خَشِىَ
Root: خشى
Form: 1
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خَشِىَI
, Present.T يَخْشَى, Verbal.Noun خَشْيَةٌ and خَشْىٌ and خِشْىٌ [the second and third erroneously written in the CK خَشًا and خِشًا] and خَشَاةٌ and خَشْيَانٌ, though it has been said that the only instances of this kind are شَنْآنٌ and لَيَّانٌ, [see the former of these two,] but in one copy of the M found written خِشْيَانٌ, and مَخْشَاةٌ and مَخْشِيَةٌ, He feared; syn. خَافَ: or, accord. to Er-Rághib and others, he dreaded; or feared with reverence, veneration, respect, honour, or awe. You say, خَشِيَهُ
He feared him, or it; [or he dreaded him, or it; i. e. feared him, or it, with reverence, &c.;] as also
. [And خَشِىَ مِنْهُ, meaning the same: or He feared, or dreaded, what might happen to him from him, or it. And خَشِىَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا
He feared, or dreaded, for him a thing.] And فَعَلْتُ ذٰلِكَ خَشَاةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا [I did that in fear, or dread, that such a thing might happen].
2 خَشَيْتُهُ also signifies Hope. And the saying of Ibn-'Abbás to 'Omar, لَقَدْ أَكْثَرْتَ مِنَ الدُّعَآءِ بِالمَوْتِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ أَسْهَلَ لَكَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِهِ, is explained as meaning [Verily thou hast prayed much for death, so that] I hope [that it may be easier to thee when it happens].
3 And sometimes خَشِيتُ means عَلِمْتُ [I knew, or know]. So it is said to mean in the saying of the poet.
4 In the saying in the Kur [xviii. 79], فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا, the meaning is said, by Akh, to be And we disapproved [that he should make excessive disobedience, and ingratitude, to come upon them twain]; and so says Zj, explaining it as the saying of El-Khidr: or, accord. to Fr, the meaning is, and we knew. (TA. [See also أَزْهَقَ.])
def.2 خَاشَانِى فَخَشَيْتُهُ: see 3.
2 خَشَيْتُهُ also signifies Hope. And the saying of Ibn-'Abbás to 'Omar, لَقَدْ أَكْثَرْتَ مِنَ الدُّعَآءِ بِالمَوْتِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ أَسْهَلَ لَكَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِهِ, is explained as meaning [Verily thou hast prayed much for death, so that] I hope [that it may be easier to thee when it happens].
3 And sometimes خَشِيتُ means عَلِمْتُ [I knew, or know]. So it is said to mean in the saying of the poet.
[And I know assuredly that he who follows the right direction shall dwell in the gardens of Paradise with the Prophet Mohammad]: or the meaning may be, I hope.وَلَقَدْ خَشِيتُ بِأَ مَنْ تَبِعَ الهُدَى سكَنَ الجِنَانَ مَعَ النَّبِىِّ مُحَمَّدِ
4 In the saying in the Kur [xviii. 79], فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا, the meaning is said, by Akh, to be And we disapproved [that he should make excessive disobedience, and ingratitude, to come upon them twain]; and so says Zj, explaining it as the saying of El-Khidr: or, accord. to Fr, the meaning is, and we knew. (TA. [See also أَزْهَقَ.])
def.2 خَاشَانِى فَخَشَيْتُهُ: see 3.
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