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خنس

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root خنس (kh-n-s) primarily relates to the concept of receding, delaying, or withdrawing. This can apply to physical actions like a nose shape, or abstract concepts like a devil's retreat. It also encompasses terms for celestial bodies and specific individuals or places.

Derived headwords

خَنَسَ عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to recede fromboth

    To withdraw or move back from something or someone.

يَخْنُسُverb
  1. 1.
    to recedeboth

    To move back, to withdraw, or to be delayed.

يَخْنِسُverb
  1. 1.
    to recedeboth

    To move back, to withdraw, or to be delayed.

خَنْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    recedingboth

    The act of receding, withdrawing, or delaying.

خُنُوسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    recedingboth

    The act of receding, withdrawing, or delaying.

كَانَخْنَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to recedeclassical

    To recede or withdraw, similar to the basic verb.

أَخَّرَ زَيْدًاverb
  1. 1.
    to delay Zaydboth

    To cause someone named Zayd to be delayed or to fall behind.

أَخْنَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to delay himboth

    To cause someone or something to be delayed or to fall behind.

قَبَضَ الإِبْهَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to clench the thumbboth

    To close or curl the thumb, often within the hand.

غَابَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to disappear with himboth

    To become absent or hidden with someone, implying they were taken away or disappeared together.

تَخَنَّسَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to disappear with himclassical

    To become absent or hidden with someone, similar to غَابَ بِهِ.

الْخَنَّاسُnoun
  1. 1.
    the devilboth

    A name for Satan, referring to his tendency to withdraw or hide.

الْخُنْسُnoun
  1. 1.
    planetsclassical

    Refers to all the planets, or specifically the five wandering stars (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury).

خُنُوسُهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    their disappearanceclassical

    Their act of disappearing or becoming hidden, referring to the planets or devils.

الْخِنْسُnoun
  1. 1.
    retracted noseboth

    A nose that is set back from the face with a slight upward turn of the tip.

أَخْنَسُadjective
  1. 1.
    retracted noseboth

    Having a nose that is set back from the face with a slight upward turn of the tip.

  2. 2.
    tickclassical

    A type of tick.

  3. 3.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

خَنْسَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    retracted noseboth

    A woman with a nose that is set back from the face with a slight upward turn of the tip.

الْخُنُوسُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

خَنْسَاءُ بِنْتُ خُذَامname
  1. 1.
    Kha'nsa' bint Khuzamboth

    A female companion (sahabiyyah).

خَنْسَاءُ بِنْتُ عَمْرٍوname
  1. 1.
    Kha'nsa' bint Amrboth

    A female companion (sahabiyyah) and poet.

الْخَنْسَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    oryxboth

    A wild cow or oryx, used as a descriptive term.

عname
  1. 1.
    place in Yemenclassical

    A place name located in Yemen.

أُمُّ خِنَاسٍname
  1. 1.
    Umm Khinasboth

    A person with companion status (lahu suhbah).

هُمَامُ بْنُ خَنَّاسٍname
  1. 1.
    Humam ibn Khannasboth

    A successor (tabi'i).

ابْنُ خَالِدٍname
  1. 1.
    son of Khalidboth

    A person identified as the son of Khalid, a companion.

ابْنُ أَبِي السَّائِبِname
  1. 1.
    son of Abi al-Sa'ibboth

    A person identified as the son of Abi al-Sa'ib, a companion.

ابْنُ حُذَافَةَname
  1. 1.
    son of Hudhafahboth

    A person identified as the son of Hudhafah, a companion.

أَبُو خُنَيْسٍ الْغِفَارِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Abu Khunays al-Ghifariboth

    A companion (sahabi).

الْخُنْسُnoun
  1. 1.
    gazellesboth

    Wild gazelles.

  2. 2.
    location of gazellesboth

    A place where gazelles are found.

  3. 3.
    wild oxenclassical

    Wild oxen.

انْخَنَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to recedeboth

    To move back or withdraw.

  2. 2.
    to lag behindboth

    To fall behind or be delayed.

تَخَنَّسَ بِهِمْverb
  1. 1.
    to disappear with themclassical

    To become absent or hidden with a group of people.

Parallel reading

خنس عنه يخنس ويخنس خنسا وخنوسا: تأخر
He receded from him, receding and receding, with receding and receding: he delayed.
و زيدا: أخره، كأخنسه
And Zayd: he delayed him, like causing him to be delayed.
و الإبهام: قبضها
And the thumb: he clenched it.
و بفلان: غاب به، كتخنس به
And with so-and-so: he disappeared with him, like becoming hidden with him.
والخناس: الشيطان
And Al-Khannas: the devil.
والخنس، كركع: الكواكب كلها، أو السيارة أو النجوم الخمسة: زحل، والمشتري، والمريخ، والزهرة، وعطارد
And Al-Khuns, like 'rak'a': all the planets, or the wandering stars or the five stars: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury.
وخنوسها: أنها تغيب، كما يخنس الشيطان إذا ذكر الله عز وجل
And their khunūs: their disappearing, just as the devil retreats when God Almighty is mentioned.
والخنس، محركة: تأخر الأنف عن الوجه، مع ارتفاع قليل في الأرنبة، وهو أخنس، وهي خنساء
And Al-Khuns, with harakah: the nose being set back from the face, with a slight rise in the tip, and he is akhnas, and she is khansā'.
والأخنس: القراد، والأسد، كالخنوس، كسنور
And Al-Akhnas: the tick, and the lion, like Al-Khunūs, like 'sinnawr'.
والخنساء: البقرة الوحشية، صفة لها، وفرس عميرة بن طارق اليربوعي
And Al-Khansā': the wild cow, a description for it, and the mare of 'Umayrah ibn Tariq al-Yarbu'i.
وكغراب: ع باليمن، وجد المنذر بن سرح، وابناه: يزيد ومعقل
And like 'ghurāb': 'A' in Yemen, the grandfather of Al-Mundhir ibn Sarh, and his two sons: Yazid and Ma'qil.
وانخنس: تأخر، وتخلف
And inkhanasa: he receded, and he lagged behind.
وتخنس بهم: تغيب
And takhannasa with them: he disappeared.