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الخنوص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young animals, specifically the young of a pig. It extends to encompass the young of other creatures like tigers, and also refers to immature or undeveloped things, such as a palm tree not yet bearing fruit.

Derived headwords

الخِنْوَصnoun
  1. 1.
    pigletboth

    The young of a pig.

  2. 2.
    young of anythingclassical

    The young or small one of any animal or thing.

خِنَاصِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    pigletsboth

    Plural of 'khinawṣ', referring to young pigs.

  2. 2.
    young of anything (pl.)classical

    Plural of 'khinawṣ', referring to the young of various things.

بَهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    immature palm treeclassical

    A palm tree that has not yet borne fruit or reached maturity, specifically one whose fruit is not yet within reach.

الخُنْصِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    young tigerclassical

    The young of a tiger.

الإخْنِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    slow oneclassical

    Someone or something that is slow or lagging behind.

الإجْنِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    slow oneclassical

    Someone or something that is slow or lagging behind. This is considered the correct form by some.

Parallel reading

كجردحل: ولد الخنزير
Like jurdahal: the young of the pig.
والصغير من كل شيء
And the young of everything.
ج: خنانيص
Plural: khanānīṣ.
وبهاء: نخلة لم تفت اليد
And bahā': a palm tree not yet within reach.
وولد الببر، كالخنصيص، بالكسر
And the young of the tiger, like al-khunṣīṣ, with kasra.
والإخنيص، بالكسر: المتباطئ
And al-ikhniṣ, with kasra: the slow one.
أو الصواب: الإجنيص، بالجيم
Or the correct form: al-ijnīṣ, with jīm.