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خمص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَمْصَةٌ خمصه خمصة A hungering. (S, K.) You say, لَيْسَ لِلْبَطْنَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْصَةٍ تَتْبَعُهَا [ There is not anything better for repletion of the belly than a hungering which follows it ]. (S, A.)

Derived headwords

خَمْصَةٌ
  1. 1.
لِلْبَطْنَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْصَةٍ تَتْبَعُهَا