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اخلس

Root: خلس

Form: 4

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اخلسIV It became a mixture of black and white, in equal proportions: or more black than white: [or mostly white: (see خَلِيسٌ:)] or partly white.
2 [Hence,] It became a mixture of fresh and dry: or partly green and partly white, in drying up. It (حَلِىّ [q. v.]) put forth fresh verdure. And اخلست الأَرْضُ The land put forth somewhat of herbage.
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