خِرِّيتُ
Root: خرت
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خِرِّيتُ
and خِرِّيتٌ مِرِّيتٌ A skilful, or an expert, guide of the way; one who pursues the right course to the
أَخْرَات, i. e. the obscure roads or ways, and the narrow passes, of the deserts; or who pursues the right course in a way that may be likened to the
خُرْت [or eye] of the needle: or skilful; applied to a man, and [particularly] to a guide: pl. خَرَارِتُ, occurring in a verse [perhaps used by poetic licence for the regular pl. خَرَارِيتُ].
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