تَخْيِيلٌ
Root: خيل
Form: 2
Full Definition
i. e. I will go on, notwithstanding what the soft tracts abounding in sand in which the feet sink may be imagined to be: [or the right reading is probably خَيَّلَتْ, i. e. notwithstanding what the soft tracts &c. may image to the mind, of danger or difficulty:] the ت in خيّلت relates to the word وعث, which is [regarded as] pl. of وَعْثَةٌ; and على is a connective of a suppressed verb, namely, أَمْضِى, with what follows it: the meaning is, I will assuredly venture upon the affair, notwithstanding its terribleness. And اِفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى مَا خَيَّلَتْ, i. e. عَلَى مَا شَبَّهَتْ [Do thou that, notwithstanding what may image to thee, of danger or difficulty]; meaning, in any case.عَلَىمَا خُيِّلَتْ وَعْثُ القَصِيمِ
2 [Hence,] خيّل لِلنَّاقَةِ, and , He put a خَيَال [q. v.] near the she-camel's young one, in order that the wolf might be scared away from him, and not approach him.
3 And خيّل فِيهِ الخَيْرَ He perceived, or discovered, in him an indication, or external sign, of good; as also تخيّلهُ and تخوّلهُ: (TA: [see also 4 in art. خول:]) or you say, عَلَيْهِ, meaning I knew him; or knew his internal, or real, state; (تَخَبَّرْتُهُ, T,
4 And خيّل عَلَيْهِ, inf.n. تَخْيِيلٌ and , [the latter anomalous, being properly Verbal.Noun of تَخَيَّلَ,] He conveyed doubt, or suspicion, (التُّهْمَةَ, S, K, or الوَهْمَ, Msb,) to him; so in the M, on the authority of AZ; i. q. لَبَّسَ عَلَيْهِ [he made dubious to him].
5 And خيّلت عَلَيْنَا السَّمَآءُ The sky thundered and lightened [over us], and prepared to rain: but when the rain has fallen, the term [so in my two copies of the S, app. used as an Verbal.Noun of the verb in this phrase, as in a case above, or perhaps a mistranscription for تَخْيِيلٌ, though it will be seen from what follows that خيّلت and تخيّلت are both said of the sky in the same sense,] is not used: or خيّلت السَّمَآءُ signifies the sky became clouded, but did not rain; as also and تخيّلت and : or, as also تخيّلت and , or , the sky prepared to rain, and thundered and lightened, but did not yet rain: or, accord. to Az, السَّمَآءُ signifies the sky became clouded: and تخيّلت السَّمَآءُ the sky became clouded, and prepared to rain. [In like manner,] one says also, السَّحَابُ and and The clouds gave hope of rain: or السَّحَابَةُ the cloud showed signs of rain, so that it was thought [or expected] to rain.
def.2 خيّل also signifies, or تخيّل , [or each of these,] He was cowardly, or weak-hearted, on the occasion of fight, and did not act, or proceed, firmly, or steadily. And خيّل عَنِ القَوْمِ and , [but the former only is explained in this sense in the TA,] He held back from the people, or party, through cowardice: so says Az, on the authority of' Arrám.
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