sheep, lamb

, (S, Msb, K,) aor. , (S, Msb,) inf. n. خَرْفٌ (Msb, K) and مَخْرَفٌ and خَرَافٌ and خِرَافٌ; (K;) and ↓ اخترف; (S Msb, K;) He gathered, or plucked, fruit: (S K:) or cut it off. (Msb.) Accord. to the M, خَرَفَ النَّخْلَ signifies He cut off the fruit of the palm-trees: and accord. to AHn, ↓ اِخْتِرَافٌ signifies the picking up the fruit of the palm-trees, whether unripe or ripe. (TA.) ― -b2- خَرَفَ فُلَانًا, (K,) aor. , inf. n. خَرْفٌ, (TA,) He picked up, for such a one, dates (تَمْرًا), or fruit (ثَمْرًا), accord. to different copies of the K: from Sh. (TA.) ― -b3- يَخْرُفُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَمِنْ هَاهُنَا, said of a lamb, means He depastures, and eats, from this place and from this. (Msb, TA. *) ― -b4- And خَرَفَ, said of a man, (JK, TA,) aor. , (JK,) or , (TA,) He took of the طَرَف [app. meaning the choice part] of the fruits. (JK, TA.) -A2- خَرَفَ also signifies He remained, stayed, or abode, in the [season called] خَرِيف: (Ham p. 676:) and in like manner, ↓ اخرفوا they remained, stayed, or abode, in a place during their خَرِيف. (TA.) You say, خَرَفُوا فِى حَايأِطِهِمْ They remained, stayed, or abode, in their حايأط [or garden, or walled garden of palm-trees,] in the time of the gathering of the fruits. (TA, from a trad. of 'Omar.) -A3- خُرِفْنَا We were rained upon by the rain called الخَرِيف. (S, K.) And خُرِفَتِ الأَرْضُ, (S,) inf. n. خَرْفٌ, (TA,) The land was rained upon by the rain so called. (S, TA) And خُرِفَتِ البَهَايأِمُ The beasts were rained upon by the rain so called: or had that upon which they might pasture produced for them by that rain. (TA.) -A4- خَرِفَ, aor. , He (a man, TA) was, or became, fond of, or addicted to, the eating of خُرْفَة, (K,) i. e. gathered, or plucked, fruit (S, K, TA) of the palm-tree. (TA.) -A5- خَرِفَ, (S, L, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. خَرَفٌ; (S, * Msb;) and خَرَفَ, aor. ; and خَرُفَ, aor. ; (K;) He (a man, S, Msb) doted; or was, or became, corrupted, rendered unsound, or disordered, in his intellect; (S, Msb, K;) in consequence of old age. (S, Msb.) [The first of these three verbs, in the present day, is used as meaning He doted; told stories such as are termed خُرَافَات, i. e. fictions, &c.; and talked nonsense: as also ↓ خرّف.] -A6- خَرَفَتْهُ أَخَارِيفُ [app. Stories such as are termed اخاريف, i. e. ↓ خُرَافَات, or fictions, &c., caused him to dote, or talk nonsense]. (JK, TA. * [Mentioned in the former immediately after خُرَافَةٌ explained as meaning “ a fiction that is deemed pretty. ” See also 4.])

, inf. n. تَخْرِيفٌ, He attributed to him خَرَف, (K, TA,) i. e. [dotage; or] a corrupt, an unsound, or a disordered, state of intellect. (TA.) -A2- See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.

, (K,) inf. n. مُخَارَفَةٌ and خِرَافٌ, (TA,) He bargained, or made an engagement, with him, for work, for the خَرِيف [or autumn]; (K;) from الخَرِيفُ, like المُشَاهَرَةُ from الشَّهْرُ; (O, TA;) as also عَامَلَهُ مُخَارَفَةً (S, TA) and خِرَافًا: and so اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مُخَارَفَةً and خِرَافًا [He hired him, or took him as a hired man or a hireling, for the autumn]. (Lh, TA.)

, said of the palm-tree, It attained, or nearly attained, the time for its fruit to be cut off. (JK, K.) ― -b2- And, said of a people, or party, They entered upon the [season called] خَرِيف. (S, K.) See also 1. ― -b3- اخرفت, said of a ewe, or she-goat, She brought forth in the [season called] خريف. (S, K.) ― -b4- Said of a she-camel, She brought forth in the like of the time [of the year] in which she became pregnant (S, K) in the preceding year: so says El-Umawee: (S:) [or, so applied, it means the same as when said of a ewe or she-goat; for] the epithet applied to her in this case is ↓ مُخْرِفٌ; (S, K;) but this is more correctly explained as signifying, applied to a she-camel and to a ewe or she-goat, that brings forth in the خريف. (TA.) ― -b5- Also, said of ذُرَة [or millet], It became very tall. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K.) -A2- اخرفهُ نَخْلَةً He assigned to him a palm-tree of which he should cut, or gather, the fruit. (Lth, K.) -A3- Also, (said of anxiety, JK, or of time, or fortune, TA,) It corrupted him, or disordered him; (K, TA;) [app., in his intellect; or caused him to dote; as is indicated in the JK;] namely, an old man. (JK.)

see 1, first and second sentences.

A corrupt, an unsound, or a disordered, state of the intellect; dotage. (S. [See خَرِفَ, of which it is the inf. n.]) -A2- The [bad sort of] dates called شِيص. (K, * TA.)

Corrupted, unsound, or disordered, in his intellect, (S, Msb, K,) in consequence of old age; doting: (S, Msb:) fem. with ة. (TA.)

A time of going forth of camels, (Nh,) or of men, (O, K,) to the [herbage of the season called] خَرِيف: so in the saying of El-Járood, يَا رَسُولَ ٱللّٰهِ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا يَكْفِينَا مِنَ الظَّهْرِ ذَوْدٌ نَأْتِى عَلَيْهِنَّ فِى خُرُفٍ [O Apostle of God, verily thou knowest that a number such as is termed ذود, of camels for riding or carriage, whereon we come in a time of going forth &c., is not sufficient for us]. (Nh, O, K.)

Gathered, or plucked, fruits; (S, Mgh, K;) and particularly of the palm-tree: (TA:) and ↓ خُرَافَةٌ signifies the same. (Mgh, K, TA. [See also خَرِيفٌ.]) It is said in a trad., التَّمْرُ خُرْفَةُ الصَّايأِمِ [Dates are the gathered fruit of the faster]; (S, TA;) because breaking the fast upon them is approved: and in another, النَّخْلَةُ خُرْفَةُ الصَّايأِمِ, meaning The palm-tree is that of which the fruit is eaten by the faster. (TA.) See also مَخْرَفٌ, last sentence.

The جلبان, (i. e. جُلُبَّان, or جُلْبَان, &c., accord. to different copies of the K, [see art. جلب,]) a well-known grain or seed, (AHn, K,) of the kind called قَطَانِىّ [i. e. pulse]: (AHn:) an arabicized word, from خَرْبَى, (AHn, K,) which is Persian; also called خُلَّرٌ. (AHn.)

and خِرْفِىٌّ: see what next follows.

and ↓ خَرْفِىٌّ, (S, Msb, K,) the latter a contraction of the former, (Msb,) and ↓ خِرْفِىٌّ, (K,) Of, or relating to, the season called خَرِيف; (S, Msb, K;) and applied to the rain of that season; (JK;) rel. ns. from الخَرِيفُ; (S, Msb, K;) irregularly formed. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- The first also signifies The increase (نِتَاج) [of sheep and goats] in the end of the [season called] قَيْظ. (Aboo-Nasr, TA voce صَفَرِىٌّ, q. v.)