مُخْلِفٌ
Root: خلف
Full Definition
مُخْلِفٌ
A camel that has exceeded in age the
بَازِل; [which latter is generally one that has entered the ninth year;] beyond which there is no age [having an epithet to denote it]; therefore, one says مُخْلِفُ عَامٍ and مُخْلِفُ
عَامَيْنِ [that has exceeded in age the
بازل
by a year and by two years]; applied alike to the male and the female; and the female is also termed مُخْلَفَةٌ: or this latter signifies
2 See also مِخْلَافٌ.
3 Also A man whose cattle have not obtained the [herbage termed] رَبِيع.
4 رَجُلٌ مُخْلِفٌ مُتْلِفٌ, or مِخْلَفٌ مِتْلَفٌ, and مِخْلَافٌ مِتْلَافٌ: see art. تلف.
5 نَوْمَةُ الضُّحَى مُخْلِفَةٌ لِلْفَمِ, also written مَخْلَفَةٌ , and in some copies نَوْمُ الضُّحَى, [which requires the reading مَخْلَفَةٌ,] i. e. [The sleep, or sleeping, in the period of the morning when the sun is yet low is] a cause of the mouth's becoming altered [for the worse] in odour.
6 مُخْلِفُ جَنْبٍ Having one half of his face and of his mouth turning sideways.
7 See also the explanation of the verse of El- Hoteiäh cited in the last quarter of the first paragraph. The قَطَا are termed مُخْلِفَاتٌ because they draw water for their young ones.
2 See also مِخْلَافٌ.
3 Also A man whose cattle have not obtained the [herbage termed] رَبِيع.
4 رَجُلٌ مُخْلِفٌ مُتْلِفٌ, or مِخْلَفٌ مِتْلَفٌ, and مِخْلَافٌ مِتْلَافٌ: see art. تلف.
5 نَوْمَةُ الضُّحَى مُخْلِفَةٌ لِلْفَمِ, also written مَخْلَفَةٌ , and in some copies نَوْمُ الضُّحَى, [which requires the reading مَخْلَفَةٌ,] i. e. [The sleep, or sleeping, in the period of the morning when the sun is yet low is] a cause of the mouth's becoming altered [for the worse] in odour.
6 مُخْلِفُ جَنْبٍ Having one half of his face and of his mouth turning sideways.
7 See also the explanation of the verse of El- Hoteiäh cited in the last quarter of the first paragraph. The قَطَا are termed مُخْلِفَاتٌ because they draw water for their young ones.
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