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خدل

1 خَدُلَ خدل , inf. n. خَدَالَةٌ [and app. خُدُولَة also], He was, or became, large, and full [or plump], in the shank and fore arm. (TA.) [And in like manner, خَدُلَتْ; or خَدِلَتْ, inf. n. خَدَلٌ [q. v.]; She (a woman) was, or became, full, or plump, in the shanks and fore arms.] And خَدُلَتْ, inf. n. خَدَالَةٌ [and خُدُولَةٌ]; (JK;) or خَدِلَتْ, [inf. n. خَدَلٌ;] (K;) said of the shank (السَّاق, JK, K), It was, or became, round: (JK:) or full [or plump]. (K.) خَدْلٌ خدل Full [or plump]: and large, big, or bulky: (K:) or large, and full [or plump], in the shank and fore arm: or, as some say, large, big, or bulky. TA.) You say اِمْرَأَةٌ خَدْلَةٌ and ↓ خَدِلَةٌ (K, TA, [in the CK, by an omission, the latter is made to be خِدْلَةٌ,]) A woman thick and round in the shank: pl. خِدَالٌ: [in the CK, erroneously, اَخْدَالٌ:] or full of flesh in the limbs, with slenderness of the bones; as also ↓ خَدْلَآءُ and ↓ خِدْلِمٌ : (K:) or these two, in the latter of which the م is augmentative, a woman full [or plump] in the shanks and fore arms. (S.) And خَدْلَةٌ السَّاقِ A woman round in the shank. (JK.) And مَخَلْخَلُهَا خَدْلٌ Her place of the anklet [i. e. her ankle] is large, or big. (S.) And سَاقٌ خَدْلَةٌ A full [or plump] shank: (K:) or a round shank: pl. خِدَالٌ. (JK.) خَدَلٌ خدل (S, K) and ↓ خَدَالَةٌ (JK, S, K) and ↓ خُدُولَةٌ (K) Fulness [or plumpness], (S, K,) or roundness, (JK,) of the shank, (JK, K,) or of the shanks and fore arms. (S.) [All are properly inf. ns.: see 1.] خَدْلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة fem. of خَدْلٌ [q. v.]. (JK, K.) ― -b2- Also A grape that is small and worthless by reason of blight, or the like, and want of moisture. (AHát, K * TA.) ― -b3- And The stem of the tree called صَاب, (M, K,) which is a sort of bitter tree; (TA;) as also ↓ خُدْلَةٌ . (M, K.) خُدْلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة : see what next precedes. خَدِلَةٌ خدل خدله خدلة : see خَدْلٌ. خَدْلَآءُ خدلآء : see خَدْلٌ. خِدْلِمٌ خدلم : see خَدْلٌ. خَدَالَةٌ خداله خدالة : see خَدَلٌ. خُدُولَةٌ خدوله خدولة : see خَدَلٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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