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خثى

1 خَثَى خثى خثي , aor. يَخْثِى, inf. n. خَثْىٌ, said of a beast of the ox-kind, (JK, S, Msb, K,) or of a bull, but not [خَثَتْ] of a cow, (A 'Obeyd, TA,) and of an elephant, (K,) He dunged. (JK, S, Msb, K.) [See also خِثْىٌ.] 4 اخثى اخثى اخثي He (a man, TA) kindled [dry dung such as is called] خِثْى. (K.) خِثْىٌ خثى خثي Dung of a beast of the ox-kind; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ خَثًى : (Msb:) or of a bull: (IAar, TA:) and of the elephant: (K:) and metaphorically, of the camel; as used in a trad.: or, accord. to AZ, compact dung of a beast of the ox-kind, and of the sheep or goat, and of any cloven-hoofed animal, and of the camel: (TA:) pl. أَخْثَآءٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خَثِىٌّ, (CK, [a quasi-pl. n. like عَبِيدٌ,]) or خِثِىٌّ, (K accord. to the TA, [like حِنِىٌّ, q. v., a pl. of حِنْوٌ,]) and خُثِىٌّ [originally خُثُوىٌ], (K,) these two from Fr. (TA.) ― -b2- خِثْىٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A number of people in a state of dispersion: (Sgh, TA:) or so خِثْىٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ. (JK.) خَثًى خثى خثي : see the next preceding paragraph. مِخْثًى مخثى مخثي , (JK, TA,) so in the Tekmileh, (TA,) [or مِخْثًا accord. to the CK, there, with the article, written المِخْثا,] or ↓ مِخْثَآءٌ , (K accord. to the TA,) The [kind of pouch called] خَرِيطة, (JK, K,) and small [bag such as is termed] جِرَاب, (JK,) of the gatherer of [wild] honey, (JK, K,) which he puts beneath the part between his armpit and his flank, (TA,) and in which he deposits the honey. (JK.) مِخْثَآءٌ مخثآء : see what next precedes.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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