Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَلَى, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. يَخْلِى, (Mṣb,) inf. n. خَلْىٌ; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) andاختلى↓; (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) He cut the herbage called خَلًى: (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or he plucked it up. (Lḥ, Ḳ.) Hence, in a trad., (Mgh, Mṣb, TA,) respecting the declaration of the sacredness of Mekkeh, (TA,) لَا يُخْتَلَى↓ خَلَاهَا, (Mgh, Mṣb, TA,) i. e. [Its fresh herbage] shall not be cut. (Mṣb.)

خَلَى الدَّابَّةَ, (Ṣ,) or المَاشِيَةَ, (Ḳ,) aor. as above; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) orاخلى↓ الماشية, inf. n. إِخْلَآءٌ; (TA, as from the Ḳ;) He cut the herbage called خَلًى (Ṣ, Ḳ) for the beast, (Ṣ,) or for the cattle: (Ḳ:) and he fed the beast, or the cattle, with خَلًى. (TA.)

خَلَى الشَّعِيرَ He collected the barley in a مِخْلَاة. (Ḳ.)

خَلَى القِدْرِ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) ‡ He put firewood beneath the cooking-pot: or he put flesh-meat into the cooking-pot. (IAạr, Ḳ, TA.) Andاخلى↓ القِدْرِ † He kindled a fire for the cooking-pot with camels', or similar, dung; as though he put خَلًى to it. (TA.) Andأُخْلِيَتْ↓, said of a cooking-pot, † It had firewood put to it, like as a she-camel has خَلًى put to her, and kindled beneath it: or, as some relate a verse in which it occurs, خُلِّيَتْ↓, [belonging to art. خلو,] having a similar meaning, from this verb said of a she-camel such as is termed خَلِيَّة, meaning “she had” a young one “put to her.” (Ḥam p. 663.)

خَلَى الفَرَسَ, (Ḳ,) or خَلَاهُ اللِّجَامَ, (JK, TA,) ‡ He put the bit in the mouth of the horse, (JK, Ḳ, TA,) like fresh خَلًى. (JK.)

And خَلَى اللِّجَامَ, (Ḳ, TA,) عَنِ الفَرَسِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) † He pulled out the bit [from the mouth of the horse]. (Ḳ, TA.)

See also 1, last sentence, in art. خلو.

إِخلى المَاشِيَةَ, (inf. n. إِخْلَآءٌ, TA,) said of God, He made خَلًى to grow for the cattle. (Lḥ, Ḳ.)

See also 1, in three places.

اخلت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in خَلًى. (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

[And hence,] اخلى † He uttered words, or expressions, without any great meaning. (Ḥam p. 391.)

انخلى, said of خَلًى, It was cut. (Ṣ.)

see 1, in two places. [Hence,] السَّيْفُ يَخْتَلِى الأَيْدِى وَالأَرْجُلَ ‡ The sword cuts off the arms and the legs. (JK, Ṣ,* TA.)

اخلولى He constantly drank milk. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

خَلًى Fresh, green, or juicy, herbage: (Ṣ, IB, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ:) that which is dry is termed حَشِيش [but see this word]: (Mṣb, from the Kf:) or dry حَشِيش: (so in one place in the Ṣ: [app. a mistake occasioned by an omission:]) or i. q. رُطْبٌ, (IB, Mṣb,) with damm, (IB,) [i. e. fresh, or green, pasture; or such as consists of the herbs, or leguminous plants, of the رَبِيع; or of these and of trees or shrubs:] or herbage that is cut, of the herbs, or leguminous plants, of the ربيع: (Lth, JK:) or, accord. to [the Imám] Moḥammad, anything that is eaten as pasture, not [growing] upon a stem: (Mgh:) or slender herbage as long as it remains fresh, green, or juicy: (IAth, TA:) it is also written خَلَآءٌ↓, with medd, like قَضَآءٌ: (Mṣb:) n. un. خَلَاةٌ: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or this signifies any herb (بَقْلَة) that one pulls up: (Ḳ,* TA:) pl. أَخْلَآءٌ, (Ḳ,) a pl. sometimes used [app. as meaning sorts of خَلًى]. (TA.) [Hence,] عَبْدٌ وَخَلًى فِى يَدَيْهِ [A slave with fresh herbage in his hands, or arms]; meaning, though a slave, yet rich, or possessing sufficiency: (Ṣ, TA:) a prov., (Ṣ, Meyd,) applied to the case of property possessed by him who does not deserve it: or, as some relate it,وَخُلِّىَ↓ فى يديه [having fresh herbage put in his hands, or arms]: (Meyd:) but this latter reading is disallowed by Yaạḳoob: (Ṣ:) [see other readings, not belonging to this art., in Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 75:] هٰذَا, or هُوَ, is understood before عَبْدٌ. (Meyd.) And مَا كُنْتُ خَلَاةً لِمَوْعِدَةٍ ‡ I was not a breaker of a promise. (TA.) And [hence also, app., if this be the right reading,] إِنَّهُ لَحُلْوُ الخَلَا [or rather الخَلَى]; orالخَلَآءِ↓: see خَلَآءٌ, in art. خلو.

خَالٍ andمُخْتَلٍ↓ A cutter of خَلًى. (Mṣb. [The pls. خَالُونَ and مُخْتَلُونَ are mentioned in the Ṣ and TA.])

مِخْلًى The thing [or instrument] with which خَلًى is cut. (Ṣ, TA.)

مِخْلَاةٌ A thing [or bag] into which خَلًى is put: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) [and hence a nose-bag for a horse or the like; so in the present day;] a small sack that is hung to the head of a horse [or the like], in which he eats barley [&c.]: (Ḥar p. 76:) so called because they used to cut [and put] خَلًى therein for their beasts: (JK:) pl. مَخَالٍ. (TA.)

مَخَالِى القَتَبِ: see حِدْجٌ.

مُخْتَلٍ: see خَالٍ.

المُخْتَلِى ‡ The lion: (Ḳ, TA:) because of his courage. (TA.)