خَيْتَعُورٌ
Root: ختعر
Full Definition
خَيْتَعُورٌ
Anything that does not remain in one state; and that passes away, and comes to nought; or that has no real existence.
2 The mirage; syn. سَرَابٌ: or what remains of the latter part of the mirage, when it becomes dispersed, and delays not to pass away and come to nought.
3 [Gossamer; i. e.] what descends from the air in a time of intense heat, like spiders' webs; a thing like spiders' webs, which appears in a time of heat, descending from the sky, resembling threads, or white threads, in the air. [See لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ, in art. لعب.]
4 The present world or life.
5 The devil: or the devil of the 'Akabeh, called أَزَبُّ العَقَبَةِ
6 The [imaginary creature called] غُول: because it changes its appearance.
7 A certain insect, of a black colour, that is upon the surface of water, and that does not remain in one place save as long as the time of the winking of an eye.
8 A perfidious, or an unfaithful, man.
9 A woman whose affection does not last: a woman evil in disposition: likened to a غُول inasmuch as her love does not last.
10 The wolf: because of his unfaithfulness.
11 The lion: because of his perfidiousness.
12 A calamity; syn. دَاهِيَةٌ.
13 نَوًى خَيْتَعُورٌ [A point towards which one journeys] that is not in a right direction; syn. اَلَّتِى لَا تَسْتَقِيمُ: or far distant.
2 The mirage; syn. سَرَابٌ: or what remains of the latter part of the mirage, when it becomes dispersed, and delays not to pass away and come to nought.
3 [Gossamer; i. e.] what descends from the air in a time of intense heat, like spiders' webs; a thing like spiders' webs, which appears in a time of heat, descending from the sky, resembling threads, or white threads, in the air. [See لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ, in art. لعب.]
4 The present world or life.
5 The devil: or the devil of the 'Akabeh, called أَزَبُّ العَقَبَةِ
6 The [imaginary creature called] غُول: because it changes its appearance.
7 A certain insect, of a black colour, that is upon the surface of water, and that does not remain in one place save as long as the time of the winking of an eye.
8 A perfidious, or an unfaithful, man.
9 A woman whose affection does not last: a woman evil in disposition: likened to a غُول inasmuch as her love does not last.
10 The wolf: because of his unfaithfulness.
11 The lion: because of his perfidiousness.
12 A calamity; syn. دَاهِيَةٌ.
13 نَوًى خَيْتَعُورٌ [A point towards which one journeys] that is not in a right direction; syn. اَلَّتِى لَا تَسْتَقِيمُ: or far distant.
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