خَيْلٌ

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خَيْلٌ Horses, collectively; as some say, applied to Arabian horses and [such as are of inferior breed, termed] بَرَاذِين; the males thereof and the females: but of the fem. gender: a quasi-pl. n., having no sing. formed of the same radical letters: or the sing. is خَائِلٌ : so called because of their اِخْتِيَال, i. e. pride and self-conceit, in their gait: so says AO; but ISd says that this is not well known: or because no one rides a horse without experiencing a feeling of pride: pl., or pl. pl., [of mult.,] خُيُولٌ and خِيُولٌ and [pl. of pauc.] أَخْيَالٌ. And the dual form is used, [although خَيْلٌ has a pl. signification,] like as are [the duals إِبِلَانِ and غَنَمَانِ and] لِقَاحَانِ and جِمَالَانِ. One says, فُلَانٌ لَاتُسَايَرُ خَيْلَاهُ, or لَاتُوَاقَفُ, and لَاتُسَايَرُ خَيْلَاهُ وَلَا تُوَاقَفُ, [Such a one, his two troops of horses will not be competed with in going, or running, nor in standing still,] meaning he is not to be endured in respect of calumny and lying: it is said of a great, or frequent, liar. (TA in art. سير.) And الخَيْلُ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ فُرْسَانِهَا [The horses are more knowing than their riders]; a prov., applied in relation to him of whom thou formest an opinion that he possesses, or possesses not, what suffices, and whom thou findest to be as thou thoughtest, or the contrary. And الخَيْلُ أَعْلَمُ بَفُرْسَانِهَا [The horses are possessed of most knowledge of their riders]; a prov., meaning seek thou aid of him who knows the case, or affair. And الخَيْلُ تَجْرِى عَلَى مَسَاوِيهَا, another prov. [explained in art. سوأ].
2 Also Horsemen, or riders on horses. Thus in the Kur [xvii. 66], وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَ رَجْلِكَ. (S. [See 1 in art. جلب.])

def.2 See also خُيَلَآءُ.

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