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خسع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of being base, ignoble, or lowly. It also extends to the idea of being rejected or cast out, and the lowest or worst members of a group.

Derived headwords

خَسَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be baseclassical

    To be of low character, ignoble, or base in nature.

  2. 2.
    to be rejectedclassical

    To be cast out, rejected, or despised.

خَسِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be baseclassical

    To be of low character, ignoble, or base in nature.

  2. 2.
    to be rejectedclassical

    To be cast out, rejected, or despised.

خُسُعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    basenessclassical

    A state or quality of being base, ignoble, or low.

خَسِيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    baseclassical

    Characterized by baseness, ignobility, or lowliness.

  2. 2.
    rejectedclassical

    Cast out, despised, or rejected.

خَسِيعَةُ القَوْمِnoun
  1. 1.
    worst of the peopleclassical

    The most ignoble, base, or rejected members of a group or people.

خَاسِعُهُمْnoun
  1. 1.
    worst of themclassical

    The most ignoble, base, or rejected among them.

Parallel reading

خسع عنه كذا
So-and-so was rejected from it.
خَسِيعَةُ القَوْمِ
The worst of the people.
خَاسِعُهُمْ
The worst of them.