be cold, have a cold

, (S, A,) aor. , inf. n. خَصَرٌ, (TK,) It (a day) was, or became, intensely cold. (S, A.) He (a man) suffered pain from the cold in his extremities. (S.) And خَصِرَتْ يَدِى, (S, TA,) and أَنَامِلِى, (TA,) My arm, or hand, and my fingers' ends, were pained by the cold. (S, * TA.)

[an inf. n. of which the verb, if it have one, is خُصِّرَ]: see مُخَصَّرٌ.

, (A,) inf. n. مُخَاصَرَةٌ, (TA,) He laid hold upon the woman's خَاصِرَة [or flank], (A,) or put his hand to her خَصْر [or waist], (TA,) in compressing her. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And خاصرهُ He took his hand in walking, or walked with him hand in hand, (S, A, IAth, K,) so that the hand of each was by the waist (خَصْر) of the other: (IAth:) and, (so in the S, but in the K “ or, ”) inf. n. as above, (S,) he took a different way from his (another's) until he met him in a place: (S, K:) مخاصرة as the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is syn. with مُخَازَمَةٌ: (S:) or خاصرهُ signifies he walked with him, and then parted from him, and so continued until he met him at a time, or place, at which they had not appointed to meet: (IAar:) or he walked by his side. (K.)

It (cold) pained a man's arms, or hands, and his fingers' ends. (A, * TA.)

see 8, in the first sentence: -A2- and again, in the last two sentences.

: see 8. ― -b2- تخاصروا They took one another by the hand in walking, or walked together hand in hand [so that the hand of each was by the waist (خَصْر) of another: see 3]. (S, K. *)

(A, Mgh, L, Msb, K) and ↓ تخصّر, (Mgh, Msb, K,) or ↓ تخاصر, (A, L,) He put his hand upon his خَصْر [or waist], (A, Mgh, L, Msb,) or upon his خَاصِرَة [or flank], (Mgh, K,) in prayer. (Mgh, L, Msb.) The doing this in prayer [except in the night, when tired, (see المُتَخَصِّرُونَ,)] is forbidden, or disapproved. (Mgh, TA.) -A2- اختصر الطَّرِيقَ He went the nearest way. (S, A, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb, TA,) اختصر الكَلَامَ (tropical:) He abridged the language, or the discourse; syn. أَوْجَزَهُ: (S, A, K:) [and in like manner, الكِتَابَ the book, or writing:] or, accord. to some, the latter (اوجزهُ) signifies “ he expressed its correct meaning concisely, without regard to the original words; ” and the former, he curtailed its words, preserving the meaning: (MF:) or properly, he abridged the expressions, making the words fewer, but preserving the entire meaning: (Msb:) or he abridged the language by omitting superfluities, and choosing from it concise expressions which conveyed the meaning. (L.) [You say, اختصرهُ عَلَى الرُّبْعِ (assumed tropical:) He reduced it by abridgment to the fourth of its original bulk.] And اختصر السَّجْدَةَ (assumed tropical:) He recited the chapter in which a prostration should be performed, omitting the verse requiring prostration, in order that he might not prostrate himself: or he recited only the verse requiring a prostration, to prostrate himself in so doing: both which practices are forbidden. (T, * Mgh, * Msb, * K.) And the verb alone (assumed tropical:) He recited a verse, or two verses, of the last part of the chapter, in prayer; (K;) not the whole chapter. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, the verb alone, He curtailed a thing of its superfluities, (K,) in a general sense. (TA.) ― -b4- And اختصر فِى الجَزِّ, (JK, K, TA,) in some copies of the K فِى الحَزِّ, with ح, (TA,) or اختصر الجَزَّ, (A,) He did not extirpate in cutting; did not cut off entirely, or utterly: (A, K:) or he extirpated in cutting; cut off utterly. (JK.) -A3- اختصر also signifies He took a مِخْصَرَة [in his hand]: (S, * K:) and بِهَا ↓ تخصّر he took it in his hand; namely, a مخصرة: (Har p. 122:) or the former, he leaned upon it in walking: (TA:) or he took a مخصرة or a staff in his hand, to lean upon it. (Mgh.) You say also, اختصر العَنَزَةَ [He took in his hand the عنزة: or he leaned upon the عنزة in walking]: it is a thing [i. e. a kind of staff, or short spear,] like the عُكَّازَة: and in like manner, ↓ تخصّر; as in the L &c.: (TA:) and اختصر بِالعَصَا He leaned upon the staff in walking. (A.)

The middle, or waist, of a man or woman: (S, A, Msb, K;) i. e. the slender part above the hips or haunches: (Msb:) pl. خُصُورٌ. (A, K.) See also الخَاصِرَةُ, in two places. ― -b2- (tropical:) The hollow part of the sole of the foot, which does not touch the ground: (A, K:) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b3- (tropical:) The narrow part of a sandal, before the أُذُنَانِ [which are the two loops whereto is attached the strap that passes behind the wearer's heel]: (TA:) or خَصْرَانِ [the dual] signifies the narrow part of a sandal. (IAar, TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) The part which is between the base of the notch and the feathers of an arrow: (AHn, A, * K:) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b5- (tropical:) A way between the upper and lower parts of a heap of sand; (K, TA:) or (tropical:) the lower part of a heap of sand; the thin part thereof; as also ↓ مُخَصَّرٌ: (A, TA:) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) The place of the بُيُوت [or tents] of the Arabs of the desert: (K:) or, as some say, of such بيوت, a clean place: (TA:) pl. as above. (K.)

Cold (S, K) which a man feels in his extremities. (TA.)

, applied to a day, Painfully cold. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Cold, as an epithet, (S, K,) applied to water, (S,) and to anything. (TA.) ― -b3- A man feeling cold [especially in his extremities: see 1]: to signify cold and hungry, the epithet خَرِصٌ is used. (A 'Obeyd.) ― -b4- ثَغْرٌ خَصِرٌ [A mouth, or front teeth,] cold, or cool, in the place that is hissed. (A, TA. [See also مُخَصَّرٌ.])

, (K, TA,) in some copies of the K خُصَيْرِىٌّ, (TA,) [but the former is shown to be the right reading by a verse cited in the TA,] The curtailment of the superfluities of a thing; like اِخْتِصَارٌ. (K, * TA.)

[The flank; i. e. each of the ilia;] i. q. الشَّاكِلَةُ; (Zj, in his “ Khalk el-Insán; ” S, K;) i. e. the طَفْطَفَة [or quivering flesh] of the side, that reaches to the extremities of the ribs: (Zj, ibid.:) and [so in the K, but more properly “ or, ”] الخَاصِرَةُ, (K,) or الخَاصِرَاتَانِ (JK, TA) and ↓ الخَصْرَانِ, (TA,) what is between the حَرْقَفَة [or crest of the hip] and the lowest rib; (JK, K, TA;) i. e. the part from which retires each of the lowest ribs, and in advance of which projects each of the حَجَبَتَانِ: [explained by the words ما قلص عنه القُصَيْرَيَانِ وتقدّم من الحجبتين: but for من الحجبتين, I read مِنْهُ الحَجَبَتَانِ; referring, for corroboration, to explanations of this last word; and therefore I have rendered the passage as above: the meaning seems evidently to be the part between the lowest rib and the crest of the hip, on each side:] the thin skin which is above the خَصْر is called the طَفْطَفَة: so in the M, agreeably with the saying of Ibn-El-Ajdábee, that ↓ الخَصْرُ and الخَاصِرَةُ are syn.; i. e., in this sense: [this assertion, however, requires consideration; for all the explanations of الخاصرة are easily reconcileable:] pl. خَوَاصِرُ [which is also used in the sense of the sing. or dual]. (TA.) You say رَجُلٌ ضَخْمُ الخَواصِرِ [A man large in the flank or flanks]: and Lh mentions the phrase إِنَّهَا لَمُنْتَفِخَةُ الخَوَصِرِ [Verily she is inflated, or swollen, in the flank or flanks]; as though the term خاصرة were applicable to every portion [of the flank]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A pain in the خَاصِرَة [or flank]: or in the kidneys. (TA.) ― -b3- And it is also said to signify A certain vein (عِرْق) in the kidney, which occasions pain to the person when it is in motion. (TA.)