Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خَالَ

Root: خول

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَالَI , Present.T يَخُولُ, Verbal.Noun خَوْلٌ, He became possessed of خَوَل [so I read, meaning slaves, or servants, and other dependents, in the place of خوال, an evident mistranscription, in the TA,] after having been alone.
2 فُلَانٌ يَخُولُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ Such a one pastures for his family: or يَخُولُ عَلَيْهِمْ signifies he milks and waters and pastures for them. And خال عَلَيْهِمْ He ruled, or governed, them. And خال مَالَهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun خَوْلٌ and خِيَالٌ, He pastured his cattle, or camels &c., and managed them, or tended them, and sustained them, well: or خُلْتُ المَالَ, Present.T أَخُولُ, I managed the cattle, &c., well: and خال عَلَى المَالِ, Present.T يَخُولُ, he pastured the cattle, &c., and managed them well; as also خال, Present.T يَخِيلُ. (TA in art. خيل.)

def.2 خال, Present.T يَخُولُ and يَخَالُ or يَخِيلُ, see اختال in art. خيل.


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