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بخس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of deficiency, reduction, or diminution. It applies to prices, rights, and even the physical state of things, indicating something less than it should be or was.

Derived headwords

البَخْسnoun
  1. 1.
    deficient, lackingboth

    deficient, lacking

بَخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    cheap, low (price)both

    cheap, low (price)

  2. 2.
    he diminished his right, i.e., he reduced itboth

    he diminished his right, i.e., he reduced it

بَخْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Diminutionboth

    The act or instance of reducing or diminishing something, often used as a masdar for the verb 'بخس'.

بَاخَسَadjective
  1. 1.
    Diminishingboth

    One who reduces or diminishes something, often referring to someone who undervalues or cheats in a transaction.

  2. 2.
    Undervaluedboth

    Describing something that has been sold for less than its worth.

بَاخِسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Diminishing (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'باخس', referring to a female agent who diminishes or undervalues.

تَبْخِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    Reductionclassical

    The act of making something less; a process of diminution, often used in the context of reducing value or quantity.

Parallel reading

شروه بثمن بخس
They sold it for a low price.
بخسه حقه يبخسه بخسا
He diminished his right, diminishing it with diminution.
إذا نقصه
if he diminished it.
لا بخس فيه ولا شطط
There is no deficiency or excess in it.
تحسبها حمقاء وهي باخس
You think she is foolish, but she is one who undervalues/diminishes.
وإن شئت قلت باخسة
And if you wish, you may say 'bakhisah'.
أرض تنبت من غير سقي
Land that grows without watering.
بخس المخ تبخيسا
The marrow diminished, causing diminution.
أي نقص
meaning it diminished.
ولم يبق إلا في السلامى والعين
And nothing remained except in the joints and the eye.
وهو آخر ما يبقى
And it is the last thing that remains.