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خِيرٌ

Root: خير

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خِيرٌ Generousness; generosity; liberality; munificence. You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو خِيرٍ Such a one is a possessor of generousness, or generosity, &c. And هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ وَالخِيرِ [He is of the people of good, or of wealth, &c., and of generosity].
2 Eminence; elevated state or condition; nobility.
3 Origin.
4 Nature, or disposition. You say, هُوَ كَرِيمُ الخِيرِ He is generous in nature, or disposition.
5 Form, aspect, or appearance; figure, person, mien, feature, or lineaments; guise, or external state or condition; or the like; syn. هَيْئَةٌ.
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