خسس

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, meanness, and lowliness, applying to both character and material worth. It also extends to descriptions of something being insignificant, diminished, or of poor quality, and can describe physical unattractiveness.

Derived headwords

الخَسَاسَةnoun

1.
baseness, meannessboth
The state or quality of being base, mean, or ignoble.
2.
lowlinessclassical
A state of lowliness or degradation.

خَسِيسadjective

1.
base, meanboth
Characterized by baseness, meanness, or ignobility; of low moral character.
2.
petty, insignificantboth
Of little value or importance; trivial.
3.
inferiorboth
Of poor quality or low standing.
4.
despicableclassical
Worthy of contempt; contemptible.

خَسَّverb

1.
to be base, meanboth
To be base, ignoble, or of low character.
2.
to be insignificantboth
To be trivial or of little worth.

خَسَّverb

1.
to diminish, make baseclassical
To make something base, mean, or diminished in value or status.

خَسَّverb

1.
to be diminishedclassical
To become diminished or reduced in value or status.

خَسَّverb

1.
to reduce, make lessclassical
To reduce one's share or portion, making it less.

خَسَّverb

1.
to be reducedclassical
For a share or portion to be reduced.

خَسَّverb

1.
to be diminished (fortune)classical
For one's fortune or lot to be diminished or made less.

أَخَسَّverb

1.
to act baselyboth
To perform or bring forth base or ignoble actions.
2.
to diminish (fortune)classical
To make one's fortune or lot less or diminished.

خَسَّسْتُverb

1.
to become baseboth
To become base, mean, or ignoble.

خَسَّسْتُverb

1.
to become base (inherently)classical
To be inherently base or ignoble in oneself.

أَخْسَسْتُverb

1.
to act baselyboth
To perform a base or ignoble action.

اسْتَخَسَّهُverb

1.
to deem baseboth
To consider or regard someone or something as base or ignoble.

مَخْسُوسadjective

1.
despised, rejectedclassical
Regarded as base, rejected, or despised.

خَسَاسadjective

1.
petty, insignificantclassical
Petty, trivial, or of little importance.

خَسَاسnoun

1.
baseness, ignobilityclassical
The quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

قَوْمٌ خَسَاسnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
A group of people who are base, ignoble, or of low character.

مُسْتَخِسَّةadjective

1.
ugly-faced, ill-favoredclassical
A woman with an ugly or ill-favored face.
2.
ill-mannered, vulgarclassical
Ill-mannered, vulgar, or ill-spoken.

خَسَاءadjective

1.
ugly-facedclassical
Having an ugly or repulsive face.

الخُسُوسَةnoun

1.
baseness, ignobilityclassical
The state of being base, ignoble, or mean.

الخَسَانname

1.
certain starsclassical
A name for certain stars that do not set, such as the Big Dipper and Polaris.

الخَسّnoun

1.
lettuceboth
A well-known, broad-leaved, cooling herb, known for its nutritional properties.

الخَسّname

1.
a man from Iyadclassical
A man from the tribe of Iyad, known for his eloquence.

ابْنَةُ الخَسّname

1.
Hind bint al-Khasclassical
A woman from the tribe of Iyad, known for her eloquence, from whom proverbs originate.

خَسِيسَةnoun

1.
lowly stateclassical
A state of baseness, degradation, or lowliness.
2.
base actionclassical
A base or ignoble action.

خَسِيسَةُ النَّاقَةِnoun

1.
young camel's teethclassical
The teeth of a young female camel before she reaches maturity (specifically before shedding her first permanent incisors).

Parallel reading

الخساسة: مصدر الرجل الخسيس البين الخساسة.

Al-khassāsah: The source of a man who is clearly base and ignoble.

والخسيس: الدنيء.

And al-khisīs: the base, ignoble one.

وخس الشيء يخس ويخس خسة وخساسة، فهو خسيس: رذل.

And a thing becomes base (yakhissu and yakhissu) with baseness (khissah and khassāsah), so it is khisīs: ignoble.

وشيء خسيس وخساس ومخسوس: تافه.

And something khisīs, khassās, and makhsūs: trivial.

ورجل مخسوس: مرذول.

And a man makhsūs: despised, rejected.

وقوم خساس: أرذال.

And a people khassās: ignoble ones.

وخسست وخسست تخس خساسة وخسوسة وخسة: صرت خسيسا.

And I became base (khasastu and khasusstu), becoming base (takhissu) with baseness (khassāsah), ignobility (khusūsah), and baseness (khissah): I became khisīs.

وأخسست: أتيت بخسيس.

And I acted basely (akhsastu): I brought forth something base.

وخس نصيبه يخسه، بالضم، أي جعله خسيسا، وأخسسته: وجدته خسيسا.

And he diminished his share (yakhasṣu, with damma), meaning he made it base, and I found it base (akhsaṣtuhu).

واستخسه أي عده خسيسا.

And he deemed it base (istakhassahu) meaning he considered it base.

وأخسه، كلاهما: قلله ولم يوفره.

And he diminished it (akhassahu), both mean: he reduced it and did not make it abundant.

وأخس فلان إذا جاء بخسيس من الأفعال.

And so-and-so acted basely (akhassa) if he brought forth base actions.

وقد أخسست في فعلك وأخسست إخساسا إذا فعلت فعلا خسيسا.

And you have acted basely in your deed (akhsassta) and performed a base action (akhsassta ikhsāsan) if you did a base deed.

وامرأة مستخسة [مستخسة] وخساء: قبيحة الوجه، اشتقت من الخسيس.

And a woman mustakhissah and khassā': ugly-faced, derived from al-khisīs.

والعرب تسمي النجوم التي لا تعزب نحو بنات نعش والفرقدين والجدي والقطب وما أشبه ذلك: الخسان.

And the Arabs name the stars that do not set, such as the Big Dipper, the two Farqads, the Little Bear, the Pole Star, and the like: al-khisān.

والخس، بالفتح: بقلة معروفة من أحرار البقول عريضة الورق حرة لينة تزيد في الدم.

And al-khass, with fatha: a well-known herb from the cooling vegetables, broad-leaved, cooling, soft, which increases blood.

والخس: رجل من إياد معروف.

And al-Khas: a known man from Iyad.

وابنة الخس الإيادية: التي جاءت عنها الأمثال، واسمها هند، وكانت معروفة بالفصاحة.

And Ibnat al-Khas al-Iyādiyyah: from whom proverbs originate, her name is Hind, and she was known for eloquence.

ويقال: رفعت من خسيسته إذا فعلت به فعلا يكون فيه رفعته.

And it is said: you raised his lowliness (rafa'ta min khisīsatihī) if you did something for him that would elevate him.

يقال رفع الله خسيسة فلان إذا رفع حاله بعد انحطاطها.

It is said: 'May God raise so-and-so's lowliness' (rafa'a Allāhu khisīsata fulān) if his condition is raised after its decline.

الخسيس: الدنيء.

Al-khisīs: the base, ignoble one.

والخساسة: الحالة التي يكون عليها الخسيس؛ ومنه حديث الأحنف: إن لم يرفع خسيستنا.

And al-khassāsah: the state in which the base person is; and from it is the hadith of Al-Ahnaf: 'If he does not raise our lowliness'.

التهذيب: الخسيس الكافر.

Al-Tahdhib: Al-khisīs is the unbeliever.

ويقال: هو خسيس ختيت.

And it is said: 'He is a base, ignoble one' (khisīs khutaytit).

وخسيسة الناقة: أسنانها دون الإثناء.

And the khisīsatu an-nāqah: her teeth before she becomes a thunā'iyyah (i.e., before shedding her first permanent incisors).

يقال: جاوزت الناقة خسيستها وذلك في السنة السادسة إذا ألقت ثنيتها، وهي التي تجوز في الضحايا والهدي.

It is said: 'The she-camel has passed her khisīsah', which is in the sixth year when she sheds her thuniyyah, and it is the one permitted in sacrifices and offerings.