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خَالٍ خال خالي Empty, vacant, void, devoid, destitute, or unoccupied; (Mgh, TA;) having none, and nothing, in it: (TA:) applied to a place, (Msb, TA,) as also ↓ خَلِىٌّ (TA) and ↓ مُخْلٍ ; (Msb;) and to a thing, as also ↓ خَلِىٌّ ; (TA;) or a vessel. (Mgh.) You say also ↓ مَكَانٌ خَلَآءٌ , [as well as خَلَآءٌ alone,] meaning A place in which is none (K, TA) and nothing. (TA.) And وَجَدْتُ ↓ الدَّارَ مُخْلِيَةً , meaning خَالِيَةً [i. e. I found the house empty, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b2- Vacant, or free; from a thing or an affair; or devoid, or destitute, of a thing; (TA;) and so ↓ خَلِىٌّ and ↓ خِلْوٌ ; which last is the same as masc. and fem., though it has خِلْوَةٌ also for fem., and أَخْلَآءٌ for pl.; (K;) but properly, accord. to Lh, it has no dual form, nor pl., nor fem., though some give it such forms: (TA:) or ↓ خَلِىٌّ , which has a dual, [i. e. خَلِيَّانِ,] and pl., (S, Msb,) i. e. خَلِيُّونَ and أَخْلِيَآءُ, (K,) signifies free [from a thing]; or clear or quit [of a thing or person]; as also ↓ خَلَآءُ , (S, Msb,) which, being [originally] an inf. n., has no dual nor pl. [nor fem.]; (S;) and ↓ خِلْوٌ . (Msb.) You say, مِنْ هٰذَا ↓ أَنْتَ خَلِىٌّ الأَمْرِ and خَالٍ, i. e. Thou art free from this thing, or affair. (TA.) And مِنَ الهَمِّ ↓ أَنَا خَلِىٌّ , meaning خَالٍ [i. e. I am free from anxiety]. (Mgh.) And مِنْ كَذَا ↓ أَنَا خِلْوٌ , meaning خَالٍ [i. e. I am free from such a thing]: (S:) and هُمَا خِلْوٌ, and هُمْ خِلْوٌ; and some say, هُمَا خِلْوَانِ, and هُمْ أَخْلَآءٌ, which is not proper. (T, TA.) And مِنْ مُصِيبَتِى ↓ أَنْتَ خِلْوٌ Thou art free in mind from my affliction, or misfortune. (TA from a trad.) And مِنْكَ ↓ أَنَا خَلِىٌّ I am clear, or quit, of thee. (S.) And ↓ أَنَا مِنْكَ خَلَآءٌ signifies the same. (S.) And ↓ نَحْنُ مِنْكَ الخَلَآءُ and البَرَآءُ [q. v.] We are clear, or quit, of you. (Fr, T in art. برأ.) And مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ ↓ أَنْتَ خَلَآءٌ Thou art clear, or quit, of this affair. (TA.) And ↓ أَنَا مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ كَفَالِجِ بْنِ خَلَاوَةَ [lit. I am, with respect to this affair, like Fálij Ibn-Kha- láweh], (S,) or فَالِجُ بْنُ خَلَاوَةَ, (so in the JK and K in this art., and in the S and K in art. فلج,) meaning بَرِىْءٌ [i. e. I am clear, or quit, of this affair]: (JK, S, K:) a saying originating from its being asked of Fálij Ibn-Khaláweh, on the day of Er-Rakam, when Uneys killed the captives, “ Dost thou, ” or “ wilt thou, ” “ aid Uneys? ” and his answering, “ I am clear, ” or “ quit, ” “ of him. ” (S and K in art. فلج.) And ↓ خَلِىٌّ [alone] signifies خَالٍ مِنَ الهَمِّ [Free from anxiety]; contr. of شَجِىٌّ. (S.) It is said in a prov., وَيْلٌ ↓ لِلشَّجِىِّ مِنَ الخَلِىِّ , i. e. Woe to him who is occupied by anxiety from him who is free therefrom: (TA:) and in another, مَا يَلْقَى الشَّجِىُّ ↓ مِنَ الخَلِىِّ , i. e. What will he who is occupied by anxiety experience from him who is free therefrom? meaning, accord. to AO, that the latter will not aid the former against his anxieties, but will censure him: it is said in the Tekmileh that الخَلِىّ [in these provs.] is from خَلَاهُ الحُزْنُ meaning “ Grief passed away from him, ” and “ quitted him. ” (Har p. 590.) And ↓ أَنْتِ خَلِيَّةٌ means خَالِيَةٌ مِنَ الخَيْرِ [i. e. Thou, O woman, art devoid, or destitute, of good]. (Mgh.) ― -b3- Also A man having no wife; (S, K;) [for خَالٍ مِنَ الزَّوَجَاتِ, a phrase occurring in the TA:] and a woman having no husband; (K;) thus without ة: (TA:) pl. أَخْلَآءٌ: (K:) and ↓ خِلْوَةٌ , also, has the latter meaning; dual خِلْوَتَانِ, and pl. خِلْوَاتٌ: and so has ↓ مُخْلِيَةٌ : and ↓ خَلِيَّةٌ means a woman having no husband nor children; pl. خَلِيَّاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- [And Alone; as also ↓ مُخْلٍ , and ↓ خِلْوٌ .] It is said in a prov., أَشَدُّ ↓ الذِّئْبُ مُخْلِيًا The wolf when [alone or] in a vacant place [is most courageous, or violent]; (TA;) or خَالِيًا [which means the same]. (JK. [And another reading is أَسَدٌ. See Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 500.]) And one says, ↓ وَجَدْتُ فُلَانَةَ مُخْلِيَةً , meaning خَالِيَةً [i. e. I found such a woman alone]. (TA.) And ↓ وَجَدَهُمَا خِلْوَيْنِ i. e. خَالِيَيْنِ [He found them two alone]. (K.) ― -b5- [Also Past, or past away: as well as going, going away, or passing away.] القُرُونُ خَالِيَةُ means [The generations] that have passed. (JK, S, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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