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خَارَ

Root: خير

Form: 1

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خَارَI , Present.T يَخِيرُ, Verbal.Noun خَيْرٌ, He was, or became, possessed of خَيْر [or good, &c.].
2 [He was, or be came, good: and he did good: contr. of شَرَّ.] You say, خِرْتَ يَا رَجُلُ [Thou hast been good; or thou hast done good, or well; O man]. And خَارَٱللّٰهُ لَكَ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [May God do good to thee, bless thee, prosper thee, or favour thee, in this affair: or] may God cause thee to have, or appoint to thee, good in this affair: or may God choose for thee the better thing [in this affair]. الّٰهُمَّ خِرْلِى occurs in a trad., meaning O God, choose for me the better of the two things.
3 See also 8.
4 خَارَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun خِيرَةٌ and خِيَرٌ and خِيَرَةٌ and خَيْرٌ; and خيّرهُ , Verbal.Noun تَخْيِيرٌ; He preferred him before his companion,
5 خَايَرَهُ فَخَارَهُ: see 3.
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