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خِلْفٌ خلف : see خِلْفَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in seven places. ― -b2- Also, applied to a man, (Sgh,) i. q. لَجُوجٌ [app. as meaning One who perseveres much in opposition or contention or the like]; (Sgh, K;) as also ↓ خَالِفَةٌ . (TA.) -A2- Also a subst. from إِِخْلَافٌ meaning The act of drawing water; and so ↓ خِلْفَةٌ : (A 'Obeyd, K: *) [whence the saying,] مِنْ أَيْنِ خِلْفَتُكُمْ Whence do ye draw water? (S, K.) -A3- The teat (حَلَمَة) of the udder of the she-camel: (S, K:) and the two fore ones, and the two hinder ones: (S:) or the part of the udder upon which the milker lays hold: (TA:) or the extremity of the udder of the she-camel: (Msb, K:) or the hinder of the أَطْبَآء [or teats]: (K:) or the udder itself; (Lth, TA;) [i. e.] it is, to the she-camel, (Msb, * K,) like the ثَدْى to the human being, (Msb,) or like the ضَرْع to the ewe or she-goat: (K:) or the خِلْف is of the camel and of the cloven-hoofed animal; and the طُبْى, of the solid-hoofed animal and of the animal that has a claw: (Lh, TA:) the pl. [properly of pauc.] is أَخْلَافٌ (Msb, TA) and [of mult.] خُلُوفٌ. (TA.) One says, دَرَّتْ لَهُ أَخْلَافُ الدُّنْيَا (tropical:) [The world yielded him abundance of its good things]. (TA.) -A4- The shortest of the ribs of the side; (S;) [and] so ↓ خَلْفٌ ; (K;) likewise called ضِلَعٌ الخِلْفِ and الخَلْفِ; it is the furthest and thinnest of the ribs; (TA;) [i. e.] the خِلْف is that next to the belly, of the small ribs; their قُصَيْرَى: (K: [see القُصْرَى:]) pl. of the former (S) [and] of the latter (K) خُلُوفٌ. (S, K.) -A5- ذَاتُ خِلْفَيْنِ: see خَلْفٌ, near the end of the paragraph.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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