خَرِيعٌ
Root: خرع
Full Definition
خَرِيعٌ
: see خَرِعٌ.
2 Anything that quickly breaks.
3 Soft; applied to a lip (شَفَة): and pendulous; applied to the lip of a camel.
4 Applied to a woman, Youthful, and soft, tender, or delicate: or beautiful: or that walks with an affected bending of the body, and with softness, or delicacy: or that affects a bending of the body by reason of softness, or delicacy; as also خِرِيعَةٌ and خَرُوعٌ : or
5 Also, [as a subst.,] A branch; because of its softness, or tenderness, and its bending.
2 Anything that quickly breaks.
3 Soft; applied to a lip (شَفَة): and pendulous; applied to the lip of a camel.
4 Applied to a woman, Youthful, and soft, tender, or delicate: or beautiful: or that walks with an affected bending of the body, and with softness, or delicacy: or that affects a bending of the body by reason of softness, or delicacy; as also خِرِيعَةٌ and خَرُوعٌ : or
5 Also, [as a subst.,] A branch; because of its softness, or tenderness, and its bending.
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