خشف1 خَشَفَ, aor. ـِ (S, Sgh, L, K) and خَشُفَ, (L, K,) inf. n. خَشْفٌ, (S,) He, or it, made a sound, (L, K,) or what is termed حِسّ [i. e. a low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound], (S,) and an audible motion: (S, L:) said of a man: and said also of snow, as meaning it caused one to hear a [sound such as is termed] خَشْفَة in walking [upon it]; as is the case in intense cold. (S.) And خَشَفَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. خُشُوفٌ, said of snow, It was rough, so that it caused one to hear a خَشْفَة in walking [upon it]: and in like manner said of ice; i. e. it was soft, or yielding [to the feet, crackling], or easily broken. (TA.) A poet says, (S,) namely, El-Katámee, (TA,) إِذَا كَبَّدَ النَّجْمُ السَّمَآءَ بِشَتْوَةٍعَلَىحِينَ هَرَّ الكَلْبُ والثَّلْجُ خَاشِفُ [When the asterism of the Pleiades culminates in winter, at the time when the dog whines by reason of the cold, and the snow causes one to hear a slight sound in walking upon it]: (S:) or, accord. to IB, the right reading is, بِسُحْرَةٍ [a little before daybreak, or in the last third of the night]: (TA:) حين is here mansoob because على is made to be redundant, and because it is prefixed to a verbal proposition: (S:) this is the more approved way in a case of this kind, when the verb commencing the proposition is a pret.; but some say على حِينِ. (I 'Ak p. 199.) b2:  خَشَفَ said of water, It froze. (K.) b3:  Said of cold, It was, or became, intense. (K.) b4:  خَشَفَ ِى السَّيْرِ, (K,) inf. n. خَشَفَانٌ, (JK,) He hastened, made haste, or sped, [app. so as to cause a slight sound to be heard,] in going, journeying, or pace. (JK, * K.) And مَرَّ يَخْشِفُ He passed along hastening. (TA.) b5:  خَشَفَ, (S, K,) aor. ـُ (S, TA) and خَشِفَ, (TA,) inf. n. خُشُوفٌ (S, K) and خَشَفَانٌ, (K,) He went away in, or into, the land, or country. (S, K.) And خَشَفَ فُلَانٌ Such a one journeyed away, went away, or departed, or became hidden or concealed, syn. تَغَيَّبَ, (K, TA,) in the land, or country. (TA.) b6:  خَشَفَ فِى الشَّىْءِ (aor.خَشِفَ, TA,) He entered into the thing; as also ↓ انخشف. (K.) b7:  خَشَفَ, inf. n. خَشَفَانٌ, He (a man) went, or travelled, by night. (K.) b8:  And He was bold, or daring, in night-journeying: or he went about, or round about, by night; (L, K, TK; but in the first and second, only the inf. n. is mentioned in this case;) and journeyed much by night. (L.) And خَشَفَ بِالقَوْمِ, aor. ـِ said of a guide of the way, He went about, or round about, by night, and hastened, or sped, with the party: (JK:) or خَشَفَ بِهِمْ, inf. n. خَشَافَةٌ, he (a guide of the way) acted with a penetrative energy, or with sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness, with them [in conducting them]; as also ↓ خشّف, inf. n. تَخْشِيفٌ. (K, * TA.) b9:  خَشَفَتْ بِوَلَدِهَا She (a woman) cast forth her child [from the womb]. (K.) And خُشِفَ بِهِ He, or it, was cast, or thrown; as also خُفِشَ به, and حُفِشَ به. (TA.) A2:  خَشَفَ رَأْسَهُ بِالحَجَرِ He (a man, S) broke his head with the stone. (S, K.) 2 خَشَّفَ see 1.3 خاشف, (K,) inf. n. مُخَاشَفَةٌ, (JK, TA,) It (an arrow) caused a [sound such as is termed]حَشْفَة to be heard on its hitting the object aimed at: (K, * TA:) or it (an arrow) caused a [confused sound such as is termed] خَشْخَشَة to be heard from the inside of the animal hit thereby. (JK.) b2:  خاشف فِى الشَّرِّ, and إِلَى الشَّرِّ, He hastened in doing, and to do, evil, or mischief. (TA.) b3:  خاشف فِى ذِمَّتِهِ He hastened in breaking, or violating, his compact, covenant, or promise of protection or safeguard, or of security or safety. (K, * TA.) b4:  خاشف الإِبِلَ لَيْلَتَهُ He went, or kept pace, with the camels during his night; syn. سَايَرَهَا. (K.) 7 إِنْخَشَفَ see 1.خُشْفٌ: see خَشْفَةٌ, in two places: A2:  and خِشْفٌ: A3:  and خَاشِفٌ.خُشْفٌ: see what next follows.خِشْفٌ (As, JK, IDrd, Msb, K) and ↓ خُشْفٌ and ↓ خَشْفٌ, (K,) the second of which is said by MF to be the most common, and then the first, (TA,) [but this is a mistake, for the first is the only form commonly occurring,] The young one of the gazelle; (JK, Msb;) applied to the male and the female; (Msb;) or the female is termed خشفة [i. e. خِشْفَةٌ and خِشْفَةِ and خَشْفَةٌ]: (K:) or the young one of the gazelle in the first stage after its birth: (K:) or after it is termed طَلًا; for it is called by the latter appellation when just born: (As, TA: [see شَصَرٌ:]) or after it is termed جَدَايَة: (TA:) or when it first walks: or she that flees, or goes away, from, or of, (مِنْ,) her young ones: (K: [a strange (as well as an ambiguous) explanation, seeing that the fem. is said in the K to be with ة:] pl. خُشُوفٌ, (Msb,) or خِشَفَةٌ. (K.) خَشَفٌ and ↓ خَشِيفٌ Rough snow, (JK, K,) that causes one to hear a [sound such as is termed] خَشْفَة in walking [upon it]: (TA:) and (in like manner, TA) ice that is soft, or yielding [to the feet, crackling], or easily broken: (K:) or the latter signifies [simply] snow. (S.) One  says, ↓ أَصَبَحَ المَآءُ خَشِيفًا [The water became ice such as was soft, &c.]. (JK, TA.) [See also خَاشِفٌ.]خَشْفَةٌ (JK, S, K) and ↓ خَشَفَةٌ (Mgh, K) and ↓ خَشْفٌ (K) A sound: (K:) or such as is termed حِسٌّ; (S;) [i. e.] a low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound: (JK:) and a motion: (JK, S, K:) or a low, faint, gentle, or soft, حِسّ: or the first signifies the sound of the creeping of serpents; and the sound of the hyena: (K:) or a sound that is not loud, or vehement; (A 'Obeyd;) and so ↓ the second: (Mgh:) or a single sound; so accord. to Fr: (Az, TA:) and ↓ the last signifies the sound of a sword falling upon flesh, and upon a weapon or weapons: and the sound of feet, such as is not loud, or vehement. (TA.) A2:  Also the first, A [tract of high ground such as is termed]قُفّ that is mostly soft. (L, K.) خَشَفَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.خَشُوفٌ A quick, or swift, man. (S.) b2: One going away, or who goes away, into the land, or country; as also ↓ خَشِيفٌ and ↓ خَاشِفٌ. (K.) b3: One entering, or who enters, into a thing; as also ↓ خَشِيفٌ and ↓ خَاشِفٌ and ↓ مِخشَفٌ. (K.) One  who enters into affairs (K, TA) and fears not, or dreads not; as also ↓ مِخْشَفٌ. (TA.) b4: Also and ↓ خَاشِفٌ and ↓ خَاشِفَةٌ sings. of خُشَّفٌ, which signifies Camels that journey by night: (S:) or, accord. to IB, the sing. of this pl. is خَاشِفٌ only: and the pl. of خُشُوفٌ is خُشَّفٌ [a mistranscription for خُشُفٌ]. (L.) b5:  See also مِخْشَفٌ: b6:  and the paragraph here next following.خَشِيفٌ: see خَشَفٌ, in two places: A2:  and خَشُوفٌ also, in two places. b2:  Also A sharp, or penetrating, sword; and so ↓ خَاشِفٌ and ↓ خَشُوفٌ: (K:) or, applied to a sword, i. q. خَشِيبٌ [q. v.]. (JK.) b3:  And Water that runs in a [watercourse such as is termed] بَطْحَآء, beneath the pebbles, two or three days, and then goes away. (TA.) الخَشَّافُ: see مِخْشَفٌ. b2:  أُمُّ خَشَّافٍ Calamity, or misfortune; (JK, K;) as also خَشَّافٌ, without أُمّ. (TA.) خُشَّافٌ A certain nocturnal flying thing; (Msb;) the خُفَّاش [or bat], (S, K, Msb,) that flies by night: so says El-Fárábee, in section ش: (Msb:) formed by transposition from the latter word, which is the more chaste: (Sgh, Msb, TA:) or rather so called because of its خَفَشَان, i. e. its going about, or round about, by night: (Lth, TA:) or a certain flying thing, having two small eyes: (TA:) as some say, (S,) and thus also says El-Fárábee, (Msb,) the خُطَّاف [or swallow]: (S, Msb, TA:) he who says خُفَّاشٌ derives its name from the smallness of its eyes. (Lth, TA.) خَاشِفٌ [act. part. n. of 1; fem. with ة]: see 1. b2:  Water freezing, or in a state of congelation, and so ↓ خَشْفٌ. (TA.) [See خَشَفٌ.] b3:  See also خَشُوفٌ, in four places: b4:  and see خَشِيفٌ. b5: Also A boy light, or active, and brisk, lively, or sprightly; like خَاسِفٌ. (TA in art. خسف.) أَخَاشِفُ Hard tracts of land: with س, it signifies such as are soft. (Fr, K.) مَخْشَفٌ A place of ice; (Sgh, K;) [an icehouse;] this is the meaning of the term by which Lth explains it, namely, يَخَدَان, (Sgh, TA,) [or يَخْدَانْ,] which is Persian, and which the author of the L has mistranscribed نَجْرَان, adding thereto الذى يجرى عليه الباب. (TA.) ظَبْيَةٌ مُخْشِفٌ A she-gazelle having a خِشْف. (Sgh, K.) مِخْشَفٌ: see خَشُوفٌ, in two places. b2: Also A guide of the way (Lth, JK, K) who travels, or goes about, with people by night: (Lth, JK:) or who acts with a penetrative energy, and with sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness. (K.) A man (AA, S) bold, or daring, (AA, S, K,) to encounter the night, (S,) or to encounter the terror of the night, (AA,) or in night-journeying: (K:) or who goes about, or round about, by night; as also ↓ خَشُوفٌ: (K:) or this last, one who fears not by night: (JK:) or who goes away boldly in the night or in any case. (AA, IB.) b3:  المِخْشَفُ The lion; (K;) because of his boldness in going about: (TA:) and so ↓ الخَشَّافُ. (JK.)