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خَشْفَةٌ ذ (JK, S, K) and ↓ خَشَفَةٌ (Mgh, K) and ↓ خَشْفٌ (K) A sound: (K:) or such as is termed حِسٌّ; (S;) [i. e.] a low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound: (JK:) and a motion: (JK, S, K:) or a low, faint, gentle, or soft, حِسّ: or the first signifies the sound of the creeping of serpents; and the sound of the hyena: (K:) or a sound that is not loud, or vehement; (A 'Obeyd;) and so ↓ the second: (Mgh:) or a single sound; so accord. to Fr: (Az, TA:) and ↓ the last signifies the sound of a sword falling upon flesh, and upon a weapon or weapons: and the sound of feet, such as is not loud, or vehement. (TA.) -A2- Also the first, A [tract of high ground such as is termed] قُفّ that is mostly soft. (L, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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