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خُلْعَةٌ خلع خلعه خلعة A state of divorcement [for a ransom given by the wife, or for her property given by her as a ransom to release her from her husband, or] for a gift, or a compensation, from the wife, (S, * K,) or from another. (K.) [See 8: and see also خُلْعٌ.] You say, وَقَعَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا الخُلْعَةُ [Divorcement, or] separation, [for a ransom, &c. or] for [a gift, or] a compensation, took place between them two. (TK.) -A2- (assumed tropical:) The best, or choice part, of property, or of camels or the like; (Aboo-Sa'eed, S Sgh, K;) so called because it takes away the heart of him who looks at it; (Aboo-Sa'eed;) as also ↓ خِلْعَةٌ . (Aboo-Sa'eed, Sgh, K.) -A3- (assumed tropical:) Weakness in a man. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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