خَالٌ
Root: خيل
Full Definition
خَالٌ
i. q.
ظَنٌّ and تَوَهُّمٌ [meaning Thought, or opinion: and surmise, or fancy: though تَوَهُّمٌ is often explained as syn. with ظَنٌّ]: an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.]. So in the saying, أَصَابَ
فِهِ خَالِى [My thought or opinion, or surmise or fancy, was right respecting him, or it].
2 I. q.
3 مَخِيلَةٌ, q. v., [accord. to the TA, which is followed in this instance, as usual, by the author of the TK, as meaning فِرَاسَةٌ: but this is a mistake: for وهى الفراسة, the explanation in the TA, we should read وَهِىَ مِنَ الفِرَاسَةِ; as is shown by its being there immediately added that one says, فِيهِ خَالًا, explained in art. خول; (see 4, and خَالٌ, in that art.; and see also مَخِيلَةٌ in the present art.;) and by what here follows:] الخَالٌ is syn. with المَخِيلَةٌ and الشِّيَةُ.
4 For another sense in which it is syn. with مَخِيلَةٌ see the latter word, below.
5 A nature; or a natural, a native, or an innate, disposition or temper or the like; syn. خُلُقٌ.
6 I. q. خُيَلَآءُ, q. v.
def.2 A limping, or halting, or slight lameness, in a horse or similar beast: in this sense an Verbal.Noun of خَالَ.
2 Gout; or gout in the foot or feet; syn. نِقْرِسٌ.
def.3 Lightning: [app. as being a sign, or token, of coming rain.]
2 Clouds; syn. غَيْمٌ: or clouds (غيم) lightening: and also rising, and seeming to one to be raining; and the single cloud (سَحَابَة) is termed : or rising, and seeming to one to be raining, and then passing beyond one; but when having thunder, or lightning, therein, termed , though not when the rain has gone therefrom: or clouds (سَحَابٌ) raining: or clouds (سحاب) that fail not to fulfil their promise of rain; and a cloud of this description is termed مَخِيلَةٌ : or in which is no rain, though thought, when seen, to be raining.
3
4 A man in whom one sees an indication, or a sign, or token, of goodness.
5 Free from التُّهْمَة [as meaning what occasions suspicion].
6 A man who manages cattle, or camels &c., and pastures them, well: or خَالُ مَالٍ
7 An owner of a thing: from خَالَهُ, Present.T يَخُولُ, meaning “ he managed it, ” &c. You say, مَنْ خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ Who is the owner of this horse? [See خَالٌ in art. خول.]
8 See also مُخْتَالٌ, in three places.
9 A man free from an attachment of love.
10 A man having no wife.
11 A man weak in heart and body: but this is most probably [خَالٌّ,] with teshdeed, from خَلَّ لَحْمُهُ, meaning “ he became lean. ”
def.4 As meaning A maternal uncle, it is mentioned in art. خول.
def.5 A mole, syn. شَامَةٌ, a black شامة, upon the person; [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness; or a small black spot upon the person: dim. خُيَيْلٌ accord. to him who says مَخِيلٌ and مَخْيُولٌ [as meaning “ marked with many moles upon the person ”], and خُوَيْلٌ accord. to him who says مَخُولٌ, which shows it to be, in one dial., of the art. خول [in which it is also mentioned]: pl. [of mult.] خِيلَانٌ and [of pauc.] أَخِيلَةٌ.
def.6 A garment, or cloth, of the garments, or cloths, of the جُهَّال [here meaning people of the Time of Ignorance]: a soft garment or cloth of the garments or cloths of El-Yemen: and a [garment of the kind called] بُرْد, of the fabric of El-Yemen, red [or brown], with black lines or stripes, which used to be made in the first ages: but Az makes these two to be one: it has been mentioned before, in art. خول, to which also it may belong.
2 A garment, or piece of cloth, with which a corpse is shrouded.
3 The [kind of banner called] لِوَآء that is tied [to its spear-shaft] for a commander, or to denote one's having the authority of a prefect, commander, ruler, or the like: [SM adds,] I do not think it to be so called for any other reason than that it was of the بُرُود of the kind termed خَالٌ. [See also خَالٌ in art. خول.]
4 The office of Khaleefeh; because belonging to one for whom a banner is tied [on the occasion of his appointment].
def.7 A big mountain.
2 And
3 And A black stallion-camel. Mentioned also in art. خول.
def.8 A place in which is no one, or no one by whose company one may be cheered. [Probably from خَالٍ, part. n. of خَلَا, Present.T يَخْلُو.]
2 A small [hill such as is termed] أَكَمَة.
def.9 The لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bit with its appertenances,] of a horse: app. a dial. var. of خَوَلٌ, q. v.
def.10 A certain plant, having a blossom, well known in Nejd.
2 I. q.
3 مَخِيلَةٌ, q. v., [accord. to the TA, which is followed in this instance, as usual, by the author of the TK, as meaning فِرَاسَةٌ: but this is a mistake: for وهى الفراسة, the explanation in the TA, we should read وَهِىَ مِنَ الفِرَاسَةِ; as is shown by its being there immediately added that one says, فِيهِ خَالًا, explained in art. خول; (see 4, and خَالٌ, in that art.; and see also مَخِيلَةٌ in the present art.;) and by what here follows:] الخَالٌ is syn. with المَخِيلَةٌ and الشِّيَةُ.
4 For another sense in which it is syn. with مَخِيلَةٌ see the latter word, below.
5 A nature; or a natural, a native, or an innate, disposition or temper or the like; syn. خُلُقٌ.
6 I. q. خُيَلَآءُ, q. v.
def.2 A limping, or halting, or slight lameness, in a horse or similar beast: in this sense an Verbal.Noun of خَالَ.
2 Gout; or gout in the foot or feet; syn. نِقْرِسٌ.
def.3 Lightning: [app. as being a sign, or token, of coming rain.]
2 Clouds; syn. غَيْمٌ: or clouds (غيم) lightening: and also rising, and seeming to one to be raining; and the single cloud (سَحَابَة) is termed : or rising, and seeming to one to be raining, and then passing beyond one; but when having thunder, or lightning, therein, termed , though not when the rain has gone therefrom: or clouds (سَحَابٌ) raining: or clouds (سحاب) that fail not to fulfil their promise of rain; and a cloud of this description is termed مَخِيلَةٌ : or in which is no rain, though thought, when seen, to be raining.
3
4 A man in whom one sees an indication, or a sign, or token, of goodness.
5 Free from التُّهْمَة [as meaning what occasions suspicion].
6 A man who manages cattle, or camels &c., and pastures them, well: or خَالُ مَالٍ
7 An owner of a thing: from خَالَهُ, Present.T يَخُولُ, meaning “ he managed it, ” &c. You say, مَنْ خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ Who is the owner of this horse? [See خَالٌ in art. خول.]
8 See also مُخْتَالٌ, in three places.
9 A man free from an attachment of love.
10 A man having no wife.
11 A man weak in heart and body: but this is most probably [خَالٌّ,] with teshdeed, from خَلَّ لَحْمُهُ, meaning “ he became lean. ”
def.4 As meaning A maternal uncle, it is mentioned in art. خول.
def.5 A mole, syn. شَامَةٌ, a black شامة, upon the person; [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness; or a small black spot upon the person: dim. خُيَيْلٌ accord. to him who says مَخِيلٌ and مَخْيُولٌ [as meaning “ marked with many moles upon the person ”], and خُوَيْلٌ accord. to him who says مَخُولٌ, which shows it to be, in one dial., of the art. خول [in which it is also mentioned]: pl. [of mult.] خِيلَانٌ and [of pauc.] أَخِيلَةٌ.
def.6 A garment, or cloth, of the garments, or cloths, of the جُهَّال [here meaning people of the Time of Ignorance]: a soft garment or cloth of the garments or cloths of El-Yemen: and a [garment of the kind called] بُرْد, of the fabric of El-Yemen, red [or brown], with black lines or stripes, which used to be made in the first ages: but Az makes these two to be one: it has been mentioned before, in art. خول, to which also it may belong.
2 A garment, or piece of cloth, with which a corpse is shrouded.
3 The [kind of banner called] لِوَآء that is tied [to its spear-shaft] for a commander, or to denote one's having the authority of a prefect, commander, ruler, or the like: [SM adds,] I do not think it to be so called for any other reason than that it was of the بُرُود of the kind termed خَالٌ. [See also خَالٌ in art. خول.]
4 The office of Khaleefeh; because belonging to one for whom a banner is tied [on the occasion of his appointment].
def.7 A big mountain.
2 And
3 And A black stallion-camel. Mentioned also in art. خول.
def.8 A place in which is no one, or no one by whose company one may be cheered. [Probably from خَالٍ, part. n. of خَلَا, Present.T يَخْلُو.]
2 A small [hill such as is termed] أَكَمَة.
def.9 The لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bit with its appertenances,] of a horse: app. a dial. var. of خَوَلٌ, q. v.
def.10 A certain plant, having a blossom, well known in Nejd.
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