Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خيّرهُ

Root: خير

Form: 2

Full Definition

خيّرهُII He gave him the choice, or option, بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ [between the two things], or بين الأَمْرَيْنِ [between the two affairs]: [so he had the choice, or option, given him].
2 See also 1. It is said in a trad., خَيَّرَ بَيْنَ دُورِ الأَنْصَارِ, meaning He preferred some among the houses of the Assistants before others of them. And in another trad., خُيِّرَ, meaning He was preferred, and pronounced to have surpassed, or overcome, or won, in a contest, or dispute.


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