Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَخْلَفَةٌ

Root: خلف

Full Definition

مَخْلَفَةٌ : see مُخْلِفٌ.

def.2 See also خَلِيفٌ, near the end of the paragraph. [as a coll. gen. n.] signifies The roads along which the people pass in Minè; which are three: one says, اُطْلَبْهُ بِالمَخْلَفَةِ الوُسْطَى مِنْ مِنًى [Seek thou him in the middle road of Minè]. And مَخْلَفَةٌ بَنِى فُلَانٍ The place of alighting, or descending and stopping or sojourning or abiding or lodging or settling, of the sons of such a one. And مَخْلَفَةُ مِنًى The place of alighting, or descending and stopping &c., of the people in Minè.

def.3 A place in which are trees of the kind called خِلَاف.


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