خِلْبٌ
Root: خلب
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خِلْبٌ
i. q.
ظُفُرٌ, used in a general sense [as meaning The nail of a man, and the talon of a bird, and the claw of a beast: see also مِخْلَبٌ]: pl. أَخْلَابٌ only.
2 The diaphragm, or midriff; syn. حِجَابُ القَلْبِ; or حِجَابُ الكَبِدِ; the partition intervening between the heart and the liver; the partition between the heart and the belly; or a small and thin piece of flesh forming a connection between the ribs [app. of one side and those of the other]: or the liver [itself]: or its زِيَادَة [or زَائِدَة]: or a white thin thing adhering to the liver: or a certain thing in, or upon, the liver, like a غُدَّة: or a small bone, resembling a man's nail, adhering to one side of the midriff, next the liver. See 1, in two places.
3 A friend; [app. because he cleaves to another;] as also خِلْمٌ.
4 [And hence, app.,] خِلْبُ نِسَآءٍ, a phrase like حِدْثُ نِسَآءٍ and زِيرُ نِسَآءٍ, A man whom women love: or one who loves women for the sake of discourse, or for the sake of vitious or immoral conduct, or adultery, or fornication, and whom they love in like manner: and one who endeavours to deceive, or beguile, women [with blandishing speech: see 1]: pl. أَخْلَابُ نِسَآءٍ and نِسَآءٍ: the latter [in the CK خِلْباءُ] extr. [with respect to rule].
def.2 I. q. وَشْىٌ [app. as meaning A kind of variegated, or figured, cloth or garment]. [See also مُخَلَّبٌ.]
def.3 The radish. In a copy of the K, الفَحْلُ is erroneously put for الفِجْلُ.
2 The leaves, or broad leaves, of the grape-vine.
2 The diaphragm, or midriff; syn. حِجَابُ القَلْبِ; or حِجَابُ الكَبِدِ; the partition intervening between the heart and the liver; the partition between the heart and the belly; or a small and thin piece of flesh forming a connection between the ribs [app. of one side and those of the other]: or the liver [itself]: or its زِيَادَة [or زَائِدَة]: or a white thin thing adhering to the liver: or a certain thing in, or upon, the liver, like a غُدَّة: or a small bone, resembling a man's nail, adhering to one side of the midriff, next the liver. See 1, in two places.
3 A friend; [app. because he cleaves to another;] as also خِلْمٌ.
4 [And hence, app.,] خِلْبُ نِسَآءٍ, a phrase like حِدْثُ نِسَآءٍ and زِيرُ نِسَآءٍ, A man whom women love: or one who loves women for the sake of discourse, or for the sake of vitious or immoral conduct, or adultery, or fornication, and whom they love in like manner: and one who endeavours to deceive, or beguile, women [with blandishing speech: see 1]: pl. أَخْلَابُ نِسَآءٍ and نِسَآءٍ: the latter [in the CK خِلْباءُ] extr. [with respect to rule].
def.2 I. q. وَشْىٌ [app. as meaning A kind of variegated, or figured, cloth or garment]. [See also مُخَلَّبٌ.]
def.3 The radish. In a copy of the K, الفَحْلُ is erroneously put for الفِجْلُ.
2 The leaves, or broad leaves, of the grape-vine.
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