خُرَافَةٌ
Root: خرف
Full Definition
2 Hence خُرَافَاتٌ meaning Stories that are deemed pretty: similar to فُكَاهَةٌ from فَاكِهَةٌ: [or] خُرَافَةُ was the name of a man, of [the tribe of] 'Odhrah, whom the Jinn fascinated, as the Arabs assert, and carried off, and who related what he had seen, of them, when he returned, and they pronounced him a liar, and said, of a thing that was impossible, حَدِيثُ خُرَافَةَ [a story of Khuráfeh]: but it is related of the Prophet, that he said, خُرَافَةُ حَقٌّ, meaning What Khuráfeh relates [as heard] from the Jinn [is true]: the ر is without teshdeed; and the article ال is not prefixed, because the word is determinate [by itself], unless one mean thereby خُرَافَاتٌ as signifying fictictious night-stories: or خُرَافَةٌ signifies a fictitious story that is deemed pretty: [and أَخَارِيفُ app. signifies the same as خُرَافَاتٌ, as though its sing. were أُخْرُوفَةٌ, like as أَسَاطِيرُ and أَحَادِيثُ, which have similar meanings, are pls. of which the sings. are said to be أَسْطُورَةٌ and أُحْدُوثَةٌ:] see 1, last signification.
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