خَرِقٌ
Root: خرق
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خَرِقٌ
[part. n. of خَرِقَ, q. v.:] A young gazelle weak in the legs, cleaving to the ground, and not rising: a gazelle, or young gazelle, when hunted, frightened, so as to be unable to rise: and in like manner a bird frightened, or
2 And [hence,] A man confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or bereft of his reason or intellect, by reason of fear, or of shame: or confounded, perplexed, or amazed, opening his eyes, and looking. See also أَخْرَقُ.
def.2 Also Ashes: because they remain [cleaving to the ground] while the people thereof go away.
2 And [hence,] A man confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or bereft of his reason or intellect, by reason of fear, or of shame: or confounded, perplexed, or amazed, opening his eyes, and looking. See also أَخْرَقُ.
def.2 Also Ashes: because they remain [cleaving to the ground] while the people thereof go away.
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