الخيس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dense, tangled vegetation, but also encompasses concepts of betrayal, confinement, and subjugation. It can refer to specific locations, types of animals, and abstract notions like error and falsehood.

Derived headwords

خَيْسnoun

1.
Dense vegetationboth
Thickly growing trees or shrubs, or reeds and rushes.
2.
Lion's denclassical
A place where a lion resides, its lair.
3.
Milkclassical
Fresh milk, especially from a camel.
4.
Dewclassical
Moisture that condenses on surfaces overnight.

خَيْسَةnoun

1.
Dense vegetationboth
A thicket of trees or shrubs.
2.
Lion's denclassical
A place where a lion resides.

أَخْيَاسnoun

1.
Plural of خيسةclassical
A collection of dense vegetation or thickets.
2.
Plural of خيسةclassical
Multiple lion's dens.

خاسَverb

1.
To betrayclassical
To break a covenant or promise; to act treacherously.
2.
To remainclassical
To stay in one's place or position.
3.
To become putridclassical
To describe a carcass as having become rotten or having a foul smell.

خَيْسnoun

1.
Betrayalclassical
The act of breaking a promise or covenant; treachery.
2.
Remainingclassical
The act of staying in a place.
3.
Putrefactionclassical
The state of a carcass becoming rotten.

خَيْسَانnoun

1.
Betrayalclassical
The act of breaking a promise or covenant; treachery.

أَخْيَسadjective

1.
Numerousclassical
Describing a large number, often of people or animals.

يُخَاسverb

1.
To be humiliatedclassical
To be brought low, disgraced, or humbled.

تَخْيِيسverb

1.
To subjugateclassical
To make someone or something humble, submissive, or degraded.

مُخَيِّسnoun

1.
Prisonboth
A place of confinement or imprisonment.

مُخَيِّسname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A name of individuals, including a companion (tabi'i) and followers of companions.

مُخَيَّسَةadjective

1.
Confined for slaughterclassical
Describes camels that are held back not for grazing but for sacrifice or distribution.

الخيسيname

1.
Attributive nameclassical
A nisba indicating origin or association with something related to the root 'khays', possibly a place or characteristic.

Parallel reading

الخيس: الشجر الملتف، أو ما كان حلفاء وقصبا

Al-khays: Dense trees, or what consists of reeds and rushes.

وموضع الأسد، كالخيسة

And the place of the lion, like al-khaysah.

واللبن، والدر، يقال: أقل الله خيسه

And milk, and fresh milk; it is said: 'May God increase his milk supply.'

وبالفتح: الغم والخطأ، والضلال

And with the fathah: distress, error, and misguidance.

ولعل منه محمد بن أيوب الخيسي المحدث

And perhaps from it is Muhammad ibn Ayyub al-Khaysi the traditionist.

والكذب، وقد خاس بالعهد يخيس خيسا وخيسانا: غدر، ونكث

And falsehood; and he betrayed the covenant, betraying it with khays and khaysanan: he acted treacherously, and broke it.

وفلان: لزم موضعه

And so-and-so: he remained in his place.

والجيفة: أروحت

And the carcass: it became putrid.

وهو في عيص أخيس، أو عدد أخيس، أي: كثير العدد

And he is in a dense thicket, or a numerous multitude, meaning: of great number.

ويخاس أنفه، أي: يرغم، ويذل

And his nose is made to be humbled, meaning: he is disgraced, and humiliated.

وخيسه تخييسا: ذلله

And he subjugated him with takhyisan: he made him humble.

والمخيس، كمعظم ومحدث: السجن

And al-mukhays, like mu'azzam and muhaddath: the prison.

وسجن بناه علي، رضي الله تعالى عنه، وكان أولا جعله من قصب، وسماه نافعا، فنقبه اللصوص، فقال: أما تراني كيسا مكيسا بنيت بعد نافع مخيسا بابا حصينا وأمينا كيسا وسنان بن المخيس، كمحدث: قاتل سهم بن بردة

And a prison that Ali, may God Almighty be pleased with him, built. He initially made it of reeds and named it Nafi', but thieves broke into it. So he said: 'Do you not see me, wise and discerning, building after Nafi' a strong and trustworthy prison, a gatekeeper?' And Sinan ibn al-Mukhays, like muhaddath: killed Sahm ibn Burdah.

وأبو المخيس السكوني، ومخيس بن ظبيان الأوابي: تابعيان

And Abu al-Mukhays al-Sukuni, and Mukhays ibn Dhabiyan al-Awabi: are two Tabi'in (successors).

ومخيس بن تميم: من أتباع التابعين، أو هو بزنة مجلز

And Mukhays ibn Tamim: is from the followers of the Tabi'in, or he is in the pattern of majlaz.

والإبل المخيسة، بالفتح: التي لم تسرح، ولكنها حبست للنحر أو القسم

And al-ibil al-mukhaysah, with the fathah: those that were not let out to graze, but were held back for slaughter or distribution.