خلى1 خَلَى, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـْ (Msb,) inf. n. خَلْىٌ; (Msb, K;) and ↓ اختلى; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) He cut the herbage called خَلًى: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he plucked it up. (Lh, K.) Hence, in a trad., (Mgh, Msb, TA,) respecting the declaration of the sacredness of Mekkeh, (TA,) خَلَاهَا ↓ لَا يُخْتَلَى, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) i. e. [Its fresh herbage] shall not be cut. (Msb.) b2: خَلَى الدَّابَّةَ, (S,) or المَاشِيَةَ, (K,) aor.  as above; (S, K;) or الماشية ↓ اخلى, inf. n. إِخْلَآءٌ; (TA, as from the K;) He cut the herbage called خَلًى (S, K) for the beast, (S,) or for the cattle: (K:) and he fed the beast, or the cattle, with خَلًى. (TA.) b3:  خَلَى الشَّعِيرَ He collected the barley in a مِخْلَاة. (K.) b4:  خَلَى القِدْرِ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) (tropical:)  He put firewood beneath the cooking-pot: or he put flesh-meat into the cooking-pot. (IAar, K, TA.) And القِدْرِ ↓ اخلى (assumed tropical:)  He kindled a fire for the cooking-pot with camels', or similar, dung; as though he put خَلًى to it. (TA.) and ↓ أُخْلِيَتْ, said of a cooking-pot, (assumed tropical:)  It had firewood put to it, like as a she-camel has خَلًى put to her, and kindled beneath it: or, as some relate a verse in which it occurs, ↓ خُلِّيَتْ, [belonging to art. خلو,] having a similar meaning, from this verb said of a she-camel such as is termed خَلِيَّة, meaning “ she had ” a young one “ put to her. ” (Ham p. 663.) b5:  خَلَى الفَرَسَ, (K,) or خَلَاهُ اللِّجَامَ, (JK, TA,) (tropical:)  He put the bit in the mouth of the horse, (JK, K, TA,) like fresh خَلًى. (JK.) b6: And خَلَى اللِّجَامَ, (K, TA,) عَنِ الفَرَسِ, aor.  and inf. n. as above, (TA,) (assumed tropical:)  He pulled out the bit [from the mouth of the horse]. (K, TA.) A2: See also 1, last sentence, in art. خلو.2 خَلَّىَ see خَلًى, below: A2:  and see also 1.3 خَاْلَىَ mentioned in this art. in the K: see art. خلو.4 إِخلى المَاشِيَةَ, (inf. n. إِخْلَآءٌ, TA,) said of God, He made خَلًى to grow for the cattle. (Lh, K.) b2:  See also 1, in three places.A2: اخلت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in خَلًى. (JK, S, K.) b2:  [And hence,] اخلى (assumed tropical:)  He uttered words, or expressions, without any great meaning. (Ham p. 391.) 7 انخلى, said of خَلًى, It was cut. (S.) 8 إِخْتَلَىَ see 1, in two places. [Hence,] السَّيْفُ يَخْتَلِىالأَيْدِى وَالأَرْجُلَ (tropical:)  The sword cuts off the arms and the legs. (JK, S, * TA.) 12 اخلولى He constantly drank milk. (IAar, K.) خَلًى Fresh, green, or juicy, herbage: (S, IB, Mgh, Msb, K:) that which is dry is termed حَشِيش [but see this word]: (Msb, from the Kf:) or dry حَشِيش: (so in one place in the S: [app. a mistake occasioned by an omission:]) or i. q.  رُطْبٌ, (IB, Msb,) with damm, (IB,) [i. e. fresh, or green, pasture; or such as consists of the herbs, or leguminous plants, of the رَبِيع; or of these and of trees or shrubs:] or herbage that is cut, of the herbs, or leguminous plants, of the ربيع: (Lth, JK:) or, accord. to [the Imám] Mohammad, anything that is eaten as pasture, not [growing] upon a stem: (Mgh:) or slender herbage as long as it remains fresh, green, or juicy: (IAth, TA:) it is also written ↓ خَلَآءٌ, with medd, like قَضَآءٌ: (Msb:) n. un. خَلَاةٌ: (S, Msb, K:) or this signifies any herb (بَقْلَة) that one pulls up: (K, * TA:) pl. أَخْلَآءٌ, (K,) a pl. sometimes used [app. as meaning sorts of خَلًى]. (TA.) [Hence,] عَبْدٌ وَخَلًى فِى يَدَيْهِ [A slave with fresh herbage in his hands, or arms]; meaning, though a slave, yet rich, or possessing sufficiency: (S, TA:) a prov., (S, Meyd,) applied to the case of property possessed by him who does not deserve it: or, as some relate it, فى ↓ وَخُلِّىَ يديه [having fresh herbage put in his hands, or arms]: (Meyd:) but this latter reading is disallowed by Yaakoob: (S:) [see other readings, not belonging to this art., in Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 75:] هٰذَا, or هُوَ, is understood before عَبْدٌ. (Meyd.) And مَا كُنْتُ خَلَاةً لِمَوْعِدَةٍ (tropical:)  I  was not a breaker of a promise. (TA.) and [hence also, app., if this be the right reading,] إِنَّهُ لَحُلْوُ الخَلَا [or rather الخَلَى]; or ↓ الخَلَآءِ: see خَلَآءٌ, in art. خلو.خَلَآءٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.خَالٍ and ↓ مُخْتَلٍ A cutter of خَلًى. (Msb. [The pls. خَالُونَ and مُخْتَلُونَ are mentioned in the S and TA.]) مِخْلًى The thing [or instrument] with which خَلًى is cut. (S, TA.) مِخْلَاةٌ A thing [or bag] into which خَلًى is put: (S, K:) [and hence a nose-bag for a horse or the like; so in the present day;] a small sack that is hung to the head of a horse [or the like], in which he eats barley [&c.]: (Har p. 76:) so called because they used to cut [and put] خَلًى therein for their beasts: (JK:) pl. مَخَالٍ. (TA.) b2:  مَخَالِىالقَتَبِ: see حِدْجٌ.مُخْتَلٍ: see خَالٍ. b2:  المُخْتَلِى (tropical:)  The lion: (K, TA:) because of his courage. (TA.)