خير
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
خير doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 4 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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خَارَ Form 1
1 خَارَ خار , aor. يَخِيرُ, (K,) inf. n. خَيْرٌ, (TA,) He (a man, TA) was, or became, possessed of خَيْر [or good, &c.]. (K, TA.) -b2- [He was, or be came, good: and he did good: contr. of شَرَّ.] You say, خِرْتَ يَا رَج…
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خَيْرٌ
خَيْرٌ خير [Good, moral or physical; anything that is good, real or ideal, and actual or potential; and, being originally an inf. n., used as sing and pl.;] a thing that all desire; such as intelligence, for instance, an…
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خِيرٌ
خِيرٌ خير Generousness; generosity; (S, A, Msb, K;) liberality; munificence. (Msb.) You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو خِيرٍ Such a one is a possessor of generousness, or generosity, &c. (Msb.) And هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ وَالخِيرِ [He is of…
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خَيِّرٌ
خَيِّرٌ خير , and its fem. خَيِّرَةٌ, and pl. fem. خَيِّرَاتٌ: see خَيْرٌ, (used as an epithet,) in eight places, in the former half of the paragraph.…
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