خنش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root 'khansh' appears to relate to remnants, leftovers, or a lingering quality. It is used to describe remaining wealth, a trace of youth in a woman, or something that is left behind.

Derived headwords

الخنشوشnoun

1.
remnant of wealthboth
A remaining portion of money or wealth.
2.
piece of camelsclassical
Specifically, a portion of camels that remains.

مخنشةadjective

1.
with remaining youthclassical
Describing a woman who still possesses a trace or remnant of her youth.

مخنشاتadjective

1.
women with remaining youthclassical
Plural form describing women who still possess a trace or remnant of their youth.

خنشوشname

1.
place nameboth
A proper noun referring to a specific location.
2.
man's nameboth
A proper noun referring to a man from the Banu Darim tribe.

Parallel reading

الخنشوش: بقية من المال.

Al-khanshoosh: a remnant of wealth.

وامرأة مخنشة: فيها بقية من شباب.

And a woman mukhanshah: she has a remnant of youth.

وبقي لهم خنشوش من مال أي قطعة من الإبل،

And there remained for them a khanshoosh of wealth, meaning a piece of camels,

وقيل أي بقية،

And it was said, meaning a remainder.

وقال الليث في قوله امرأة مخنشة قال: تخنشها بعض رقة بقية شبابها،

And Al-Layth said regarding his statement 'a woman mukhanshah', he said: 'she is affected by some tenderness from the remnant of her youth',

ونساء مخنشات.

And women mukhanshahat.

وما له خنشوش أي ما له شيء؛

And he has no khanshoosh, meaning he has nothing;

جاؤوا بأخراهم على خنشوش

They came with their last ones upon a khanshoosh

كقولهم جاؤوا عن آخرهم.

Like their saying 'they came, all of them'.

وخنشوش: اسم موضع؛

And Khanshoosh: a place name;

وخنشوش: اسم رجل من بني دارم يقال له خنشوش مد

And Khanshoosh: the name of a man from Banu Darim, called Khanshoosh bin Madd

جزى الله خنشوش بن مد ملامة،

May Allah reward Khanshoosh bin Madd with blame,

إذا زين الفحشاء للنفس موقها

When indecency adorns the soul, its guide

أراد مؤوقها.

He intended its guide.