خربص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of entanglement, confusion, and mixing, often in the context of food, wealth, or physical objects. It also extends to meanings of taking, consuming, and describing small, insignificant things or adornments.

Derived headwords

خَرْبَصَverb

1.
to fall into grazingclassical
To engage in grazing, particularly in a way that is excessive or indiscriminate.
2.
to eat excessivelyclassical
To consume food with great eagerness and without restraint.
3.
to take and go withclassical
To seize something, especially wealth, and depart with it.

خَرْبَصَ المالَverb

1.
to take the wealthclassical
To seize and take away the entire wealth.

خربص المال كله — He took all the wealth and went with it.

خَرْبَصِيصَةnoun

1.
a small amountclassical
A tiny or insignificant thing, often referring to adornments or items.
2.
somethingclassical
A general term for an unspecified item or thing.

وما عليها خربصيصة — And she had not on her a single piece of jewelry.

خَرْبَصِيصnoun

1.
a sandy moundclassical
A small elevation or mound in the sand that has a shimmering appearance.
2.
a plant with seedsclassical
A type of plant whose seeds are used to make food.
3.
a small camelclassical
A young or small camel.
4.
a lean camelclassical
A camel that is thin or emaciated.
5.
an earringclassical
A piece of jewelry worn in the ear.
6.
a bead of jewelryclassical
A single bead or small component of jewelry.
7.
a beadclassical
A small, often decorative, bead.

خَرْبَصَةnoun

1.
a young womanclassical
A youthful and attractive woman.
2.
distinguishing thingsclassical
The act of differentiating or distinguishing between various items or matters.

مُخَرْبِصnoun

1.
a calculatorclassical
A person skilled in calculation or accounting.
2.
one who delves deeplyclassical
Someone who investigates or delves into matters extensively.

Parallel reading

خربص المال كله: وقع في الرعي، وألح في الأكل

He consumed all the wealth: he fell into grazing and insisted on eating.

والمال: أخذه، فذهب به

And the wealth: he took it and went with it.

وما عليها خربصيصة

And she had not on her a single piece of jewelry.

وما في الوعاء أو السقاء خربصيصة: شيء

And in the container or waterskin there is nothing: a thing.

والخربصيص: هنة في الرمل لها بصيص، كأنها عين الجراد

And the kharbṣīṣ: a thing in the sand that has a sparkle, like the eye of a locust.

أو هي نبات له حب يتخذ منه طعام

Or it is a plant with seeds from which food is made.

والجمل الصغير، والمهزول، والقرط، والحبة من الحلي، وبهاء: خرزة

And the small camel, and the lean one, and the earring, and the bead of jewelry, and bahāʾ: a bead.

والخربصة: المرأة الشابة التارة

And the kharbṣah: the young, attractive woman.

وتمييز الأشياء بعضها من بعض

And distinguishing things from one another.

والمخربص: الرجل الحسابة

And the mukharrbiṣ: the man who is a calculator.

والمسف للأشياء المدقع فيها

And one who delves deeply into things.