خَالٌ
Root: خول
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خَالٌ
A maternal uncle; one's mother's brother: pl. أَخْوَالٌ and أَخْوِلَةٌ, [both pls. of pauc.,] the latter anomalous, and خُوَّلٌ and خُؤُولٌ and خُؤُولَةٌ: the fem. is خَالَ, a maternal aunt; one's mother's sister: and the pl. of this is خَالَاتٌ. One says, هُمَاٱبْنَا خَالَةٍ [meaning Each of them two is a son of a maternal aunt of the other]; but one cannot say, ٱبْنَا عَمَّةٍ: and in like manner one says, ٱبْنَا عَمًّ; but one cannot say, ٱبْنَا خَالٍ.
def.2 An owner of a horse: you say, أَنَا خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ I am the owner of this horse. [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.]
2 هُوَ خَالُ مَالٍ and مَالٍ He is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c.; or a good manager or tender thereof; and so مَالٍ: خَائِلٌ signifies also a keeper, or guardian, of a thing; or a pastor; a people's pastor, who milks and waters and pastures for them; and one who pays frequent attention to a thing, puts it into a good or right state, or restores it to such a state, and undertakes the management of it: خُوَّلٌ [is a pl. of خَائِلٌ, like as نُوَّمٌ is of نَائِمٌ, &c., and] signifies pastors who take care of cattle, or camels &c.: and خَوْلِىٌّ , or, accord. to the M, خَوَلِىٌّ , signifies a pastor who is a good manager of cattle, or camels, and sheep or goats; or a good manager and orderer of the affairs of men; and its pl. [or quasi-pl. n. or n. un.] is خَوَلٌ ; accord. to the M, like as عَرَبٌ is of عَرَبِىٌّ. [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.]
def.3 An indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good in a person. See 4.
def.4 A mole; i. e. [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness: dim. خُوَيْلٌ and خُيَيْلٌ: and pl. خِيلَانٌ. (JK. [See also art. خيل.])
def.5 The [kind of banner called] لِوَآء, of an army or a military force. (S, K. [See also art. خيل.])
2 A kind of soft garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen: a kind of بُرْد, well known, having a red [or brown] ground, with black lines or stripes. (TA. [Mentioned also in art. خيل.])
def.6 A black stallion-camel. (IAar, K. [See also art. خيل.])
def.2 An owner of a horse: you say, أَنَا خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ I am the owner of this horse. [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.]
2 هُوَ خَالُ مَالٍ and مَالٍ He is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c.; or a good manager or tender thereof; and so مَالٍ: خَائِلٌ signifies also a keeper, or guardian, of a thing; or a pastor; a people's pastor, who milks and waters and pastures for them; and one who pays frequent attention to a thing, puts it into a good or right state, or restores it to such a state, and undertakes the management of it: خُوَّلٌ [is a pl. of خَائِلٌ, like as نُوَّمٌ is of نَائِمٌ, &c., and] signifies pastors who take care of cattle, or camels &c.: and خَوْلِىٌّ , or, accord. to the M, خَوَلِىٌّ , signifies a pastor who is a good manager of cattle, or camels, and sheep or goats; or a good manager and orderer of the affairs of men; and its pl. [or quasi-pl. n. or n. un.] is خَوَلٌ ; accord. to the M, like as عَرَبٌ is of عَرَبِىٌّ. [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.]
def.3 An indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good in a person. See 4.
def.4 A mole; i. e. [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness: dim. خُوَيْلٌ and خُيَيْلٌ: and pl. خِيلَانٌ. (JK. [See also art. خيل.])
def.5 The [kind of banner called] لِوَآء, of an army or a military force. (S, K. [See also art. خيل.])
2 A kind of soft garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen: a kind of بُرْد, well known, having a red [or brown] ground, with black lines or stripes. (TA. [Mentioned also in art. خيل.])
def.6 A black stallion-camel. (IAar, K. [See also art. خيل.])
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