خيس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of entanglement, obstruction, and decay, extending to betrayal and confinement. It describes dense, intertwined vegetation, a place of lions, and the process of something becoming spoiled or rotten. It also encompasses the idea of breaking a promise and the state of being humiliated or imprisoned.

Derived headwords

خيسnoun

1.
Dense thicketboth
A dense, intertwined thicket of trees or vegetation.
2.
Lion's denclassical
A place where a lion resides, often implying a hidden or dangerous lair.

خاستverb

1.
To rotboth
To become rotten or spoiled, particularly referring to carrion or food.
2.
To become stagnantclassical
To become stagnant or unsaleable, referring to trade or food.

خاست الجيفة — The carrion rotted

خاس البيع — The sale became stagnant

خيسverb

1.
To betrayboth
To betray someone or break a promise; to act deceitfully.
2.
To go back onclassical
To go back on one's word or a covenant.

خاس به — He betrayed him

خاس فلان بالعهد — So-and-so broke the covenant

خاسverb

1.
To rotclassical
To rot or become spoiled (used for carrion).

خاسverb

1.
To become stagnantclassical
To become stagnant or unsaleable (used for trade or food).

خاسverb

1.
To betrayclassical
To betray (someone).

خاسverb

1.
To go back onclassical
To go back on (a covenant).

يخيسverb

1.
To betrayboth
He betrays, he goes back on (a covenant).

يخوسverb

1.
To betrayboth
He betrays, he goes back on (a covenant).

تخْيِيسnoun

1.
Humiliationclassical
The act of making someone feel humiliated or degraded.

مَخِيسnoun

1.
Prisonclassical
A prison, a place of confinement and humiliation.
2.
Place of humiliationclassical
A place where one is degraded or humiliated.

مُخَيِّسnoun

1.
Prisonclassical
A prison, a place of confinement.

Parallel reading

الخيس بالكسر: الشجر الملتف.

Al-khays (with kasra): dense, intertwined trees.

وموضع الأسد أيضا خيس.

And the place of a lion is also khays.

خاست الجيفة، أي أروحت.

The carrion rotted, meaning it became putrid.

خاس البيع والطعام، كأنه كسد حتى فسد.

The sale and the food became stagnant, as if it became unsaleable until it spoiled.

خاس به يخيس ويخوس، أي غدر به.

He betrayed him, he betrays and he betrays, meaning he acted deceitfully towards him.

يقال: خاس فلان بالعهد، إذا نكث.

It is said: So-and-so betrayed the covenant, if he broke it.

وخيسه تخييسا، أي ذلله.

And he humiliated him, meaning he degraded him.

وهو اسم سجن كان بالعراق.

And it is the name of a prison that was in Iraq.

أي موضع التذلل.

Meaning a place of humiliation.

أما تراني كيسا مكيسا * بنيت بعد نافع مخيسا

Do you not see me, clever and capable, * building after Nafi' a prison?

فلم يبق إلا داخر في مخيس * ومنجحر في غير أرضك في جحر

So none remained but the humbled in a prison * and the burrowed in a hole not in your land.