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البخس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deficiency, injustice, and reduction. It encompasses concepts of unfairness, diminishment, and taking less than one is due, often in a transactional or physical sense. It can also refer to a type of land or a specific action of causing harm.

Derived headwords

بَخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to diminishboth

    To reduce something in quantity, value, or quality.

  2. 2.
    to wrongboth

    To treat someone unjustly or unfairly, especially by giving them less than they deserve.

  3. 3.
    to withholdclassical

    To deny someone their due or rightful share.

  4. 4.
    to poke out (eye)classical

    To injure the eye, specifically by poking it with a finger or other object.

بَخْسnoun
  1. 1.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

  2. 2.
    injusticeboth

    Unfairness or wrongdoing.

  3. 3.
    tax/tollclassical

    An illicit or unfair tax or toll.

بَاخِسadjective
  1. 1.
    diminishingboth

    One who reduces or diminishes something.

  2. 2.
    unjustboth

    One who is unfair or unjust.

  3. 3.
    deceitfulclassical

    Possessing cunning or deceit, often hidden.

بَاخِسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    diminishingboth

    Feminine form of 'diminishing'.

  2. 2.
    unjustboth

    Feminine form of 'unjust'.

  3. 3.
    deceitfulclassical

    Possessing cunning or deceit, often hidden (feminine form).

أَرْضٌ تُنْبِتُ مِنْ غَيْرِ سَقْيٍnoun
  1. 1.
    rain-fed landclassical

    Land that produces vegetation without needing artificial irrigation, relying on natural rainfall.

الْمَكْسnoun
  1. 1.
    illegal taxclassical

    An unlawful or extortionate tax, often associated with unjust trade practices.

تَبَاخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to cheat each otherclassical

    To engage in mutual deception or unfair dealing, especially in trade.

تَبْخِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    diminishmentclassical

    The act of reducing or diminishing something.

تَبَخَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be diminishedclassical

    To become reduced or diminished in quantity or value.

الْأَبَاخِسnoun
  1. 1.
    fingersclassical

    The fingers.

  2. 2.
    roots (of fingers)classical

    The base or roots of the fingers.

  3. 3.
    sinewsclassical

    Tendons or sinews.

Parallel reading

النقص، والظلم
Deficiency, and injustice.
بخسه كمنعه
To diminish it is like preventing it.
وأرض تنبت من غير سقي
And land that grows without watering.
والمكس
And the illegal tax.
تحسبها حمقاء وهي باخس أو باخسة
You think her foolish, but she is diminishing (or a diminishing one).
يضرب لمن يتباله وفيه دهاء
It is said of one who feigns ignorance while possessing cunning.
فلم ترض عند المقاسمة، حتى أخذت مالها، وشكته حتى افتدى منها بما أرادت
She did not agree to the division, until she took her money back, and complained against him until he redeemed it from her for what she wanted.
بأنك تخدع امرأة
That you are deceiving a woman.
أي: وهي ظالمة
Meaning: and she is unjust.
الأباخس: الأصابع، وأصولها، والعصب
Al-Abakhas: the fingers, their roots, and the sinews.
بخس المخ تبخيسا وتبخس: نقص
The brain was diminished, with diminishment and becoming diminished: it became less.
ولم يبق إلا في السلامى والعين
And nothing remained except in the joints and the eye.
وتباخسوا: تغابنوا
And they cheated each other: they deceived each other.