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9 اخضرّ أخضر اخضر خضر ٱخضر , (S, A, K,) inf. n. اِخْضِرَارٌ; (S, A;) and ↓ اخضوضر , (S, K,) [inf. n. اِخْضِيضَارٌ, in the TA written by mistake اِخْضِيرَارٌ;] and ↓ حَضِرَ , aor. خَضَرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. خَضَرٌ; (Msb;) It (a colour, Msb, or seed-produce, K) was, or became, of the colour termed خُضْرَة [i. e. green: and he, (a camel, and a horse, and an ass, and sometimes a bird,) and it, (a garment of the kind called كِسَآء, and the like, or any other thing,) was, or became, of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour; or dingy ash-colour; or dark dust-colour: and he, (a man,) or it, (a thing,) was, or became, of a tawny, or brownish, colour; or blackish; or of a blackish hue inclining to green; or black; or intensely black: see خُضْرَةٌ and أَخْضَرُ]. (S, A, Msb, K.) [Hence,] اخضرّ إِِزَارَى (The place of) my ازار became black: or, rather, became of a [blackish] hue inclining to green: because the hair when it first grows is of that hue. (Har p. 494.) And اخضرّ شَارِبُهُ [His mustache grew so as to appear dark]; said of a boy; a phrase similar to بَقَلَ وَجْهُهُ. (Mgh in art. بقل.) And اخضرّاللَّيْلُ (tropical:) The night became dark and black. (K, * TA.) And اخضرّت الظُّلْمَةُ (tropical:) The darkness became intensely black. (A.) ― -b2- اخضرّ جِلْدَتُهُ [properly His skin became green from carrying the produce of his land; meaning] (tropical:) he became in a state of plenty. (TA. [See هُمْ خُضْرُ المَنَاكِبِ, voce أَخْضَرُ.]) ― -b3- اخضرّ said of seed-produce, It was, or became, soft, or tender; as also ↓ اخضوضر ; and ↓ خَضِرَ , aor. خَضَرَ , (TA,) inf. n. خَضَرٌ. (K, * TA.) -A2- اخضرّ and ↓ اِخْتَضَرَ , (K,) or this may be of the pass. form, [اُخْتُضِرَ,] so as to agree with what occurs before, [see 8,] (TA,) It (herbage, TA) was, or became, cut. (K, * TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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