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اختال

Root: خيل

Form: 8

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اختالVIII He was proud, or haughty; or he behaved proudly, or haughtily; as also خَالَ , Present.T يَخِيلُ, or يَخَالُ, and يَخُولُ, Verbal.Noun خَالٌ and خَوْلٌ; and تخيّل and تخايل : or he was proud, or haughty, and selfconceited: and he walked with a proud, or haughty, and self-conceited, gait: said of a man, and of a horse: and signifies the behaving, or carrying oneself, with pride, or haughtiness, combined with slowness. You say of a horse, يَخْتَالُ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ [He is proud and self-conceited in his gait].
2 اختالت الأَرْضُ: see 4.
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