Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَذْرَفَ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَذْرَفَةٌ, (TA,) He hastened, sped, or went quickly. (Ḳ.) And خَذْرَفَتْ, said of a [wild] she-ass, She hastened, sped, or went quickly, and threw out her legs. (TA.) And, said of camels, They threw the pebbles with their feet by reason of quickness. (Ḳ.)

خَذْرَفَهُ He cut off his (a man's) extremities with a sword. (Ḳ.)

He sharpened it; namely, a sword. (Ḳ.)

He filled it; namely, a vessel. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)

تَخَذْرَفَ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became rent, or pierced with holes. (TA.)

تَخَذْرَفَتْهُ النَّوَى [The place which was the object of a journey] caused him to go forth, or depart; (L, Ḳ, TA;) as also تَخَذْرَمَتْهُ. (TA.)

خَذْرَفَةٌ inf. n. of Q. 1.

Also Roundness of the legs of an animal, or quadruped. (TA.)

And A piece of a garment or cloth. (TA.)

خِذْرَافٌ A certain plant of the spring, which dries up when it feels the [heat of] summer: (Lth, Ḳ:) or a species of the [kind called] حَمْض, (AḤn, Ṣ, Ḳ,) having a small leaf, and rising to the height of a cubit: (AḤn:) the latter is said by Az to be the correct explanation: the former he disapproves: (TA:) n. un. with ة {خِذْرَافَةٌ}. (Ṣ.)

خُذْرُوفٌ [A kind of whirling plaything;] a thing which a boy turns round by means of a thread, or string, in his hands, causing it to make a sound such as is termed دَوِىّ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or a small piece of wood, or a slit, or split, reed or cane, in the middle of which is cut a notch, and which is then tied with a thread, or string, which being pulled, it turns round, and is heard to make a sound such as is termed حَفِيف: boys play with it; and it is also called خَرَّارَةٌ: (Lth, TA: [in the latter of which, in art. خر, the خرّارة is said to be a piece of wood like the half of a sandal, tied with a thread or string, which, being put in motion, draws along the piece of wood and causes it to make a sound:]) or a small, round, piece of skin, attached to which are two connected threads or strings, which being pulled by a boy, with his fingers, it turns round, causing a sound to be heard such as is termed دَوِىّ: (EM p. 43:) pl. خَذَارِيفُ. (Ṣ.) Imra-el-Ḳeys likens to it a swift horse: (Ṣ:) and it is applied as an epithet to a horse; (Lth;) meaning Swift in his running, (Lth, Ḳ, TA,) or in going. (TA.) And one says, تَرَكَتِ السُّيُوفُ رَأْسَهُ خَذَارِيفَ, meaning † The swords made his head to be pieces, each piece like the خذروف. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Clay kneaded, and made like sugar, (يُعْمَلُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكَّرِ, in the CK يُعْمَلُ منهُ شَبِيهًا بِالسُّكُّرِ, [the latter reading evidently wrong, and the former I think doubtful,]) with which boys play. (Ḳ.)

The piece of wood that is put [app. as a handle] in the hole of the upper millstone. (TA.)

A herd of camels: and one separate therefrom. (Ḳ.)

Lightning gleaming, or shining brightly, in the clouds, and separate therefrom. (Ḳ.)

Anything scattered from, or of, a thing. (L, O, Ḳ.)

The خَذَارِيف of the هَوْدَج are The pieces of wood (سَقَائِف) with which the هودج is made of a square form. (Ḳ.) [See also دَامِغَةٌ.]

رَجُلٌ مُتَخَذْرِفٌ A man of good natural disposition. (TA.)