خَلَفٌ
Root: خلف
Full Definition
خَلَفٌ
A substitute; a thing given, or received, or put, or done, instead of, in place of, or in exchange for, another thing. You say, اِجْعَلْ هٰذَا خَلْفًا مِنْ هٰذَا
Make thou this to be a substitute for this. And هٰذَا خَلَفٌ مِمَّا أُخِذَ لَكَ
This is a substitute for what has been taken to thee. And فِى هٰؤُلَآءِ القَوْمِ خَلَفٌ مِمَّنْ مَضَى
In these people are such as supply the place of those who have gone. And فِى فُلَانٍ خَلَفٌ مِنْ فُلَانٍ [In such a one is a substitute for such a one]. And هُوَ مِنْ أَبِيهِ خَلَفٌ
He is a substitute for his father. See also خَلْفٌ, in six places, in the former half of the paragraph.
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