دُخْلَةٌ

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دُخْلَةٌ The night of the ceremony of conducting a bride to her husband. [In the present day, this night is commonly called لَيْلَةُالدُّخْلَةِ; vulgarly لَيْلَة اَلدُّخْلَهْ.]

def.2 The inward, or intrinsic, state, or circumstances, of a man; as also : or, as also دِخْلَةٌ and دَخْلَةٌ and دَخِيلَةٌ and دَخِيلٌ and دُخْلُلٌ and دُخْلَلٌ and دُخَيْلَآءُ and and دُخَّلٌ and دِخَالٌ , or, accord. to Lth, دُخَالٌ , and دُخَّيْلَى and دِخْلٌ and دَخْلٌ a man's intention: his way of acting, or his opinion: his whole case or circumstances: his mind, or heart: and his secret. You say, هُوَ عَالِمٌ بِدُخْلَتِهِ He is acquainted with his inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances. And every one of the foregoing fourteen syn. words is prefixed to the word أَمْر, so that you say, عَرَفْتُ دُخْلَةَ أَمْرِهِ &c., meaning I knew the whole [of the inward, or intrinsic, circumstances] of his case. فَرَشْتُهُ أَمْرِى, or فَرَشْتُ لَهُ دِخْلَةَ أَمْرِى, is a post-classical prov., meaning I laid open to him the inward, or intrinsic, and true, or real, state of my case. One says also, هُوَ حَسَنُّ and He is good in his way of acting in his affairs: and فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ وَالمَخْرَجِ Such a one is good, and laudable, in his way of acting, or conduct.

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