خَجِلَ
Root: خجل
Form: 1
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خَجِلَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun خَجَلٌ, but not خَجَالَةٌ, [though authorized by the KL, in my copy of which I find it thus written (not خِجَالَةٌ as written by Golius),] for this is a vulgar mistake for خَجَلَةٌ or خَجْلٌ, (Mgh, [so in my copy, but correctly
or خَجَلٌ,]) He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course, by reason of shame: or he was, or became, ashamed, and confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course, [or, simply, ashamed, (see خَجِلٌ,)] in consequence of a deed that he had done: thus الخَجَلُ has a more particular signification than الحَيَآءُ: or it is like الاِسْتِحْيَآءُ.
2 And He remained silent, or still, not speaking nor moving.
3 And He was, or became, in a confused and dubious case, so that he knew not how to extricate himself from it.
4 Also, said of a camel,
5 And in like manner,
6 And, said of a plant, or of herbage,
7 [And, as Verbal.Noun of خَجِلَ,] خَجَلٌ also signifies The bearing richness ill; as when, being rich, one exults, or exults greatly or excessively, and behaves insolently and unthankfully: or the taking a wide, or an ample, range, or being profuse, when rich. It is related in a trad. that he [Mohammad] said to the women, إِذَا جُعْتُنَّ وَ إِذَا شَبِعْتُنَّ خَجِلْتُنَّ, i. e. When ye are hungry, ye become lowly, humble, or submissive, and cleave to the dust, or earth; (S and TA in art. دقع;) or ye bear poverty ill: and when ye are satiated, [ye bear richness ill; or] ye exult, or exult greatly or excessively, and behave insolently and unthankfully. [See also a verse of El-Kumeyt cited in the first paragraph of art. دقع.]
8 And i. q. بَرَمٌ [The being affected with disgust, loathing, or aversion; the being vexed, grieved, disquieted by grief, &c.] (K, TA. [In the CK, البَرْمُ is erroneously put for البَرَمُ.])
9 And The being remiss in seeking subsistence.
10 And The being lazy, or indolent: from the verb in the sense explained in the second sentence of this paragraph.
11 And i. q. [The being bad, corrupt, &c.].
12 Also, in a shirt,
2 And He remained silent, or still, not speaking nor moving.
3 And He was, or became, in a confused and dubious case, so that he knew not how to extricate himself from it.
4 Also, said of a camel,
5 And in like manner,
6 And, said of a plant, or of herbage,
7 [And, as Verbal.Noun of خَجِلَ,] خَجَلٌ also signifies The bearing richness ill; as when, being rich, one exults, or exults greatly or excessively, and behaves insolently and unthankfully: or the taking a wide, or an ample, range, or being profuse, when rich. It is related in a trad. that he [Mohammad] said to the women, إِذَا جُعْتُنَّ وَ إِذَا شَبِعْتُنَّ خَجِلْتُنَّ, i. e. When ye are hungry, ye become lowly, humble, or submissive, and cleave to the dust, or earth; (S and TA in art. دقع;) or ye bear poverty ill: and when ye are satiated, [ye bear richness ill; or] ye exult, or exult greatly or excessively, and behave insolently and unthankfully. [See also a verse of El-Kumeyt cited in the first paragraph of art. دقع.]
8 And i. q. بَرَمٌ [The being affected with disgust, loathing, or aversion; the being vexed, grieved, disquieted by grief, &c.] (K, TA. [In the CK, البَرْمُ is erroneously put for البَرَمُ.])
9 And The being remiss in seeking subsistence.
10 And The being lazy, or indolent: from the verb in the sense explained in the second sentence of this paragraph.
11 And i. q. [The being bad, corrupt, &c.].
12 Also, in a shirt,
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