خ • د • ج

, aor. خَدِجَ (S, Msb, K) and خَدُجَ , (K,) inf. n. خِدَاجٌ, (S, K, *) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) She (a camel, AZ, S, Msb, K, and any cloven-hoofed or solid-hoofed animal, AZ, Msb, TA, or sometimes another female, TA) cast her young one before the completion of the days of gestation, (AZ, IKt, S, Msb, K,) to which IKoot adds, (Msb,) even if it were completely formed; (S, Msb;) as also خَدَجَتْ وَلَدَهَا; (IKtt, Msb;) and ↓ خدّجت, inf. n. تَخْدِيجٌ: (TA:) or, as some say, she cast her young one when her pregnancy had become apparent, between the commencement of its formation and the period a little before the completion; as also ↓ اخدجت وَلَدَهَا; but see the latter verb below: (Msb:) or she (a camel) cast her young one in a defective state, before the time: or without any hair upon it: or miscarried, bringing forth merely blood: and Thábit mentions the last but one of these significations as relating to a human being: (TA:) or you say of a woman, خَدَجَتْ وَلَدَهَا and ↓ أَخْدَجَتْهُ in one and the same sense, (Aboo-Kheyreh, TA,) meaning she cast her fœtus in such a state that its form had become apparent: and خَدَجَتْ she miscarried, bringing forth merely blood: when she has brought it forth before its hair has grown, one says of her غَضَنَتْ: so says Az. (TA.) And خَدَجَ (tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, deficient in a limb, or member. (A.) See also 4, in two places.

She (a camel) brought forth her young one imperfectly formed, (S, Mgh, K,) even if the period of gestation were complete: (S, K:) or so اخدجت وَلَدَهَا: and the former, she brought forth her young one imperfectly formed at the completion of the period: (IKt, Msb:) or she brought forth her young one completely formed before the proper time of bringing forth. (TA.) See also 1, in two places. Hence, (TA,) اخدجت الشَّتْوَةٌ, (IAar, S,) or الصَّيْفَةُ, (K,) (tropical:) [The winter, or the spring or summer (but more probably the former),] had little rain. (IAar, S, K, TA.) And اخدجت الزَّنْدَةُ, (T, TA,) or ↓ خَدَجَت, (TA,) (tropical:) [The lower of the two wooden instruments for producing fire] failed to emit fire. (T, TA.) And اخدج (tropical:) He rendered a man defective in a limb, or member: said of God. (A.) And (tropical:) He performed incompletely his prayer; (Es-Sara- kustee, A, Msb;) or so ↓ خَدَجَ: (Msb:) and in like manner, (i. e. the former verb,) (assumed tropical:) a salutation: (TA, from a trad.:) and (tropical:) he performed unsoundly his affair: (A, TA:) and (tropical:) he formed unsoundly his opinion. (A.)

: see خَدِيجٌ: and see also مُخْدَجٌ.

and ↓ ذَاتُ خِدَاجٍ [A she-camel that usually casts her young before the completion of the days of gestation, even if completely formed: (see 1:) or] a she-camel that usually brings forth her young imperfectly formed, (A, TA,) even if at the proper time, (A,) or before the proper time: (TA:) or that usually brings forth her young completely formed before the proper time of bringing forth. (TA.)

The young one of a camel brought forth imperfectly formed, even if the period of gestation have been completed; (IKt, S, A, K;) as also ↓ مَخْدُوجٌ (TA) and ↓ خَدِيجٌ [q. v.] (A, TA) and ↓ خَدُوجٌ and ↓ خِدْجٌ: (TA:) or brought forth completely formed before the proper time of bringing forth. (TA.) (tropical:) A man made deficient in a limb, or member: (A:) or defective in make. (TA, from a trad. [See also خَادِجٌ.]) And مُخْدَجُ اليَدِ (tropical:) A man deficient in the arm, or hand. (S, A, Mgh, K.) صَلَاةٌ مُخْدَجَةٌ: see خِدَاجٌ.

(S, A, K,) and مُخْدِجَةٌ (TA) A she-camel bringing forth her young one imperfectly formed, even if the period of gestation be complete: (S, A, K, TA:) or bringing forth her young one completely formed before the proper time of bringing forth. (TA. [See also خَادِجٌ.])

A she-camel (or a female of another kind, TA) casting her young one before the completion of the days [of gestation], (S, A, K,) even if it be completely formed; (S, A;) as also ↓ خَدُوجٌ, of which the pl. is خُدُوجٌ and خِدَاجٌ and خَدَائِجُ: or a she-camel casting her young one in a defective state, before the time. (TA. [See 1, of which it is the act. part. n. And see also مُخْدِجٌ.]) [Hence,] (tropical:) A man deficient in a limb, or member. (A. [See also مُخْدَجٌ.]) صَلَاةٌ خَادِجَةٌ: see خِدَاجٌ.

The young one of a camel brought forth before the completion of the days [of gestation], (S, K,) even if it be completely formed; (S;) [and so, accord. to rule, ↓ مَخْدُوجٌ.] See also مُخْدَجٌ. It is applied in a trad. respecting the poor-rate to A calf one year old, or under, that still follows its mother; resembling a خَدِيج [properly so called] in the smallness of its limbs, and in its having less strength than a ثَنِّى or a رُباعِىّ. (TA.)

: see خَادِجٌ: and see also مُخْدَجٌ.

inf. n. of 1 in the first of the senses explained above; (S, K; *) or a simple subst. therefrom; (Msb;) or a subst. from 4 in the first of the senses explained above. (Mgh.) See also مِخْدَاجٌ. And hence, (Msb,) (tropical:) Defect, or deficiency. (As, A, Mgh, Msb, TA.) صَلَاةٌ خِدَاجٌ, (S, A, Mgh, K,) in which the latter word is an inf. n. used as an epithet, (A,) or for ذَاتُ خِدَاجٍ, (Mgh, TA,) (tropical:) Prayer incompletely performed; (S, A, Mgh, K;) as also ↓ مُخْدَجَةٌ and ↓ خَادِجَةٌ: (A:) applied in a trad. to prayer in which the Fátihah is not recited. (S, Mgh, TA.) And ↓ حَجٌّ إِخْدَاجٌ, in which [likewise] the latter word is for ذُو إِخْدَاجٍ, or is an inf. n. used as an epithet, (assumed tropical:) Pilgrimage incompletely performed. (Har p. 392.) -A2- Also a pl. of خَدُوجٌ. (TA.)