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الوخوص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of movement, particularly a wavering or unsteady motion. It also extends to the idea of diminishing or being less than something.

Derived headwords

وَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move in a general sense, indicating motion or activity.

وَخَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act or state of moving; motion.

أَوْخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to waverclassical

    To move unsteadily, raising and lowering something repeatedly, as a rider might do in a mirage.

لِيparticle
  1. 1.
    less thanclassical

    Indicates a lesser quantity or degree compared to something else.

Parallel reading

الوخوص: الحركة.
Al-wukhūṣ: movement.
وأوخص الراكب في السراب: جعل يرفعه مرة ويخفضه أخرى.
And the rider wavered in the mirage: he made it rise once and lower it another time.
ولي بعطية، أي: أقل منها.
And [it was] less than a gift, meaning: less than it.