خِشْفٌ
Root: خشف
Full Definition
خِشْفٌ
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خُشْفٌ and
خَشْفٌ , the second of which is said by MF to be the most common, and then the first, [but this is a mistake, for the first is the only form commonly occurring,] The young one of the gazelle; applied to the male and the female; or the female is termed خشفة [i. e. خِشْفَةٌ and خِشْفَةِ and خَشْفَةٌ]: or the young one of the gazelle in the first stage after its birth: or after it is termed
طَلًا; for it is called by the latter appellation when just born: (As, TA: [see شَصَرٌ:]) or after it is termed
جَدَايَة: or when it first walks: or she that flees, or goes away, from, or of, (مِنْ,) her young ones: explanation, seeing that the fem. is said in the K to be with ة:] pl. خُشُوفٌ, or خِشَفَةٌ.
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