خ • ر • أ

, aor. خَرَاَ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. خَرَآءَةٌ (S, Mgh, K) and ↓ خِرَآءَةٌ, (K,) which is the more chaste form, (O,) or this may be a quasi-inf. n., (El-Khattábee, Msb,) and, accord. to some, ↓ خِرَآءٌ, (MF,) or this is a quasi-inf. n., (Lth, * Msb, K, * MF,) like صِيَامٌ for صَوْمٌ, or, as some say, a pl. of خَرْءٌ, (Msb, MF,) and خَرْءٌ also is an inf. n., (S, K,) and خُرُوْءٌ, (K, TA,) like قُعُودٌ, (TA,) or خُرُوْءَةٌ, (so in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK,) He voided his excrement, or ordure: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or خِرَآءَةٌ signifies the retiring alone, and sitting down, to satisfy a want [of nature]. (IAth.)

A place where excrement, or ordure, is voided; [a privy;] (S, K;) as also مَخْرَاةٌ, (K,) and ↓ مَخْرُؤَةٌ; (T, S, K, TA;) the last written in some copies of the K مَخْرِئَةٌ; and in one, مِخْرَأَةٌ. (TA.)

act. part. n. of 1. (TA.)

Human excrement, or ordure: (S, Mgh, * Msb, K;) as also ↓ خَرْءٌ: (Msb, TA:) and sometimes applied to the dung of the dog, and of the field-rat, and of the ant, and of the fly: (TA:) pl. خُرُوْءٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) which is also a pl. of خَرْءٌ, (Msb, TA,) and خُرْآنٌ, (K,) which is anomalous, and خُرُؤٌ; (TA;) and some say that خِرَآءٌ is a pl. of خَرْءٌ. (Msb, MF.)