خِثْىٌ

Dung of a beast of the ox-kind; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ خَثًى: (Msb:) or of a bull: (IAar, TA:) and of the elephant: (K:) and metaphorically, of the camel; as used in a tradition: or, according to AZ, compact dung of a beast of the ox-kind, and of the sheep or goat, and of any cloven-hoofed animal, and of the camel: (TA:) plural أَخْثَاءٌ [a plural of pauc.] (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خَثِىٌّ, (CK, [a quasi-plural n. like عَبِيدٌ,]) or خِثِىٌّ, (K according to the TA, [like حِنِىٌّ, q. v., a plural of حِنْوٌ,]) and خُثِىٌّ [originally خُثُوىٌ], (K,) these two from Fr. (TA.)

خِثْىٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A number of people in a state of dispersion: (Sgh, TA:) or so خِثْىٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ. (JK.)