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الخشن

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the quality of roughness, coarseness, or harshness in texture, character, and living conditions. It extends to concepts of difficulty, severity, and unpleasantness, and is also used in proper names.

Derived headwords

الخَشِنadjective
  1. 1.
    rough, coarseboth

    Describes something that is not smooth to the touch, having a coarse texture.

  2. 2.
    harsh, severeboth

    Describes a difficult or unpleasant condition, manner, or character.

الأخْشَنadjective
  1. 1.
    rougher, coarserboth

    The comparative form of 'khashin', indicating a greater degree of roughness or coarseness.

  2. 2.
    most rough, coarsestboth

    The superlative form of 'khashin', indicating the highest degree of roughness or coarseness.

خَشِنverb
  1. 1.
    to be rough, coarseboth

    To possess the quality of roughness or coarseness.

  2. 2.
    to be harsh, severeboth

    To be difficult or unpleasant in condition or manner.

خُشُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughness, coarsenessboth

    The state or quality of being rough or coarse in texture.

  2. 2.
    harshness, severityboth

    The state of being difficult, severe, or unpleasant.

خُشْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughness, coarsenessboth

    A state of roughness or coarseness.

  2. 2.
    harsh livingboth

    A difficult or austere way of life.

تَخَشَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become roughboth

    To increase in roughness or coarseness.

  2. 2.
    to live harshlyboth

    To adopt a harsh or austere lifestyle.

  3. 3.
    to wear coarse clothingclassical

    To put on rough or coarse garments.

  4. 4.
    to speak harshlyclassical

    To use rough or severe language.

اخْشَوْشَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become very roughboth

    To become intensely rough or coarse, or to live a very harsh life.

  2. 2.
    to wear coarse clothingclassical

    To wear rough garments.

  3. 3.
    to speak harshlyclassical

    To speak in a rough or severe manner.

خَاشَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to be harsh withboth

    To treat someone in a harsh or severe manner, as opposed to being gentle.

خَشِنُ الجَانِبadjective
  1. 1.
    difficult to deal withboth

    Describes a person who is hard to approach or interact with due to their harsh or severe nature.

أخْشَنَهُadjective
  1. 1.
    difficult to deal withboth

    Similar to 'khashin al-janib', indicating someone who is harsh or severe in disposition.

ذو خُشْنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    difficult to deal withboth

    Possessing harshness or severity in character, making one difficult to approach.

خُشُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    difficulty, severityboth

    A quality of being harsh, severe, or difficult to endure.

اسْتَخْشَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to find roughboth

    To perceive or discover something to be rough or coarse.

تَخْشِينnoun
  1. 1.
    embittering, inciting angerclassical

    The act of causing someone's chest (heart/mind) to become embittered or filled with anger.

الخَشْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of green herbclassical

    A green herb that feels rough but is soft and slimy in the mouth, similar to purslane.

  2. 2.
    lean she-camelclassical

    A description for a thin or emaciated female camel.

  3. 3.
    Bint Wabraclassical

    A name referring to a specific female figure, sister of Kalb bin Wabra.

الخَشْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    she-camel with bad waysclassical

    A derogatory term for a she-camel that has undesirable or difficult habits.

أخْشَنadjective
  1. 1.
    of poor conditionclassical

    Describes a man in a poor or disreputable state or condition.

أخْشَنname
  1. 1.
    a Tabi'iclassical

    A name of a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad) from the Sadus tribe, grandfather of the poet Adham bin Muhriz.

جابر بن خُشَيْنname
  1. 1.
    Jaber bin Khushaynclassical

    A person mentioned in the lineage of Fazara.

خُشَيْن بن النَمِرname
  1. 1.
    Khushayn bin Al-Nimrclassical

    A person from the Quda'a tribe, belonging to the clan of Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushani.

كتيبة خَشْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    heavily armed battalionclassical

    A military unit characterized by being well-equipped with weapons.

أبو الخَشْنَاءname
  1. 1.
    Abu Al-Khashna'classical

    The kunya (patronymic) of 'Abbad bin Husayb.

أبو حُصَيْنَةname
  1. 1.
    Abu Husaynahclassical

    The kunya of Al-Ziyadi and Hajib bin 'Amr, both hadith narrators.

مُخَاشِنname
  1. 1.
    Mukhāshinclassical

    A name given to individuals, derived from the root, possibly indicating a harsh nature.

خَشِنname
  1. 1.
    Khashanclassical

    A name given to individuals, derived from the root.

Parallel reading

الأخْشَن: الأخرش من كل شيء
Al-Akhshan: the rougher/coarsest of everything.
وهي خشنة وخشناء
And she (a she-camel) is rough and lean.
خشن، ككرم، خشنا ومخشنة وخشونة وخشنة، (بضمهما، وتخشن) : ضد لان
Khashuna, like karuma, means to be rough, to have roughness, coarseness, and a rough state (with both their pronunciations, and takhashshana): the opposite of being smooth.
واخشوشن وتخشن: اشتدت خشونته، أو لبس الخشن، أو تكلم به، أو عاش عيشا خشنا
And ikhshawshena and takhashshana: his roughness intensified, or he wore coarse clothing, or he spoke harshly, or he lived a rough life.
واخشوشن: أبلغ في الكل
And ikhshawshena: is more emphatic in all of them.
وخاشنه: ضد لاينه
And khāshanahu: means to be harsh with him, the opposite of being gentle with him.
وهو خشن الجانب وأخشنه وذو خشنة وخشونة، بضمهما: صعب لا يطاق
And he is khashin al-janib, akhshana, dhu khushnah, and dhu khushūnah (with both their pronunciations): difficult to endure.
واستخشنه: وجده خشنا
And istakhshanahu: means to find him rough.
وخشن صدره تخشينا: أوغره
And khashana ṣadrahu takhshīnan: means to embitter his chest (fill him with anger).
والخشناء: بقلة خضراء خشناء في المس، لينة في الفم، لزج كالرجلة، والناقة العجفاء، وبنت وبرة أخت كلب بن وبرة
And Al-Khashnā': a green herb, rough to the touch, soft in the mouth, slimy like purslane, and a lean she-camel, and Bint Wabra, sister of Kalb bin Wabra.
وكمعظمة: الناقة الذميمة الطرق
And like 'a'ẓamah: the she-camel with bad ways.
ورجل أخشن: ذميم الحال
And a man akhshan: of poor condition.
وكتيبة خشناء: كثيرة السلاح
And a katibah khashnā': a battalion with much weaponry.
وأبو الخشناء: عباد بن حسيب
And Abu Al-Khashnā': 'Abbad bin Husayb.
وأبو خشينة، كجهينة، الزيادي، وحاجب بن عمر: محدثان، وسموا: مخاشنا وخشنا، ككتف وشداد، ويكسر
And Abu Husaynah, like Juhaynah, Al-Ziyadi, and Hajib bin 'Amr: two hadith narrators, and they were named: Mukhāshin and Khashan, like katif and shaddād, and with kasr.