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1 خَرِدَتْ خرد خردت , aor. خَرَدَ , (L, K,) inf. n. خَرَدٌ, (L,) She was an untouched virgin; (L, K;) as also ↓ اخردت , inf. n. إِِخْرَادٌ; (L;) and ↓ تخرّدت : (L, K:) or she was bashful and grave or staid or sedate, or very bashful, long silent, low in voice, one who concealed herself from public view, (L, K,) and did not remain long in her parents' house, or tent, unmarried, after having attained the usual proper age for marriage. (L.) ― -b2- And خَرِدَ He was, or became, affected with shame, bashfulness, or pudency; (IAar;) as also ↓ اخرد (K.) ― -b3- He was, or became, abject. (IAar.) ― -b4- Also, inf. n. as above; and ↓اخرد; He kept long silence: (L, K:) and the latter signifies also he kept silence by reason of abjectness; not by reason of bashfulness: so accord. to the K: but accord. to the A, he kept silence by reason of bashfulness; and اقرد signifies "he kept silence by reason of abjectness:" (TA:) and so says IAar: (TA in art. قرد:) or اخرد accord. to IAar signifies he spoke little. (Har p. 250.) [See also خَارِدٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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