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خصن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific type of axe, often described as having a single curved blade. It also encompasses related terms for this tool and its characteristics.

Derived headwords

الخَصِينnoun
  1. 1.
    Axeclassical

    A specific type of axe, characterized by having a single curved blade.

الخَصِينnoun
  1. 1.
    Axe (gendered)classical

    An axe, which can be referred to in both masculine and feminine grammatical genders.

أَخْصَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Axes (plural)classical

    The plural form of الخصين (al-khuṣayn), referring to multiple axes.

أَخْصُنnoun
  1. 1.
    Axes (plural, feminine agreement)classical

    Another plural form of الخصين (al-khuṣayn), used when the noun is treated as feminine.

النَّاجِخnoun
  1. 1.
    Axeclassical

    An alternative name for the axe described as الخصين (al-khuṣayn).

Parallel reading

من أسماء الفأس الخصين والحدثان والمكشاح.
Among the names of the axe are al-khuṣayn, al-ḥadathān, and al-mikshāḥ.
الخصين فأس ذات خلف واحد، تذكر وتؤنث، والجمع أخصن، وثلاث أخصن لتأنيثه، وهو الناجخ.
Al-khuṣayn is an axe with a single curved blade, it is referred to in masculine and feminine, and its plural is akhaṣn, and three akhaṣn due to its feminine usage, and it is an-nājikh.
يقطع الغاف بالخصين ويشلي،
He cuts the ghāf tree with the khuṣayn and stirs,