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خص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خُصٌّ خص A booth of reeds, or canes, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) or of [ boughs of ] trees: (TA:) or a house roofed with a piece of wood, in the form of the [ oblong vaulted structure called ] أَزْج: (JK, K:) so called because of the خَصَاص, or “ narrow interstices, ” which are in it; (T, TA;) or because one sees what is in it through its خَصَاص, or “ interstices: ” (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَخْصَاصٌ (JK, Msb, TA) and [of mult.] خِصَاصٌ (JK, L, K [in the CK خَصَاصٌ, which is wrong,]) and خُصُوصٌ (JK, K) and خُصُوصَةٌ. (JK.) ― -b2- Also The shop of a vintner, (As, K,) although it be not of reeds, or canes. (K.)

Derived headwords

خُصٌّ
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