الخلس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of mixing, particularly the intermingling of dry and moist elements in plants, leading to a state of being mixed or variegated. It extends to describe mixed appearances in people and animals, and also encompasses actions of stealth and snatching.

Derived headwords

الخَلْسnoun

1.
Dry and moist herbage mixedclassical
Dry herbage that sprouts from a moist root, resulting in a mixture of dry and moist parts.
2.
Mixed or variegated appearanceclassical
A description of something that is mixed or variegated, like the intermingling of colors.

الخَلِيسnoun

1.
Mixed herbageclassical
Dry herbage that sprouts from a moist root, resulting in a mixture of dry and moist parts.
2.
Gray-haired personclassical
A person whose hair is gray, with white mixed with black.
3.
Flourishing plantclassical
A plant that is growing vigorously and luxuriantly.
4.
Reddish-black personclassical
A person with a complexion that is reddish, with white mixed with black.

الخِلْسَةnoun

1.
Stealthy actclassical
The act of snatching or taking something stealthily.

أَخْلَسَverb

1.
To mix (plants)classical
When referring to plants, it means their moist parts have mixed with their dry parts.

الخَلَسَاءadjective

1.
Gray-haired womanclassical
A woman with gray hair, a term used to describe women with mixed white and black hair.

خَلَاسِيّadjective

1.
Mixed-race childclassical
A child born to parents of different races, specifically a white parent and a black parent.
2.
Mixed-breed fowlclassical
A rooster that is a hybrid of two different breeds, such as Indian and Persian chickens.

خَلَاسname

1.
Male given nameboth
A male given name, borne by several notable individuals.

عَبَّاس بْن خَلِيسname

1.
Müaddithclassical
A narrator of hadith from the generation of the Successors of the Successors.

مُخَالِسname

1.
Horse's nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to the Banu Hilal, Banu Uqayl, or Banu Faqim tribes.

التَّخَالُسnoun

1.
Mutual snatchingclassical
The act of one person snatching from another, or a reciprocal act of snatching.

Parallel reading

الخلس: الكلأ اليابس نبت في أصله الرطب، فيختلط، كالخليس، والسلب، كالخليسى والاختلاس

Al-khals: Dry herbage that sprouts from its moist root, so it becomes mixed, like al-khalees, and al-salb, like al-khaleesee and al-ikhtilas.

والاسم منه: الخلسة، بالضم

And the noun from it is al-khalsah, with dammah.

وكذا من أخلس النبات: إذا اختلط رطبه بيابسه

And likewise from akhlasa the plant: when its moist parts have mixed with its dry parts.

والخليس: الأشمط، والنبات الهائج، والأحمر الذي خالط بياضه سواد

And al-khalees: the gray-haired, the flourishing plant, and the reddish-black person.

وهن نساء خلس

And they are women with mixed hair (gray).

وفي الواحدة: إما خلساء تقديرا، وإما خليس، وإما خلاسية، على تقدير حذف الزائدين

And for the singular: either khalsaa' by estimation, or khalees, or khulaasiyyah, assuming the removal of the extra letters.

كأنك جمعت خلاسا، ككتاب وكتب

As if you have collected khulaas, like kitaab and kutub.

والخلاسي، بالكسر: الولد بين أبوين أبيض وأسود

And al-khulaasi, with kasrah: the child between a white and a black parent.

والديك بين دجاجتين هندية وفارسية

And the rooster between two hens, an Indian and a Persian.

وخلاس بن عمرو، وابن يحيى: تابعيان

And Khallas bin Amr, and Ibn Yahya: two Successors.

وسماك بن سعد بن خلاس، كشداد: صحابي

And Simak bin Sa'd bin Khallas, like Shaddad: a Companion.

وأبو خلاس: شاعر رئيس جاهلي

And Abu Khallas: a chief pre-Islamic poet.

وعباس بن خليس، كزبير: محدث من تابعي التابعين

And Abbas bin Khalees, like Zubayr: a traditionist from the Successors of the Successors.

ومخالس: حصان لبني هلال، أو لبني عقيل، أو لبني فقيم

And Mukhalis: a horse belonging to Banu Hilal, or Banu Uqayl, or Banu Faqeem.

والتخالس: التسالب

And al-takhalus: mutual snatching.