خَذَلَهُ
Root: خذل
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَذَلَهُI
, and خَذَلَ عَنْهُ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun خِذْلَانٌ and خَذْلٌ, or
خِذْلَانٌ is a simple subst.; and
; He abstained from, or neglected, aiding him, or assisting him; and held back from him: and خَذَلَهُ
he left, forsook, or deserted, him: and, accord. to AZ, خَذَلَ عَنْهُ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun خُذُولٌ, he left him, and held back from going with him. (T in art. تلو.) And
خِذْلَانٌ signifies God's failing to preserve a man; accord. to Az, from an evil action; so that he falls into it. It is said in the Kur [iii. 154], وَ إِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ
بَعْدِهِ [But if He fail to aid you, or to preserve you, then who is he that will aid you after Him?]: here 'Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr read
, with damm to the ى and kesr to the ذ.
2 And خَذَلَ He held back from going with the herd; or remained behind the herd. And خَذَلَتْ She held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone: or held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [the others]: or you say, of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow, تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا She holds back from going with her female companions, or remains behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As. And خَذَلَتْ She remained attending to her young one [when the rest of the herd had gone]; said by some to be inverted [as to the meaning], because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left; as also , and .
3 A poet says, describing a horse,
2 And خَذَلَ He held back from going with the herd; or remained behind the herd. And خَذَلَتْ She held back from going with her female companions, and remained alone: or held back, or remained behind, not overtaking [the others]: or you say, of a female gazelle, and of a [wild] cow, تَخْذُلُ صَوَاحِبَاتِهَا She holds back from going with her female companions, or remains behind them, with her young one, in the place of pasturage: or remains alone with him; as A'Obeyd says, on the authority of As. And خَذَلَتْ She remained attending to her young one [when the rest of the herd had gone]; said by some to be inverted [as to the meaning], because she is [not the one that leaves, but] the one that is left; as also , and .
3 A poet says, describing a horse,
meaning [And he is, or was, like the bucket in the hand of the drawer of water,] of which the cross pieces of wood have become separated from it [so that it has become severed from the wellrope].فَهْوَ كَالدَّلْوِ بِكَفِّ المُسْتَقِى خَذَلَتْ عَنْهُ العَرَاقِى فَٱنْجَذَمْ
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