خُرْءٌ

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:) plural خُرُوْءٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) which is also a plural of خَرْءٌ, (Msb, TA,) and خُرْانٌ, (K,) which is anomalous, and خُرُوءٌ; (TA;) and some say that خِرَاءٌ is a plural of خَرْءٌ. (Msb, MF.)

Perseus ID: n10227