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خبص
Root entry · 9 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the act of mixing, stirring, and preparing food, particularly sweets. It extends to the tools used for this purpose and metaphorically to death.
Derived headwords
خَبَصَverb
- 1.to mix, stirboth
To mix or stir ingredients together, especially when preparing food.
- 2.to dieclassical
To pass away or die.
خَبْصnoun
- 1.mixing, stirringboth
The act of mixing or stirring.
- 2.deathclassical
Death.
تَخْبِيصnoun
- 1.mixing, preparingboth
The act of mixing or preparing food, especially sweets.
خَبِيصnoun
- 1.sweet dishboth
A sweet dish, a type of confection or dessert, made by mixing ingredients.
مُخَبِّصadjective
- 1.mixing, preparingboth
One who mixes or prepares food, especially sweets.
مَخْبُوصadjective
- 1.mixed, preparedboth
Describing something that has been mixed or prepared, especially a food item.
اخْتَبَصَverb
- 1.to prepare for oneselfclassical
To prepare a sweet dish for oneself.
خَبِيصَةnoun
- 1.specific sweet dishboth
A specific type of sweet dish, more particular than 'khabees'.
مَخْبَصَةnoun
- 1.mixing utensilboth
A utensil used for stirring or mixing, like a spoon or ladle.
Parallel reading
الخبص فعلك الخبيص في الطنجير
The mixing is your action of making the khabees in the pot.
وقد خبص خبصا وخبص تخبيصا
And he mixed a mixing and mixed with much mixing.
فهو خبيص مخبص مخبوص
So he is a mixer, a preparer, one who is mixed.
ويقال: اختبص فلان إذا اتخذ لنفسه خبيصا
And it is said: So-and-so prepared for himself if he made for himself a khabees.
والخبيص: الحلواء المخبوصة معروف
And the khabees: the mixed sweet dish is known.
والخبيصة أخص منه
And the khabeesah is more specific than it.
وخبص الحلواء يخبصها خبصا وخبصها: خلطها وعملها
And he mixed the sweet dish, he mixed it a mixing and mixed it: he mixed it and made it.
والمخبصة: التي يقلب فيها الخبيص
And the makhbasah: that in which the khabees is stirred.
وقيل: المخبصة كالملعقة يعمل بها الخبيص
And it was said: The makhbasah is like a spoon with which the khabees is made.
وخبص خبصا: مات
And khabasa: he died.
وخبص الشيء بالشيء: خلطه
And he mixed a thing with a thing: he mixed it.