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خِنْثٌ خنث , with kesr, sing. of أَخْنَاثٌ and خِنَاثٌ, (TA,) which signify The creases, or places of folding, of a garment, or piece of cloth. (K, TA.) You say, طَوَى الثَّوْبَ عَلَى أَخْنَاثِهِ and خِنَاثِهِ He folded the garment, or piece of cloth, at its creases. (TA.) And [hence,] أَلْقَى اللَّيْلُ أَخْنَاثَةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ (assumed tropical:) The night cast the folds of its darkness upon the earth. (TA.) ― -b2- Also the former pl., (TA,) and the latter also, (K,) The parts of the دَلْو [or bucket] whence the water pours forth, between the عَرَاقِى. (K, TA.) ― -b3- The sing. also signifies The interior of the part of the cheek by the side of the mouth, next the molar teeth, (K, TA,) above and below. (TA.) ― -b4- And A company in a state of dispersion. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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