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خَاذِلٌ

Root: خذل

Full Definition

خَاذِلٌ Abstaining from, or neglecting, the rendering of aid, or assistance.
2 And Any one leaving, forsaking, or deserting.
3 Also, and خَذُولٌ , A female gazelle, and a [wild] cow, holding back from going with her female companions, or remaining behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remaining alone with him: or a female gazelle, &c., as, for instance, a [wild] cow, holding back from going with her female companions, and remaining alone: or holding back, or remaining behind, not overtaking [the others]: or the latter signifies a female gazelle that has left, forsaken, or deserted, her young ones.
4 And the former, A female gazelle remaining attending to her young one; as also مُخْذِلٌ .
5 Also Routed, defeated, or put to flight.
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