خَلُّ

xal~N xl a word of well-known meaning, (S, Msb.) Vinegar; i. e. expressed juice of grapes (JK, Mgh, K) and of dates (JK) &c. (K) that has become acid, or sour: (JK, * Mgh, K:) so called because its sweet flavour has become altered for the worse ( Aixotal~a ): (Msb:) a genuine Arabic word: (IDrd, K:) the best is that of wine: it is composed of two constituents (K) of subtile natures, (TA,) hot and cold, (K,) the cold being predominant: (TA:) and is good for the stomach; and for the gums, (K,) which it strengthens, when one rinses the mouth with it; (TA;) and for foul ulcers or sores; and for the itch; and for the bite, or sting, of venomous reptiles; and as an antidote for the eating of opium; and for burns; and for toothache; and its hot vapour is good for the dropsy, and for difficulty of hearing, and for ringing in the ears: (K: [various other properties &c. are assigned to it in the TA:]) ↓ xal~apN signifies somewhat (lit. a portion ) thereof; [being the n. un.:] (Aboo-Ziyád, K;) or it may be a dial. var. thereof, like as xamorapN is [said by some to be] of xamorN : (Aboo-Ziyád, TA:) see also xal~apN : the pl. is xuluwlN [meaning sorts, or kinds, of vinegar ]. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., niEoma AlA_idaAmu Alxal~u [ Excellent, or most excellent, is the seasoning, vinegar! ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] A^um~u Alxal~i [ The mother of vinegar; meaning] wine. (JK, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also the saying,] maA fulaAnN bixal~K walaA xamorK , (A'Obeyd, JK, S,) or maA lahu xal~N walaA xamorN , (K,) or maA Einoda fulaAnK xal~N walaA xamorN , (S, in art. xmr ,) Such a one, or he, possesses neither good nor evil: (A'Obeyd, JK, S, K:) [or neither evil nor good: for] AA says that some of the Arabs make Alxamoru to be good, and Alxal~u to be evil; [and thus the latter is explained in one place, in this art., in the K;] and some of them make Alxmr to be evil, and Alxl~ to be good. (Har p. 153.) -A2- I. q. HamoDN [i. e. A kind of plants in which is saltness: or salt and bitter plants: or salt, or sour, plants or trees: &c.: opposed to xul~apN ]. (K.) A poet says, layosato mina Alxal~i walaA AlximaATi [ She is not, or they are not, of the plants or trees called xl~ , nor of the kind called xmAT (pl. of xamoTN )]. (TA.) -A3- A road in sands: (S:) or a road passing through sands: or a road between two tracts of sand: (K:) or a road passing through heaped-up sands: (JK, K:) masc. and fem. [like TariyqN ]: (S, K:) pl. [of pauc.] A^axol~N and [of mult.] xilaAlN . (K.) One says Hay~apu xal~K [ A serpent of a road in sands, &c.]; like as one says A^afoEaY SariymapK . (S.) ― -b2- An oblong tract of sand. (Ham p. 709.) ― -b3- ― -b4- A vein in the neck (JK, K) and in the back, (K,) communicating with the head. (JK, TA.) ― -b5- A slit, or rent, in a garment, or piece of cloth. (K.) -A4- An old and worn-out garment, or piece of cloth, (JK, S, K, TA,) in which are streaks: (TA:) [or so vawobN xal~N :] and ↓ xaloxalN and ↓ xaloxalN , applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, (JK, K,) signify old and worn out, (JK,) or thin, (K,) like halohalN and halohaAlN . (TA.) ― -b2- A bird having no feathers: (JK:) or having few feathers. (K.) ― -b3- A man (JK, S) lean, meagre, or emaciated; (JK, S, K;) as also ↓ xaliylN (K) [a meaning said in the TA to be tropical] and ↓ maxoluwlN and ↓ muxotal~N : (TA:) or light in body: (IDrd, TA:) and [the fem.] xal~apN , applied to a woman, light (K, TA) in body, lean, or spare: (TA:) the pl. of xal~N is xuluwlN . (JK.) Also Fat: thus bearing two contr. significations: (K:) and so ↓ maxoluwlN . (TA.) It is applied to a man and a camel. (TA.) Accord. to the K, it also signifies A [ young camel such as is termed ] faSiyl : (TA:) but it means such as is lean, or emaciated: (TA:) and so ↓ maxoluwlN , applied to a fSyl as an epithet, for a reason mentioned above, in an explanation of the phrase xal~a AlfaSiyla . (S, TA.) ― -b4- Also i. q. Aibonu maxaADK [i. e. A male camel in his second year ]; (JK, K;) and so ↓ xal~apN ; which is also applie