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خَيَفٌ

Root: خيف

Form: 1

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خَيَفٌI The having one of the eyes blue and the other black: Verbal.Noun of خَيِفٌ, Present.T يَخْيَفُ: said of a horse, &c., i. e. of any animal.
2 Also The being wide in the sheath of the penis: in this sense [likewise] Verbal.Noun of خَيِفَ: said of a camel.
3 And [app. in like manner having for its verb خَيِفَتْ] A she-camel's being such, as is termed خَيْفَآء [i. e. wide in the udder, or in the skin thereof, or only when it is empty of milk, and flaccid].
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