خَسْفَةٌ
Root: خسف
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خَسْفَةٌ
[app. A leanness, or an emaciation: see 1, and see also خَسْفٌ]: this befalls camels, and sheep or goats, in the heat and in the cold.
def.2 Also sing. of , which signifies Soft tracts of land: or level lands: and one says also أَخَاسِفُ [and thus the word is written in the CK]. One says, وَقَعُوا فِى مِنَ الأَرْضِ They became in soft tracts of land. [See also أَخَاشِفُ, in art. خشف.]
def.2 Also sing. of , which signifies Soft tracts of land: or level lands: and one says also أَخَاسِفُ [and thus the word is written in the CK]. One says, وَقَعُوا فِى مِنَ الأَرْضِ They became in soft tracts of land. [See also أَخَاشِفُ, in art. خشف.]
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