مُخْتَارٌ
Root: خير
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مُخْتَارٌ
act. part. n. [of 8, signifying Choosing, selecting, or electing].
2 And pass. part. n. [of the same, signifying Chosen, selected, elected, or preferred: and choice, select, or elect; as also خِيَارٌ , which signifies like wise the best of anything; often used in this sense, as a sing. and as a pl.; and excellent, or excellent and brisk, applied to a he-camel and to a she-camel; as mentioned above, voce خَيْرٌ]. You say also جَمَلٌ خِيَارٌ in the sense of مُخْتَارٌ [A choice he-camel], and خِيَارٌ نَاقَةٌ in the sense of مُخْتَارَةٌ [A choice she-camel]. [See also خِيَرَةٌ.] The dim. of مُخْتَارٌ is مُخَيِّرٌ : the ت is thrown out because it is augmentative; and the ى is changed into ى because it was changed from ى in مختار: one should not say مُخَيْتِيرٌ.
3 See also خِيَارٌ.
2 And pass. part. n. [of the same, signifying Chosen, selected, elected, or preferred: and choice, select, or elect; as also خِيَارٌ , which signifies like wise the best of anything; often used in this sense, as a sing. and as a pl.; and excellent, or excellent and brisk, applied to a he-camel and to a she-camel; as mentioned above, voce خَيْرٌ]. You say also جَمَلٌ خِيَارٌ in the sense of مُخْتَارٌ [A choice he-camel], and خِيَارٌ نَاقَةٌ in the sense of مُخْتَارَةٌ [A choice she-camel]. [See also خِيَرَةٌ.] The dim. of مُخْتَارٌ is مُخَيِّرٌ : the ت is thrown out because it is augmentative; and the ى is changed into ى because it was changed from ى in مختار: one should not say مُخَيْتِيرٌ.
3 See also خِيَارٌ.
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