خَلٌّ
Root: خل
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خَلٌّ
a word of well-known meaning, Vinegar; i. e. expressed juice of grapes and of dates &c. that has become acid, or sour: so called because its sweet flavour has become altered for the worse (اِخْتَلَّ): a genuine Arabic word: the best is that of wine: it is composed of two constituents of subtile natures, hot and cold, the cold being predominant: and is good for the stomach; and for the gums, which it strengthens, when one rinses the mouth with it; and for foul ulcers or sores; and for the itch; and for the bite, or sting, of venomous reptiles; and as an antidote for the eating of opium; and for burns; and for toothache; and its hot vapour is good for the dropsy, and for difficulty of hearing, and for ringing in the ears:
خَلَّةٌ signifies somewhat thereof; [being the n. un.:] or it may be a dial. var. thereof, like as خَمْرَةٌ is [said by some to be] of خَمْرٌ: see also خَلَّةٌ: the pl. is خُلُولٌ [meaning sorts, or kinds, of vinegar]. It is said in a trad., نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ الخَلُّ [Excellent, or most excellent, is the seasoning, vinegar!].
2 [Hence,] أُمُّ الخَلِّ [The mother of vinegar; meaning] wine.
3 [Hence also the saying,] مَا فُلَانٌ بِخَلٍّ وَلَا خَمْرٍ, or مَا لَهُ خَلٌّ وَلَا خَمْرٌ, or مَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ خَلٌّ وَلَا خَمْرٌ, (S, in art. خمر,) Such a one, or he, possesses neither good nor evil: [or neither evil nor good: for] AA says that some of the Arabs make الخَمْرُ to be good, and الخَلُّ to be evil; [and thus the latter is explained in one place, in this art., in the K;] and some of them make الخمر to be evil, and الخلّ to be good.
def.2 I. q. حَمْضٌ [i. e. A kind of plants in which is saltness: or salt and bitter plants: or salt, or sour, plants or trees: &c.: opposed to خُلَّةٌ]. A poet says,
def.3 A road in sands: or a road passing through sands: or a road between two tracts of sand: or a road passing through heaped-up sands: masc. and fem. [like طَرِيقٌ]: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْلٌّ and [of mult.] خِلَالٌ. One says حَيَّةُ خَلٍّ [A serpent of a road in sands, &c.]; like as one says أَفْعَى صَرِيمَةٍ.
2 An oblong tract of sand.
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4 A vein in the neck and in the back, communicating with the head.
5 A slit, or rent, in a garment, or piece of cloth.
def.4 An old and worn-out garment, or piece of cloth, in which are streaks: [or so ثَوْبٌ خَلٌّ:] and خَلْخَلٌ and خَلْخَلٌ , applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, signify old and worn out, or thin, like هَلْهَلٌ and هَلْهَالٌ.
2 A bird having no feathers: or having few feathers.
3 A man lean, meagre, or emaciated; as also خَلِيلٌ [a meaning said in the TA to be tropical] and مَخْلُولٌ and مُخْتَلٌّ : or light in body: and [the fem.] خَلَّةٌ, applied to a woman, light in body, lean, or spare: the pl. of خَلٌّ is خُلُولٌ. Also Fat: thus bearing two contr. significations: and so مَخْلُولٌ . It is applied to a man and a camel. Accord. to the K, it also signifies A [young camel such as is termed] فَصِيل: but it means such as is lean, or emaciated: and so مَخْلُولٌ , applied to a فصيل as an epithet, for a reason mentioned above, in an explanation of the phrase خَلَّ الفَصِيلَ.
4 Also i. q. اِبْنُ مَخَاضٍ [i. e. A male camel in his second year]; and so خَلَّةٌ ; which is also applied to the female: and i. q. اِبْنُ لَبُونٍ [i. e. a male camel in, or entering upon, his third year]; and in like manner خَلَّةٌ is applied to the female; or, as in the M, to a she-camel; and, as some say, a large she-camel: and اِبْنُ signifies the same as اِبْنُ اللَّبُونِ (T in art. بنى) or اِبْنُ مَخَاضٍ [or ابن المَخَاضِ]. You say, أَتَاهُمْ بِقُرْصٍ كَأَنَّهُ فِرْسِنُ, or كَأَنَّهُ خُفُّ خَلَّةٍ, [They brought them a round cake of bread as though it were the foot of a camel in its second, or third, year,] meaning small. (JK. [In the TA, meaning سَمِينَة ; but this seems to be a mistranscription.])
def.5 A cautery.
2 [Hence,] أُمُّ الخَلِّ [The mother of vinegar; meaning] wine.
3 [Hence also the saying,] مَا فُلَانٌ بِخَلٍّ وَلَا خَمْرٍ, or مَا لَهُ خَلٌّ وَلَا خَمْرٌ, or مَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ خَلٌّ وَلَا خَمْرٌ, (S, in art. خمر,) Such a one, or he, possesses neither good nor evil: [or neither evil nor good: for] AA says that some of the Arabs make الخَمْرُ to be good, and الخَلُّ to be evil; [and thus the latter is explained in one place, in this art., in the K;] and some of them make الخمر to be evil, and الخلّ to be good.
def.2 I. q. حَمْضٌ [i. e. A kind of plants in which is saltness: or salt and bitter plants: or salt, or sour, plants or trees: &c.: opposed to خُلَّةٌ]. A poet says,
[She is not, or they are not, of the plants or trees called خلّ, nor of the kind called خماط (pl. of خَمْطٌ)].لَيْسَتْ مِنَ الخَلِّ وَلَا الخِمَاطِ
def.3 A road in sands: or a road passing through sands: or a road between two tracts of sand: or a road passing through heaped-up sands: masc. and fem. [like طَرِيقٌ]: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْلٌّ and [of mult.] خِلَالٌ. One says حَيَّةُ خَلٍّ [A serpent of a road in sands, &c.]; like as one says أَفْعَى صَرِيمَةٍ.
2 An oblong tract of sand.
3
4 A vein in the neck and in the back, communicating with the head.
5 A slit, or rent, in a garment, or piece of cloth.
def.4 An old and worn-out garment, or piece of cloth, in which are streaks: [or so ثَوْبٌ خَلٌّ:] and خَلْخَلٌ and خَلْخَلٌ , applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, signify old and worn out, or thin, like هَلْهَلٌ and هَلْهَالٌ.
2 A bird having no feathers: or having few feathers.
3 A man lean, meagre, or emaciated; as also خَلِيلٌ [a meaning said in the TA to be tropical] and مَخْلُولٌ and مُخْتَلٌّ : or light in body: and [the fem.] خَلَّةٌ, applied to a woman, light in body, lean, or spare: the pl. of خَلٌّ is خُلُولٌ. Also Fat: thus bearing two contr. significations: and so مَخْلُولٌ . It is applied to a man and a camel. Accord. to the K, it also signifies A [young camel such as is termed] فَصِيل: but it means such as is lean, or emaciated: and so مَخْلُولٌ , applied to a فصيل as an epithet, for a reason mentioned above, in an explanation of the phrase خَلَّ الفَصِيلَ.
4 Also i. q. اِبْنُ مَخَاضٍ [i. e. A male camel in his second year]; and so خَلَّةٌ ; which is also applied to the female: and i. q. اِبْنُ لَبُونٍ [i. e. a male camel in, or entering upon, his third year]; and in like manner خَلَّةٌ is applied to the female; or, as in the M, to a she-camel; and, as some say, a large she-camel: and اِبْنُ signifies the same as اِبْنُ اللَّبُونِ (T in art. بنى) or اِبْنُ مَخَاضٍ [or ابن المَخَاضِ]. You say, أَتَاهُمْ بِقُرْصٍ كَأَنَّهُ فِرْسِنُ, or كَأَنَّهُ خُفُّ خَلَّةٍ, [They brought them a round cake of bread as though it were the foot of a camel in its second, or third, year,] meaning small. (JK. [In the TA, meaning سَمِينَة ; but this seems to be a mistranscription.])
def.5 A cautery.
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