خِلْفٌ
Root: خلف
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خِلْفٌ
: see خِلْفَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in seven places.
2 Also, applied to a man, i. q. لَجُوجٌ [app. as meaning One who perseveres much in opposition or contention or the like]; as also خَالِفَةٌ .
def.2 Also a subst. from إِخْلَافٌ meaning The act of drawing water; and so خِلْفَةٌ : [whence the saying,] مِنْ أَيْنِ خِلْفَتُكُمْ Whence do ye draw water?
def.3 The teat (حَلَمَة) of the udder of the she-camel: and the two fore ones, and the two hinder ones: or the part of the udder upon which the milker lays hold: or the extremity of the udder of the she-camel: or the hinder of the أَطْبَآء [or teats]: or the udder itself; [i. e.] it is, to the she-camel, like the ثَدْى to the human being, or like the ضَرْع to the ewe or she-goat: or the خِلْف is of the camel and of the cloven-hoofed animal; and the طُبْى, of the solid-hoofed animal and of the animal that has a claw: the pl. [properly of pauc.] is أَخْلَافٌ and [of mult.] خُلُوفٌ. One says, دَرَّتْ لَهُ أَخْلَافُ الدُّنْيَا
def.4 The shortest of the ribs of the side; [and] so خَلْفٌ ; likewise called ضِلَعٌ الخِلْفِ and الخَلْفِ; it is the furthest and thinnest of the ribs; [i. e.] the خِلْف is that next to the belly, of the small ribs; their قُصَيْرَى: (K: [see القُصْرَى:]) pl. of the former [and] of the latter خُلُوفٌ.
def.5 ذَاتُ خِلْفَيْنِ: see خَلْفٌ, near the end of the paragraph.
2 Also, applied to a man, i. q. لَجُوجٌ [app. as meaning One who perseveres much in opposition or contention or the like]; as also خَالِفَةٌ .
def.2 Also a subst. from إِخْلَافٌ meaning The act of drawing water; and so خِلْفَةٌ : [whence the saying,] مِنْ أَيْنِ خِلْفَتُكُمْ Whence do ye draw water?
def.3 The teat (حَلَمَة) of the udder of the she-camel: and the two fore ones, and the two hinder ones: or the part of the udder upon which the milker lays hold: or the extremity of the udder of the she-camel: or the hinder of the أَطْبَآء [or teats]: or the udder itself; [i. e.] it is, to the she-camel, like the ثَدْى to the human being, or like the ضَرْع to the ewe or she-goat: or the خِلْف is of the camel and of the cloven-hoofed animal; and the طُبْى, of the solid-hoofed animal and of the animal that has a claw: the pl. [properly of pauc.] is أَخْلَافٌ and [of mult.] خُلُوفٌ. One says, دَرَّتْ لَهُ أَخْلَافُ الدُّنْيَا
def.4 The shortest of the ribs of the side; [and] so خَلْفٌ ; likewise called ضِلَعٌ الخِلْفِ and الخَلْفِ; it is the furthest and thinnest of the ribs; [i. e.] the خِلْف is that next to the belly, of the small ribs; their قُصَيْرَى: (K: [see القُصْرَى:]) pl. of the former [and] of the latter خُلُوفٌ.
def.5 ذَاتُ خِلْفَيْنِ: see خَلْفٌ, near the end of the paragraph.
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