أَخْرَسُ

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أَخْرَسُ Dumb; prevented from speaking by natural conformation; speechless, or destitute of the faculty of speech, by natural conformation, (T and Msb in art. بكم,) like the beast that lacks the faculty of articulation; differing from أَبْكَمُ, q. v.: or tonguetied, or speechless, either from inability to find words to express what he would say, or by natural conformation [of the organs of speech]: fem. خَرْسَآءُ: pl. خُرْسٌ and خُرْسَانٌ.
2 جَمَلٌ أَخْرَسُ A he-camel that has no perforation to his شِقْشِقَة, for his bray to issue therefrom, so that he reiterates it therein: such a one they like to send among the [she-camels in the state in which they are termed] شَوْل, because in most instances he begets females: and نَاقَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ a she-camel that is not heard to utter the cry termed رُغَآء.
3 عَلَمٌ أَخْرَسُ A sign of the way, [or a mountain,] from which, or at, or in, which, (فِيهِ, K,) no echo is heard: or a sign of the way in the mountain whereof no echo is heard: or [it seems to be applied to a mountain where no echo is heard; for] it is said when no sound of an echo is heard in the mountain.
4 سَحَابَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ A cloud that does not thunder: or a cloud in which is no thunder nor lightning, and of which no sound is heard; which is mostly in winter.
5 عَيْنٌ خَرْسَآءُ A spring of the running whereof no sound is heard.
6 صَخْرَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ A hard and solid rock: and عِظَامٌ خُرْسٌ hard and solid bones.
7 كَتِيبَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ An army, or a portion thereof, without any clamour or confused noise: or whereof no sound is heard, by reason of their staidness in war: or that is silent, by reason of the multitude of the coats of mail, without any clashing of arms.
8 لَبَنٌ أَخْرَسُ Thick milk, that makes no sound in the vessel, or that does not shake about in its vessel: or thick milk, of which no sound is heard when it is poured out: and شَرْبَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ a thick draught of milk.
9 وَلِّانِى عِرْضًا أَخْرَسَ أَمْرَسَ [or عُرْضًا?] He turned from me, and would not speak to me.
10 خَرْسَآءُ A viper: pl. خُرْسٌ.
11 Hence, رَمَاهُ بِخَرْسَآءَ He smote him with a calamity.

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