خَلِفٌ
Root: خلف
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خَلِفٌ
, applied to she-camels, i. q.
مَخَاضٌ, i. e. Pregnant: n. un. with ة: accord. to some, the pl. of خَلِفَةٌ, which signifies a pregnant camel, or, as some say, one that has completed a year after bringing forth and has then been covered and has conceived, until she enters upon the term called
التَّعْشِير, (TA, [from-the time when her pregnancy has become manifest, (see قَارِحٌ and لَاقِحٌ,)] is مَخَاضٌ, like as the pl. of اِمْرَأَةٌ is نِسَآءٌ; and sometimes خَلِفَاتٌ and خِلَافٌ: but خَلِفٌ occurs in the saying of the rájiz,
[What aileth thee that thou utterest a grumbling cry, when the pregnant camels utter not that cry?].مَا لَكَ تَرْغِينَ وَلَا تَرْغُوا الخَلِفْ
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