أَخْلَقُ
Root: خلق
Full Definition
أَخْلَقُ
Smooth: smooth and solid; applied in this sense to anything: smooth and firm: fem. خَلْقَآءُ. You say حَجَرٌ أَخْلَقُ
Stone that is smooth and solid, upon which nothing makes an impression. And صَخْرَةٌ خَلْقَآءُ
A rock, or great mass of stone, smooth and solid: or free from crack and fracture. And فِرْسِنٌ خَلْقَآءُ
A camel's foot in which is no crack. And هَضْبَةٌ خَلْقَآءُ [A hill, or the like,] destitute of herbage or vegetation.
2 [Hence,]
3 الأَخْلَقُ also signifies The exterior of a horse's hoof.
4 And خَلْقَآءُ, applied to a woman, Impervia coëunti; as also خُلَّقٌ .
5 See also خَلِقٌ.
6 And الخَلْقَآءُ [used as a subst.] The sky; because of its smoothness and evenness.
7 And The side of a camel &c. One says also, ضَرَبْتُ خَلْقَآءَ جَنْبِهِ (K, TA [in the CK على خَلْقَاءَ جَنْبِهِ]) I struck the outer part of his side.
8 And The interior and smooth part of the غَار, i. e., of [the upper part of the interior of the mouth, or] what is termed الغَارُ الأَعْلَى; as also [the dim. of الخَلْقَآءُ]: or both signify what appears of the غار: and the dim. form is that which is predominant in this case.
9 And The part of the forehead that is even and smooth; as also . One says, سُحِبُوا عَلَى خَلْقَاوَاتِ جِبَاهِهِمْ [They were dragged along upon the even and smooth parts of their foreheads].
10 خُلَيْقَآءُ الفَرَسِ That [part] of the horse which is like the عِرْنِين [or upper part of the nose] of man; the part where the forehead of the horse meets the narrow portion of the bone of the nose: AO says that the خُلَيْقَاوَانِ in the face of the horse are [the two parts] where his forehead meets the bone of his nose, on the right and left of the خُلَيْقَآء, sloping towards the eye; and the خُلَيْقَآء is [the part] between the eyes; and some call it the خَلْقَآء.
def.2 إِنَّ أَخْلَقَ بِكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ كَذَا is a phrase mentioned by Ks, as meaning Verily the most apt, meet, suitable, fit, or proper, thing for thee to do is such a thing.
2 [Hence,]
3 الأَخْلَقُ also signifies The exterior of a horse's hoof.
4 And خَلْقَآءُ, applied to a woman, Impervia coëunti; as also خُلَّقٌ .
5 See also خَلِقٌ.
6 And الخَلْقَآءُ [used as a subst.] The sky; because of its smoothness and evenness.
7 And The side of a camel &c. One says also, ضَرَبْتُ خَلْقَآءَ جَنْبِهِ (K, TA [in the CK على خَلْقَاءَ جَنْبِهِ]) I struck the outer part of his side.
8 And The interior and smooth part of the غَار, i. e., of [the upper part of the interior of the mouth, or] what is termed الغَارُ الأَعْلَى; as also [the dim. of الخَلْقَآءُ]: or both signify what appears of the غار: and the dim. form is that which is predominant in this case.
9 And The part of the forehead that is even and smooth; as also . One says, سُحِبُوا عَلَى خَلْقَاوَاتِ جِبَاهِهِمْ [They were dragged along upon the even and smooth parts of their foreheads].
10 خُلَيْقَآءُ الفَرَسِ That [part] of the horse which is like the عِرْنِين [or upper part of the nose] of man; the part where the forehead of the horse meets the narrow portion of the bone of the nose: AO says that the خُلَيْقَاوَانِ in the face of the horse are [the two parts] where his forehead meets the bone of his nose, on the right and left of the خُلَيْقَآء, sloping towards the eye; and the خُلَيْقَآء is [the part] between the eyes; and some call it the خَلْقَآء.
def.2 إِنَّ أَخْلَقَ بِكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ كَذَا is a phrase mentioned by Ks, as meaning Verily the most apt, meet, suitable, fit, or proper, thing for thee to do is such a thing.
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