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خَلِيقَةٌ

Root: خلق

Full Definition

خَلِيقَةٌ : see خَلْقٌ, in two places.
2 Also The beasts, or brutes. The saying, respecting the خَوَارِج [a sect of heretics, or schismatics], هُمْ شَرُّ الخَلْقِ وَ الخَلِيقَةٌ is explained by En-Nadr as meaning [They are the worst of mankind and] of the beasts, or brutes.
3 And A well (بِئْرٌ) just dug: or a well in which is no water: or a hollow, cavity, pit, or hole, formed by nature in the ground: or a small hollow or cavity, in a mountain, in which water remains and stagnates: accord. to IAar, خلق [app. خُلُقٌ, pl. of خَلِيقَةٌ, like as مُدُنٌ and صُحُفٌ are pls. of مَدِينَةٌ and صَحِيفَةٌ,] signifies wells recently dug.
4 And Land (أَرْضٌ) that is dug.
5 See also خُلُقٌ, in four places.
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