خُلْفَةٌ
Root: خلف
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خُلْفَةٌ
: see خُلْفٌ.
2 Also A vice, a fault, or an imperfection: and badness, corruptness, vitiousness, or dishonesty: and foolishness, or stupidity; or paucity, or want, of intellect or understanding; as also خَلَافَةٌ [properly an Verbal.Noun, of خَلُفَ, and before mentioned as such; ] and idiocy. All of these meanings have been assigned to it in explanations of the saying, أَبِيعُكَ هٰذَا العَبْدَ وَأَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ خُلْفَتِهِ [I sell to thee this slave, but I am irresponsible to thee for his vice, &c.]: or, accord. to IAar, the meaning is, خِلَافِهِ [his contrariousness].
3 Also The last taste of food; as in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَطَيِّبُ الخُلْفَةِ [Verily it is good, or sweet, in respect of the last taste]; and so خَلْفَةٌ : pl. خُلَفٌ: and it (خُلْفَةٌ) signifies also loss of appetite for food, in consequence of disease: [or,] accord. to some copies of the K, خَلْفَةٌ has this latter signification; and so خُلَفٌ : accord. to other copies, خُلَفٌ is pl of خَلْفَةٌ in this sense: but both these readings require consideration: what is found in the Lexicons is, خَلَفَتْ نَفْسُهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خُلُوفٌ; meaning as explained above, in the latter half of the first paragraph.
2 Also A vice, a fault, or an imperfection: and badness, corruptness, vitiousness, or dishonesty: and foolishness, or stupidity; or paucity, or want, of intellect or understanding; as also خَلَافَةٌ [properly an Verbal.Noun, of خَلُفَ, and before mentioned as such; ] and idiocy. All of these meanings have been assigned to it in explanations of the saying, أَبِيعُكَ هٰذَا العَبْدَ وَأَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ خُلْفَتِهِ [I sell to thee this slave, but I am irresponsible to thee for his vice, &c.]: or, accord. to IAar, the meaning is, خِلَافِهِ [his contrariousness].
3 Also The last taste of food; as in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَطَيِّبُ الخُلْفَةِ [Verily it is good, or sweet, in respect of the last taste]; and so خَلْفَةٌ : pl. خُلَفٌ: and it (خُلْفَةٌ) signifies also loss of appetite for food, in consequence of disease: [or,] accord. to some copies of the K, خَلْفَةٌ has this latter signification; and so خُلَفٌ : accord. to other copies, خُلَفٌ is pl of خَلْفَةٌ in this sense: but both these readings require consideration: what is found in the Lexicons is, خَلَفَتْ نَفْسُهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خُلُوفٌ; meaning as explained above, in the latter half of the first paragraph.
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