خَرَفَ
Root: خرف
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 خَرَفَ فُلَانًا, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خَرْفٌ, He picked up, for such a one, dates (تَمْرًا), or fruit (ثَمْرًا), accord. to different copies of the K: from Sh.
3 يَخْرُفُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَمِنْ هَاهُنَا, said of a lamb, means He depastures, and eats, from this place and from this.
4 And خَرَفَ, said of a man, Present.T ـِ or ـُ He took of the طَرَف [app. meaning the choice part] of the fruits.
def.2 خَرَفَ also signifies He remained, stayed, or abode, in the [season called] خَرِيف: and in like manner, they remained, stayed, or abode, in a place during their خَرِيف. You say, خَرَفُوا فِى حَائِطِهِمْ They remained, stayed, or abode, in their حائط [or garden, or walled garden of palm-trees,] in the time of the gathering of the fruits.
def.3 خُرِفْنَا We were rained upon by the rain called الخَرِيف. And خُرِفَتِ الأَرْضُ, Verbal.Noun خَرْفٌ, The land was rained upon by the rain so called. And خُرِفَتِ البَهَائِمُ The beasts were rained upon by the rain so called: or had that upon which they might pasture produced for them by that rain.
def.4 خَرِفَ, Present.T ـَ He was, or became, fond of, or addicted to, the eating of خُرْفَة, i. e. gathered, or plucked, fruit of the palm-tree.
def.5 خَرِفَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرَفٌ; and خَرَفَ, Present.T ـُ; and خَرُفَ, Present.T ـُ; He doted; or was, or became, corrupted, rendered unsound, or disordered, in his intellect; in consequence of old age. [The first of these three verbs, in the present day, is used as meaning He doted; told stories such as are termed خُرَافَات, i. e. fictions, &c.; and talked nonsense: as also خرّف .]
def.6 خَرَفَتْهُ أَخَارِيفُ [app. Stories such as are termed اخاريف, i. e. , or fictions, &c., caused him to dote, or talk nonsense]. (JK, TA. * [Mentioned in the former immediately after خُرَافَةٌ explained as meaning “ a fiction that is deemed pretty. ” See also 4.])
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