خشع

خُشْعَةٌ ذ A low hill: (S:) or a hill cleaving to the ground: (IAar, K:) and a piece of rugged ground: (IDrd, K:) or [ elevated ground such as is termed ] قُفّ that is for the most part soft, i. e. neither stone nor clay: (Lth:) and a rock growing in the sea: (TA:) pl. خُشَعٌ. (K.) It is said in a trad., كَانَتِ الأَرْضُ خُشْعَةً عَلَى المَاآءِ ثُمَّ دُحِيَتْ [ The earth was a low hill, &c., upon the water: then it was spread out ]: (S:) but this trad. is variously related. (TA.)