خَيْرَةٌ

feminine of خَيْرٌ [q. v.] used as an epithet: plural خَيْرَاتٌ. (Akh, S, Msb.)

[Also, used as a subst., or as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, A good thing, of any kind: a good quality; an excellency: and a good act or action: &c.: plural as above:] see خَيْرٌ, in the former half of the paragraph.