خفش
1 خَفِشَ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. خَفَشٌ, He had that quality of the eyes, or sight, which is termed خَفَشٌ as this word is explained below. (
Msb.) and خَفِشَتْ عَيْنُهُ His eye had that quality. (
A.) خَفَشٌ Smallness of the eye, (
S,
A,
K,) or of the eyes, (
Msb,) and weakness in the sight, by nature: (
S,
A,
Msb,
K:) or a natural narrowness in the eye: (
TA:) and sometimes it is a disease: (
S,
Msb: *) or a corrupt state in the eyelids, (
Kh,
A,
K,) and redness, which causes the eyes to become narrow, (
Kh,) without pain, (
Kh,
A,
K,) and without ulceration: (
Kh:) and (so in the
S and A and
Msb, but in the
K “ or ”) nyctalopia; or the seeing by night, (
S,
A,
K,) but not by day: (
S,
K:) or the seeing by night more than by day: (
Msb:) and in a cloudy day, but not in a clear one: (
S,
A,
Msb,
K:) and sometimes, (
tropical:) the being affected with ophthalmia, or inflammation of the eye with pain and swelling. (
Msb.) كَأَنَّهْمْ مِعْزَى حَظِيرَةٍ فِى خَفَشٍ [
As though they were the goats of a pen, in respect of weakness of sight,] is a
prov., applied to him who falls into blindness or perplexity or the darkness of night; because goats are the weakest of the غَنَم in rain and cold: originally said by 'Áïsheh. (
TA.) خُفَّاشٌ The bat;
syn. وَطْوَاطٌ; (
K;) a certain flying thing; (
Msb;) that flies by night: (
S:) so called because it can scarcely see by day; (
Msb;) or because of the smallness of its eyes and the weakness of its sight (
K,
TA) by day: (
TA:) its brain, if the hollows of the soles of the feet be anointed with it, excites the venereal passion: and if burnt, and used as a collyrium, it removes, or stops, (according to different copies of the
K,) whiteness of the eye, (
K,
TA,) and sharpens the sight: (
TA:) its blood, if smeared upon the pubes of one who has nearly attained the age of puberty, prevents the growth of hair; (El-Minháj,
K;) as some say; but this is not true: (El-Minháj:) and if the pudendum of her who has difficulty in bringing forth, be rubbed gently with its gall-bladder, she brings forth immediately: (
K, *
TA:) the
pl. is خَفَافِيشُ. (
S,
K.) [See also خُشَّافٌ.]
أَخْفَشُ One who has that quality of the eyes, or sight, which is termed خَفَشٌ as this word is explained above: (
S,
A,
Msb:) and one who contracts his eyes when he looks: (
TA:) and one who has in his eyes white fluid matter, or motes, or the like: (
Az:)
fem. خَفْشَآءُ. (
Msb.)
