خَذَلَهُ
Root: خذل
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 And خَذَلَ He held back from going with the herd; or remained behind the herd. And خَذَلَتْ She held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone: or held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [the others]: or you say, of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow, تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا She holds back from going with her female companions, or remains behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As. And خَذَلَتْ She remained attending to her young one [when the rest of the herd had gone]; said by some to be inverted [as to the meaning], because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left; as also , and .
3 A poet says, describing a horse,
meaning [And he is, or was, like the bucket in the hand of the drawer of water,] of which the cross pieces of wood have become separated from it [so that it has become severed from the wellrope].فَهْوَ كَالدَّلْوِ بِكَفِّ المُسْتَقِى خَذَلَتْ عَنْهُ العَرَاقِى فَٱنْجَذَمْ
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