خَيْفٌ
Root: خيف
Full Definition
خَيْفٌ
[sing. of أَخْيَافٌ]. You say, النَّاسُ أَخْيَافٌ
2 And hence, أَبْيَاتٌ أَخْيَافٌ
3 Also, the sing., Land, or a place, of which the stones are of different colours.
4 A side, region, quarter, or tract; syn. نَاحِيَةٌ.
5 The part that slopes down from the rugged portion of a mountain and rises from the channel in which the water flows; whence مَسْجِدُ الخَيْفِ [the mosque of the خيف] in Minè: or an elevated place, like the خيف of Minè: or the part, of a valley, that rises a little from the channel in which the water flows, and only between two mountains; and hence مسجدالخيف, originally مَسْجِدُ خَيْفِ مِنًى: and any declivity and acclivity at the foot of a mountain: and a white place in the black mountain that is behind Aboo-Kubeys; and hence the name of مسجدالخيف; or this is so called because it is [in] a نَاحِيَة [or side &c.] of Minè; or because it is at the foot of a mountain: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْيَافٌ and [of mult.] خُيُوفٌ.
6 Also The skin of the udder: or the side of the udder: or the skin of the she-camel's udder: or a she-camel's udder: or the anterior part of her neck: and the skin of her podex.
2 And hence, أَبْيَاتٌ أَخْيَافٌ
3 Also, the sing., Land, or a place, of which the stones are of different colours.
4 A side, region, quarter, or tract; syn. نَاحِيَةٌ.
5 The part that slopes down from the rugged portion of a mountain and rises from the channel in which the water flows; whence مَسْجِدُ الخَيْفِ [the mosque of the خيف] in Minè: or an elevated place, like the خيف of Minè: or the part, of a valley, that rises a little from the channel in which the water flows, and only between two mountains; and hence مسجدالخيف, originally مَسْجِدُ خَيْفِ مِنًى: and any declivity and acclivity at the foot of a mountain: and a white place in the black mountain that is behind Aboo-Kubeys; and hence the name of مسجدالخيف; or this is so called because it is [in] a نَاحِيَة [or side &c.] of Minè; or because it is at the foot of a mountain: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْيَافٌ and [of mult.] خُيُوفٌ.
6 Also The skin of the udder: or the side of the udder: or the skin of the she-camel's udder: or a she-camel's udder: or the anterior part of her neck: and the skin of her podex.
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