خِنْثٌ

, with kesr, singular of أَخْنَاثٌ and خِنَاثٌ, (TA,) which signify The creases, or places of folding, of a garment, or piece of cloth. (K, TA.) You say, طَوَى الثَّوْبَ عَلَى أَخْنَاثِهِ and خِنَاثِهِ He folded the garment, or piece of cloth, at its creases. (TA.) And [hence,] أَلْقَى اللَّيْلُ أَخْنَاثَةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ (assumed tropical:) The night cast the folds of its darkness upon the earth. (TA.)

Also the former plural, (TA,) and the latter also, (K,) The parts of the دَلْو [or bucket] whence the water pours forth, between the عَرَاقِى. (K, TA.)

The singular also signifies The interior of the part of the cheek by the side of the mouth, next the molar teeth, (K, TA,) above and below. (TA.)

And A company in a state of dispersion. (K.)