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خسق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to piercing, penetrating, or making a deep impression, often in the context of projectiles or digging. It also extends to negative character traits and descriptions of depth.

Derived headwords

الخَاسِقnoun
  1. 1.
    piercer, penetratorclassical

    That which pierces or penetrates, specifically referring to an arrow that has pierced its target.

خَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierceboth

    To pierce or penetrate, especially with a projectile like an arrow.

  2. 2.
    to penetrate deeplyclassical

    To penetrate without significant force or depth.

  3. 3.
    to tear the skinclassical

    To tear or wound the skin, as described by Al-Azhari.

خَسْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    piercingboth

    The act of piercing or penetrating.

  2. 2.
    diggingclassical

    The act of digging or scraping the ground.

خُسُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    piercingclassical

    The act of piercing or penetrating.

خَسَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to dig, scrapeclassical

    A female camel digging or scraping the ground with its hooves.

خَسُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    Describing a female camel with bad manners, which scrapes the ground with its hooves when walking.

خَيْسَقname
  1. 1.
    name of a lava fieldclassical

    A proper name for a known lava field.

بِئْر خَيْسَقnoun
  1. 1.
    deep wellclassical

    A well that is deep or far down.

قَبْر خَيْسَقnoun
  1. 1.
    deep graveclassical

    A grave that is deep or dug out.

Parallel reading

إذا رمي بالسهام فمنها الخاسق وهو المقرطس
If shot with arrows, among them is the 'khasiq', which is the pierced one.
وهو لغة في الخازق
And it is a variant pronunciation for 'khaziq' (piercer).
خسق السهم يخسق خسقا وخسوقا: قرطس
The arrow pierced, piercing with a 'khusq' and 'khusooq': it penetrated.
وخسق أيضا: لم ينفذ نفاذا شديدا
And it also means: it did not penetrate with great force.
رمى فخسق إذا شق الجلد
He shot and it pierced if it tore the skin.
وخسقت الناقة الأرض تخسقها خسقا
And the she-camel scraped the ground, scraping it with a 'khask'.
وناقة خسوق: سيئة الخلق تخسق الأرض بمناسمها إذا مشت
And a 'khusooq' she-camel: ill-mannered, scraping the earth with her hooves when she walks.
انقلب منسمها فخد في الأرض
Her hoof turned and dug into the ground.
وخيسق: اسم
And 'khaysaq': a name.
خيسق اسم لابة معروفة
'Khaysaq' is the name of a known lava field.
وبئر خيسق: بعيدة القعر
And a 'khaysaq' well: far in its depth.
وقبر خيسق أيضا: قعير
And a 'khaysaq' grave also: deep.