خبس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of taking, seizing, or acquiring something, often through force or as spoils of war. It extends to descriptions of individuals or animals characterized by their aggressive or acquisitive nature.

Derived headwords

تخبّسverb

1.
to seize, acquireboth
To take something forcefully or to acquire it as spoils or booty.

خبّاسadjective

1.
acquisitive, rapaciousboth
Describing someone who is prone to seizing or acquiring things, especially as spoils or booty.

اختبسverb

1.
to seize by forceboth
To take something by overpowering or through struggle.

خبوسadjective

1.
fierce, aggressiveboth
Used to describe a lion that is fierce, aggressive, and ready to attack.

مجترئ خبوس — daring and fierce

الخباسةnoun

1.
booty, spoilsboth
That which is acquired as spoils or booty, the gains from an acquisition.

Parallel reading

تخبست الشئ: أخذته وغنمته.

To seize something: to take it and acquire it as booty.

ورجل خباس، أي غنام.

And a man is khabbās, meaning one who acquires much booty.

واختبست الشئ، إذا أخذته مغالبة.

And you seize something by force (ikhtabasta), if you take it through overpowering.

وأنشد أبو مهدى لابي زبيد

And Abu Mahdi recited for Abu Zubayd

ولكني ضبارمة جموح

But I am a strong, stubborn one

على الاقران مجترئ خبوس

Daring and fierce against equals

والخباسة بالضم: المغنم، وما تخبست من شئ.

And al-khabbāsah (with dammah) is the booty, and what you have seized of something.