خس
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 خَسَّ خس , (Msb, TA,) sec. pers. خَسِسْتَ, (Fr, S, A, Msb, K,) aor. يَخَسُّ; (A, Msb, TA;) and خَسَّ, sec. pers. خَسَسْتَ, aor. يَخِسُّ; (Msb, TA;) inf. n. خِسَّةٌ (Fr, S, A, K) and خَسَاسَةٌ (Fr, S, A, Msb, K) and خُسُوسٌ, (TA,) He (a man) was, or became, low or ignoble, base, vile, mean or sordid, weak; (Fr, S, A, K;) [or, more commonly,] contemptible: (Fr, * S, * A, K:) and it (a thing) was, or became, base, vile, or mean; (TA;) or contemptible, paltry, or inconsiderable; (Msb, * TA;) and bad, corrupt, abominable, or disapproved. (TA.) ― -b2- خَسَّ فِعْلُهُ, and قَوْلُهُ, and رَأْيُهُ, and حَظُّهُ, (tropical:) [ His action, and his saying, and his opinion, and his fortune, was, or became, low or ignoble, &c.] (A.) ― -b3- خَسَّ, aor. يَخِسُّ, It was, or became, light of weight, not equal to what corresponded with it. (Msb.) ― -b4- خَسَّ, aor. يَخُسُّ; (Msb;) and ↓ اخسّ, (ISk, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِخْسَاسٌ; (ISk, S;) (tropical:) He did what was low or ignoble, base, vile, mean or sordid, weak; [or, more commonly,] contemptible: (ISk, * S, * Msb, * K:) or ↓ the latter signifies he did something low or ignoble, &c., in actions. (TA.) -A2- خَسَّ نَصِيبَهُ, (S, A, Mgh, * K,) aor. يَخُسُّ; (S, TA;) and ↓ اخسّهُ; (Mgh;) He made his lot, portion, or share, to be low or ignoble, base, vile, mean; [or, more commonly,] contemptible: (S, * A, Mgh, * K:) and خَسَّ الحَظَّ, and ↓ اخسّهُ, He made the lot, portion, or share, little, and incomplete. (TA.) ― -b2- Also خَسَّ حَظَّهُ, [and ↓ اخسّهُ,] (tropical:) [ He made his fortune to be low or ignoble, &c.; or contemptible; differing from the signification immediately preceding, being said to be tropical.] (A.) The Arabs say of a man without any good fortune in the present life, ا@للّٰهُ حَظَّهُ ↓ أَخَسَّ (assumed tropical:) [ God made his fortune mean, or contemptible ]; as also أَخَتَّهُ. (AM, TA.)
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