خِيَرَة

xayorapN xyr xyrh xyrp fem. of xayorN [q. v.] used as an epithet: pl. xayoraAtN . (Akh, S, Msb.) ― -b2- [Also, used as a subst., or as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, A good thing, of any kind: a good quality; an excellency: and a good act or action: &c.: pl. as above:] see xayorN , in the former half of the paragraph.

xiyrapN xyr xyrh xyrp : see xayorN , in three places, towards the end of the paragraph: ― -b2- and see xiyarapN , in four places: ― -b3- and xiyaArN . ― -b4- It is also a subst. from xaAraA@ll~`hu laka fiYh`*aAAlA^amori , (S,) and so ↓ xiyarapN ; both signifying [The blessing, prospering, or favour, of God; his causing one to have, or appointing to one, good in an affair: or his choosing for one the better thing in an affair: or] the state that results to him who begs God to cause him to have good, or to choose for him the better thing, in an affair. (TA.) You say, kaAna *`lika xiyrapF mina A@ll~`hi [ That was through God's blessing, prospering, or favour; &c.: or through God's choosing the better thing in the affair ]. (A.)

xiyarapN xyr xyrh xyrp and ↓ xiyrapN (of which the former is the better known, TA) are substs. from AixotaArahu , (K,) or from AixotaArahu A@ll~`hu , (S,) both signifying A thing, man, or beast, and things, &c, that one chooses: (TA:) or [ a thing, &c.,] chosen, selected, or elected: (Mgh:) as in the saying, muHam~adu xiyarapu A@ll~`hi mino xaloqihi and ↓ xiyratuhu [ Mohammad is the chosen, or elect, of God, from his creatures ]: (S, Mgh: *) or ↓ xiyrapN is a subst. from AlAixotiyaArN , like fidoyapN from AlAifotidaA='u ; and xiyarapN is syn. with xiyaArN and AixotiyaArN ; or is from taxay~arotu Al$~aYo'a : or, as some say, xiyrapN and xiyarapN are syn.: (Msb:) see 8; and see also xiyaArN : and ↓ h`*ihi xiyratiY (Msb, TA) or xiyaratiY (TA) means This is what I choose; (Msb, (TA;) and so h`*aA xyrtY : and h`w^ulaA='i xyrtY These are what I choose. (TA.) [See muxotaArN .] ― -b2- See also xiyrapN .