[1]
خَانَهُ , (S, K,) aor. يَخُونُهُ, (S,) inf. n. خِيَانَةٌ
and خَوْنٌ and مَخَانَةٌ (S, K) and خَانَةٌ (K) and
خَائِنَةٌ, of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ, like لَاغِيَةٌ &c.; (TA;)
and ↓ اختانهُ; (S, K;) He was unfaithful, or he
acted unfaithfully, to the confidence, or trust,
that he reposed in him; (K;) [he was treache
rous, perfidious, or unfaithful, to him; or he
acted treacherously, perfidiously, or unfaithfully,
towards him;] فِى كَذَا [in such a thing]: (S:)
خِيَانَةٌ is the contr. of أَمَانَةٌ; and does not relate
only to property, but also to other things: (Mgh:)
or the neglecting, or failing in, أَمَانَةٌ [which is
trustiness, or faithfulness]: (El-Harállee, TA:)
or i. q. نِفَاقٌ, except that خيانة regards a compact
or covenant or the like, and trustiness, or faith
fulness, and نفاق regards religion; so that the
former is the acting contrary to what is right, by
breaking a compact or covenant or the like: (Er
Rághib, TA:) but [it is said that] the primary
signification of خَوْنٌ is the making to suffer loss,
or diminution; because the خَائِن makes the
مَخُون to suffer loss, or diminution, of something.
(TA.) Hence, in the Kur [ii. 183], كُنْتُمْ
تَخْتَانُونَ ↓ أَنْفُسَكُمْ [lit. Ye used to act unfaith
fully to yourselves] means ye used to act un
faithfully, one to another: (S, * TA:) or ye used
to act wrongfully to yourselves: اِخْتِيَانٌ has a
more intensive signification than خِيَانَةٌ. (Bd.)
One says also, خان العَهْدَ He broke the compact
or covenant or the like: whence, تَقُولُ النِّعْمَةُ
كُفِرْتُ وَلَمْ أُشْكَرْ وَتَقُولُ الأَمَانَةُ خُنْتُ وَلَمْ أُحْفَظْ
[The benefit says, I have been disacknowledged,
and have not been requited with thankfulness;
and the trust says, I have been betrayed, and
have not been faithfully kept]: the verb [خُنْتُ]
being here of the measure فُعِلْتُ, a verb of which
the agent is not named. (Mgh.) And خَانَهُ العَهْدَ,
(Msb, K,) and فِى العَهْدِ, (Msb,) and خانهُ الأَمَانَةَ,
(Msb, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. خَوْنٌ and خِيَانَةٌ
and مَخَانَةٌ, (Msb,) [He was unfaithful to him in
respect of the compact or covenant or the like,
and the trust.] ―
2-b2- [Hence,] خان سَيْفُهُ (assumed tropical:) [His
sword was unfaithful;] i. e., failed of taking ef
fect upon the thing struck with it. (TA.) A cer
tain person, being asked respecting the sword,
said, أَخُوكَ وَ رُبَّمَا خَانَكَ (assumed tropical:) [It is thy brother, but
sometimes it is unfaithful to thee]. (TA.) ―
2-b3- And
خَانَتْهُ رِجْلَاهُ (assumed tropical:) [His two legs were unfaithful to
him;] he was unable to walk. (TA.) ―
2-b4- And
خان الدَّلْوَ الرِّشَآءُ (assumed tropical:) The well-rope broke off, or be
came severed, from the bucket. (TA.) ―
2-b5- And
خانهُ الدَّهْرُ, inf. n. خَوْنٌ; (T, TA;) and ↓ تخوّنهُ;
(TA;) (assumed tropical:) Time altered his state, or condition,
(T, TA,) from softness, or easiness, to hardness,
or difficulty, (TA,) or to evil; (T, TA;) and in
like manner, النَّعِيمُ [enjoyment, &c.]: and of
everything that has altered thy state, or condition,
[for the worse,] one says, ↓ تَخَوَّنَكَ. (T, TA.)