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الخفس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of diminishing, reducing, or being small in quantity or effect. It also encompasses meanings related to mockery, collapse, and changes in water, with some senses pertaining to excessive drinking or intoxication.

Derived headwords

خَفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to mockboth

    To engage in mockery or ridicule.

  2. 2.
    to eat littleboth

    To consume a small amount of food.

  3. 3.
    to demolishclassical

    To tear down or destroy something.

  4. 4.
    to speak littleboth

    To utter only a few words.

  5. 5.
    to overcome in struggleclassical

    To gain dominance or victory in a physical contest.

إخْفَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    mockeryboth

    The act of mocking or ridiculing.

  2. 2.
    eating littleboth

    Consuming a small quantity of food.

  3. 3.
    speaking littleboth

    The act of uttering only a few words.

  4. 4.
    drinking much waterclassical

    Consuming an excessive amount of water.

هَدْمnoun
  1. 1.
    demolitionclassical

    The act of demolishing or destroying.

نُطْق بِقَلِيلother
  1. 1.
    speaking littleboth

    The act of speaking only a small amount.

غَلَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dominance in struggleclassical

    Achieving victory or superiority in a contest.

إقْلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    reductionboth

    The act of making something less or smaller.

إكْثَارnoun
  1. 1.
    increaseboth

    The act of making something more or larger.

تَخْفِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking much waterclassical

    Consuming an excessive amount of water.

تَخَفَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall downboth

    To collapse, fall down, or be prostrated.

  2. 2.
    to lie downboth

    To recline or lie down.

انْخَفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to changeclassical

    For water to become altered or changed in quality.

خَفِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    much mixed drinkclassical

    Describing a drink that is heavily mixed.

مُخْفِسadjective
  1. 1.
    quickly intoxicatingclassical

    Describing a drink that causes rapid intoxication.

Parallel reading

الخفس: الاستهزاء
Al-khafs: mockery.
والأكل القليل
And eating little.
والهدم
And demolition.
والنطق بالقليل من الكلام، كالإخفاس
And speaking little of speech, like al-ikhfas.
والغلبة في الصراع
And dominance in a struggle.
والإقلال، أو الإكثار من الماء في الشراب، كالإخفاس والتخفيس
And reducing, or increasing water in a drink, like al-ikhfas and al-takhfis.
وتخفس: انجدل، واضطجع
And takhfas: to fall down, and to lie down.
وانخفس الماء: تغير
And water ankhasafa: it changed.
والخفيس: الشراب الكثير المزاج
And al-khafis: the heavily mixed drink.
وشراب مخفس: سريع الإسكار
And a mukhfis drink: quickly intoxicating.