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خَلِيلٌ خليل Perforated, or transpierced; like ↓ مَخْلُولٌ . (K.) ― -b2- See also خَلٌّ, in the latter half of the paragraph. ― -b3- Poor; needy; in want; (JK, S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُخِلٌّ , (so in some copies of the K and in the M,) or ↓ مُخَلٌّ , (so in other copies of the K,) and ↓ مُخْتَلٌّ and ↓ أَخَلُّ (K:) and أَخِلَّةٌ may be a pl. of خَلِيلٌ in this sense. (Ham p. 662.) ― -b4- A friend; or a true, or sincere, friend; (S, Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ خِلٌّ , and ↓ خُلَّةٌ , which is used alike as masc. and fem., because originally an inf. n., [or a quasi-inf. n., i. e. of 3, q. v.,] (S,) or ↓ خِلَّةٌ , [thus in the copies of the K, but what precedes it, though not immediately, seems to show that the author perhaps meant خُلَّةٌ,] used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.: (K:) or a special, or particular, friend or true or sincere friend; as also ↓ خِلٌّ and ↓ خُلٌّ ; or this latter is only used in conjunction with وُدٌّ, as when you say, كَانَ لِى وُدًّا وَخُلًّا [He was to me an an object of love and a friend &c.]; (K;) or, as ISd says, ↓ خِلٌّ is the more common, and is applied also to a female; (TA;) as is also ↓ خُلَّةٌ , (K,) and ↓ خِلَّةٌ : (TA:) خَلِيلٌ also signifies veracious; (K;) thus accord. to IAar: (TA:) or a friend in whose friendship is no خَلَل [i. e. unsoundness, or defect, or imperfection]: (Zj, TA:) or one who is pure and sound in friendship, or love: (IDrd, K:) the pl. is أَخِلَّآءُ (Msb, K) and خُلَّانٌ (JK, K) and أَخِلَّةٌ: (Ham p. 662, and MA:) the fem. is خَلِيلَةٌ; (S, M, K;) of which the pl. is خَلِيلَاتٌ and خَلَائِلُ: (M, K:) the pl. of ↓ خِلٌّ or ↓ خُلٌّ is أَخْلَالٌ: (K:) and the pl. of ↓ خُلَّةٌ is خِلَالٌ, (S,) mentioned before, see 3, second sentence. It is applied in the Kur iv. 124 to Abraham; who is called خَلِيلُ ا@للّٰه, (TA,) and الخَلِيلُ. (K.) And it is said that the pl. أَخِلَّةٌ means also Pastors; because they act to their beasts like أَخِلَّآء [or friends, &c.], in labouring to do good to them. (Ham p. 662.) ― -b5- Also One who advises, or counsels, or acts, sincerely, honestly, or faithfully. (IAar, TA.) ― -b6- And الخَلِيلُ also signifies The heart. (IAar, JK, K.) ― -b7- And The liver. (JK, TA.) ― -b8- And The nose. (JK, K.) ― -b9- And The sword. (IAar, TA.) [And] A sword of Sa'eed Ibn-Zeyd Ibn-' Amr Ibn-Nufeyl. (K.) ― -b10- And The spear. (IAar, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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