خَبْءٌ
Root: خبأ
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خَبْءٌ
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خِبْءٌ and
خُبْأَةٌ , of the measure فُعْلَةٌ from الخبأ [or rather الخَبْءُ], like غُرْفَةٌ and قُبْضَةٌ from الغَرْفُ and القَبْضُ, and
خَبِىْءٌ and
خَبِيْئَةٌ , of which last the pl. is خَبَايَا, A thing that is hidden, or concealed, and absent, or unseen. [Hence,] خَبْءُ السَّمَآءِ
The rain. And خَبْءُ الأَرْضِ
The plants, or herbage. And الأَرْضِ
The seed which the sower has hidden in the earth: or what God has hidden in the mines of the earth. الَّذِى يُخْرِجُ الخَبْءَ فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ
وَالأَرْضِ, in the Kur [xxvii. 25], is held by Az to mean Who knoweth what is unseen in the heavens and the earth; agreeably with an explanation of الخَبْءُ by Fr.
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