الخس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, lowliness, meanness, and inferiority. It extends to describe things that are cheap, insignificant, or of poor quality, and also has specific applications related to animal aging and astronomical phenomena.

Derived headwords

خسnoun

1.
lettuceboth
A common leafy vegetable, often used in salads.

خس الحمارname

1.
a type of plantclassical
A plant known as 'sijar', possibly a type of wild lettuce or a similar herb.

خُسّname

1.
a person's nameclassical
The name of a person, Ibn Habis, from the tribe of Iyad. He is also referred to as Abu Hind bint al-Khus.

الخُسّانnoun

1.
circumpolar starsclassical
The stars that do not set, such as the Pole Star, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, and the two stars Al-Farqadain.

خسّ نصيبهverb

1.
to make baseboth
To make someone's share or portion base, lowly, or insignificant.

خَسِسَverb

1.
to be baseboth
To be base, lowly, or mean in one's nature or character.

خِسّةnoun

1.
basenessboth
A state of being base, lowly, mean, or ignoble.

خَسَاسَةnoun

1.
basenessboth
A quality or state of being base, mean, or ignoble.
2.
fodderclassical
The fodder or feed given to a horse.
3.
small amount of moneyclassical
A small or meager amount of wealth or money.

خَسِيسَةnoun

1.
animal's teethclassical
The teeth of a female camel, specifically before she reaches the age of 'ithna', which is the sixth year when she sheds her first permanent incisors.

خَسِيسَة الناقةnoun

1.
camel's ageclassical
Refers to the age of a female camel, specifically when her teeth are in a certain stage, indicating she is past her 'khaseesah' and has shed her first permanent incisors.

أَخَسَّverb

1.
to do something baseboth
To perform an action that is base, mean, or ignoble.
2.
to find baseboth
To find someone or something to be base, mean, or contemptible.

اسْتَخَسَّهُverb

1.
to deem baseboth
To consider or count someone or something as base, mean, or inferior.

المُسْتَخَسّadjective

1.
baseboth
Describing someone or something as base, lowly, or inferior.
2.
uglyboth
Describing someone as ugly or ill-favored in appearance.

تَخَاسُوهُverb

1.
to exchangeclassical
To exchange or pass something among themselves, to share or trade it.

Parallel reading

وخس الحمار: السنجار

And Khass al-himar: the sijar.

وبالضم: ابن حابس، رجل من إياد

And with damma: Ibn Habis, a man from Iyad.

والإيادية هي جمعة بنت حابس، كلتاهما من الفصاح

And Al-Iyadiyyah is Jum'ah bint Habis, both of them are eloquent.

والخسان، كرمان: النجوم التي لا تغرب

And Al-Khassan, with kirmān: the stars that do not set.

وخس نصيبه: جعله خسيسا دنيئا حقيرا

And he made his share base: he made it base, lowly, insignificant.

وخسست، بالكسر، خسة وخساسة: إذا كان في نفسه خسيسا

And he was base, with kasra, baseness and baseness: if he was base in himself.

وخسيسة الناقة: أسنانها دون الإثناء

And the khaseesah of the she-camel: her teeth before the ithna'.

يقال جاوزت الناقة خسيستها، وذلك في السنة السادسة إذا ألقت ثنيتها

It is said the she-camel has passed her khaseesah, and that is in the sixth year when she sheds her thuniyyah.

وهي التي تجوز في الضحايا والهدي

And it is the one permissible in sacrifices and offerings.

ورفعت من خسيسته: إذا فعلت به فعلا يكون فيه رفعته

And he raised from his baseness: if you did an action to him that would elevate him.

والخساسة، بالضم: علالة الفرس، والقليل من المال

And Al-Khassasah, with damma: the fodder of the horse, and a little money.

وهذه الأمور خساس بينهم، ككتاب، أي: دول

And these matters are baseness among them, like kitāb, meaning: states of fortune.

وأخسست: إذا فعلت فعلا خسيسا

And he acted basely: if he did a base deed.

وفلانا: وجدته خسيسا

And so-and-so: you found him base.

واستخسه: عده كذلك

And he deemed him base: he counted him as such.

والمستخس، ويفتح الخاء: الدون، والقبيح الوجه، وهي بهاء

And Al-Mustakhass, and with fatha on the kha: the inferior, and the ugly-faced, and she is with haa'.

وتخاسوه: تداولوه، وتبادروه

And they exchanged it: they passed it around, and they vied for it.