اخلق
Root: خلق
Form: 4
Full Definition
اخلقIV
: see 1, latter part, in three places.
2 Also He had old and worn-out garments.
def.2 اخلقهُ He wore it out; namely, a garment; the verb being trans. as well as intrans. [Hence,] اخلق الدَّهْرُ الشَّىْءَ
2 Also, or اخلقهُ ثَوْبًا, He clad him with an old and worn-out garment. And اخلقِنى ثَوْبَهُ He gave me his old and worn-out garment. And some say, اخلقهُ خَلَقًا He gave him an old and worn-out garment.
3 And إِخْلَاقٌ الثَّوْبِ also signifies The cutting out of the garment: whence the saying, to UmmKhálid, أَبْلِى وَأَخْلِقِى [Wear out, and cut out new]; or, as some relate it, وَأَخْلِفِى, i. e., “ and replace, ” which is the more likely.
def.3 مَا أَخْلَقَهُ and أَخْلِقْ بِهِ [have both of the following significations; though it is said that] the former signifies How likely is he, or it! and the latter, How well adapted or disposed, or how apt, meet, suited, suitable, fitted, fit, competent, or proper, or how worthy, is he, or it! i. q. أَجْدِرْ بِهِ and أَحْرِ بِهِ. (TA. [See 4 in arts. جدر and حرى.])
2 Also He had old and worn-out garments.
def.2 اخلقهُ He wore it out; namely, a garment; the verb being trans. as well as intrans. [Hence,] اخلق الدَّهْرُ الشَّىْءَ
2 Also, or اخلقهُ ثَوْبًا, He clad him with an old and worn-out garment. And اخلقِنى ثَوْبَهُ He gave me his old and worn-out garment. And some say, اخلقهُ خَلَقًا He gave him an old and worn-out garment.
3 And إِخْلَاقٌ الثَّوْبِ also signifies The cutting out of the garment: whence the saying, to UmmKhálid, أَبْلِى وَأَخْلِقِى [Wear out, and cut out new]; or, as some relate it, وَأَخْلِفِى, i. e., “ and replace, ” which is the more likely.
def.3 مَا أَخْلَقَهُ and أَخْلِقْ بِهِ [have both of the following significations; though it is said that] the former signifies How likely is he, or it! and the latter, How well adapted or disposed, or how apt, meet, suited, suitable, fitted, fit, competent, or proper, or how worthy, is he, or it! i. q. أَجْدِرْ بِهِ and أَحْرِ بِهِ. (TA. [See 4 in arts. جدر and حرى.])
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