Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خِيَاطٌ

Root: خيط

Full Definition

خِيَاطٌ A needle; as also مِخْيَطٌ . Hence the saying in the Kur [vii. 38], حَتَّى يَلِجَ الحَبَلُ فِى سَمِّ الخِيَاطِ [Until the camel enter into the eye of the needle].
2 See also خَيْطٌ, in three places.
3 And see مَخِيطٌ.


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