Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اخبرهُ

Root: خبر

Form: 4

Full Definition

اخبرهُIV , [Verbal.Noun إِخْبَارٌ;] and خبّرهُ , Verbal.Noun تَخْبِيرٌ; are syn. [as signifying He informed him, told him, or acquainted him]. You say, أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِكَذَا, [and عَنْ كذا,] and , [I informed him, or told him, of such a thing; or acquainted him with such a thing; or made him to know the internal, or real, state of such a thing.] And اخبرهُ , i. e. أَنْبَأَهُ مَا عِنْدَهُ [He informed him, or told him, of what he had, or knew]. (K. [Whether it be meant that اخبر is doubly trans. without a particle, in this instance, like أَعْلَمَ, or whether خبورة be a quasi-inf. n, is not explained.]) One says also, تُخْبِرُ عَنْ مَجْهُولِهِ مَرْآتُهُ [His aspect acquaints one with his unknown state or qualities]. [And اخبر عَنْهُ He predicated of him, or it.]

def.2 أَخْبَرْتُ اللِّقْحَة I found the milch camel to be abounding with milk.


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