خَيْلٌ

Horses, (JK, S, K,) collectively; (JK, K;) as some say, (Msb,) applied to Arabian horses and [such as are of inferior breed, termed] بَرَاذِين; (Mgh, Msb;) the males thereof and the females: (Mgh, TA: *) but of the feminine gender: (Msb, TA:) a quasi-plural n., (Mgh,) having no singular (Msb, K) formed of the same radical letters: (Msb:) or the singular is خَايءِلٌ: (K:) so called because of their اِخْتِيَال, (Msb, K, * TA, *) i. e. pride and self-conceit, (Msb,) in their gait: so says AO; but ISd says that this is not well known: (TA:) or because no one rides a horse without experiencing a feeling of pride: (Er-Rághib, TA:) plural, (Msb, CK,) or plural plural, (so in copies of the K and in the TA,) [of mult.,] خُيُولٌ (S, * Msb, K) and خِيُولٌ and [plural of pauc.] أَخْيَالٌ. (K.) And the dual form is used, [although خَيْلٌ has a plural signification,] like as are [the duals إِبِلَانِ and غَنَمَانِ and] لِقَاحَانِ and جِمَالَانِ. (ISd, TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ لَاتُسَايَرُ خَيْلَاهُ, or لَاتُوَاقَفُ, (K, TA,) and لَاتُسَايَرُ خَيْلَاهُ وَلَا تُوَاقَفُ, (TA, and so in the CK,) [Such a one, his two troops of horses will not be competed with in going, or running, nor in standing still,] meaning (tropical:) he is not to be endured in respect of calumny and lying: (K, TA:) it is said of a great, or frequent, liar. (TA in article سير.) And الخَيْلُ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ فُرْسَانِهَا [The horses are more knowing than their riders]; (Meyd, K;) a prov., (Meyd,) applied in relation to him of whom thou formest an opinion (Meyd, K, TA) that he possesses, or possesses not, what suffices, (TA,) and whom thou findest to be as thou thoughtest, (Meyd, K, TA,) or the contrary. (Meyd.) And الخَيْلُ أَعْلَمُ بَفُرْسَانِهَا [The horses are possessed of most knowledge of their riders]; a prov., meaning (assumed tropical:) seek thou aid of him who knows the case, or affair. (Meyd.) And الخَيْلُ تَجْرِى عَلَى مَسَاوِيهَا, another prov. [explained in article سوأ]. (Meyd.)

Also Horsemen, or riders on horses. (S, Msb, K.) Thus in the Qur'an, 17:66, وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَ رَجْلِكَ. (S. [See 1 in article جلب.])