon his sheath: so says El-Fezáree.
4 And Left-handed.
5 And Squinteyed; syn. أَحْوَلُ.
6 Accord. to some, A torrent: or, as some say, a river.
7 And A male serpent. [All these meanings seem to have been assigned to the word as occurring in a verse of Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee, in which he likens the course of a wolf in a narrow road to the course of the أَخْلَف.]
def.2 [Also More, and most, wont to break promises. Hence the prov., mentioned by Meyd, أَخْلَفُ مِنْ عُرْقُوبٍ More wont to break promises than 'Orkoob: a certain man who rendered himself notorious for breaking his promises. See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 454.
2 And More, and most, disagreeing, differing, dissentient, contrary, contrarious, or opposing. See an ex. in a prov. cited voce ثِيلٌ.
3 And app. More, and most, offensive in the odour of the mouth. See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ubi suprà.]
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