Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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1 كَلَأَهُ ذ , (S, K,) aor. كَلَاَ , inf. n. كَلْءٌ (K) and كِلَآءَةٌ (S, K) and كِلَآءٌ (K) [but respecting this last see a verse of Jemeel cited below], He (i. e. God, S) guarded him, or kept him, or kept him safely. (S, K.) ― -b2- إِِذْهَبُوا فِى كِلَآءَةِ اللّٰهِ Go ye in the safe keeping of God. (S, TA.) ― -b3- In the following verse of Jemeel, “ فَكُونِى بِخَيْرٍ فِى كِلَآءِ وَغِبْطَةٍ
وَإِِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ أَزْمَعْتِ صَرْمِى وَبِغْضَتِى
” [Then be thou in prosperity, in safe keeping (of God), and in happy condition, even if thou have firmly resolved to cut me and to detest me], كِلَآءٌ may be an inf. n.; or it may be pl. of كِلَأءَةٌ; or it may be put for كِلَآءَةٌ, the ة being elided by a necessary poetical licence. (Abu-l- Hasan.) ― -b4- The verb is also used without hemzeh, thus; كَلَاتُ, يَكْلُوكُمْ; and كَلَيْتُ, يَكْلَاكُمْ; in the dial. of Kureysh; inf. n. كِلَايَةٌ: as the pass. part. n. of both, مَكْلُوٌّ is more commonly used than مَكْلِىٌّ, which is correctly used as the pass. part. n. of كَلَيْتُ. (TA.) ― -b5- كَلَأَ القَوْمَ (assumed tropical:) He acted as a scout (رَبِيْئَة) for the party, or people. (TA.) ― -b6- كَلَأَ بَصَرَهُ فِى شَىْءٍ, (K, TA, [in the CK نَظَرَهُ,]) or ↓ أَكْلَأَهُ , (S,) He repeatedly turned his eye to a thing; looked at it again and again. (S, K.) ― -b7- كَلَأَ النَّجْمَ (tropical:) He watched the star, to see when it would rise. (A.) -A2- كَلَأَ الدَّيْنُ, (S, K,) or كَلُؤَ, inf. n. كُلُوءٌ, act. part. n. كَالِئٌ, (A,) The debt, or its payment, was put off, or postponed, or delayed. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- كَلَأَ عُمْرُهُ (tropical:) His life came to an end: (K:) or was long, and was delayed. (A.) ― -b3- كَلَأَ [unless this be a mistake for ↓ كلّأ ] He postponed, or delayed, a thing. (TA, art. نَسَأَ.) -A3- كَلَأَ, (K,) inf. n. كَلْءٌ, (As,) He beat with a whip. (As, K.) -A4- كَلَأَتِ النَّاقَةُ, (S, K,) and ↓ اكلأت , (S,) The she-camel ate كَلَأ, or herbage. (A 'Obeyd, S, K.) -A5- كَلَأَتِ الأَرْضُ, (K,) and كَلِئَت, and ↓ اكلأت , (S, K,) inf. n. إِكْلَآءٌ, (TA,) and ↓ استكلأت , (K,) The land contained, (S,) or abounded with, (K,) كَلَأ, or herbage. (S, K.)