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وكس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes deficiency, reduction, or loss. It is used to describe a decrease in value, a shortfall, or a financial loss. It can also refer to an incomplete healing or a lingering internal issue.

Derived headwords

الوكسnoun
  1. 1.
    the deficiency, the decreaseboth

    the deficiency, the decrease

وكسverb
  1. 1.
    it decreased (from the باب وعد class)both

    it decreased (from the باب وعد class)

وكستverb
  1. 1.
    I reduced himboth

    I reduced him

وكسverb
  1. 1.
    it decreased (from the باب وعد class)both

    it decreased (from the باب وعد class)

أوكسverb
  1. 1.
    To suffer lossboth

    To experience a financial loss or setback, with the agent being unspecified.

Parallel reading

النقص.
Deficiency.
وقد وكس الشئ يكس.
And a thing becomes deficient, it decreases.
" لها مهر مثلها لا وكس ولا شطط "
"She is entitled to a dowry equal to that of her peers, with no deficiency and no excess."
أي لا نقصان ولا زيادة.
Meaning no deficiency and no excess.
وقد وكست فلانا: نقصته.
And you have decreased someone: you have reduced them.
وبرأت الشجة على وكس، إذا بقى في جوفها شئ.
And the wound healed with a deficiency, if something remained in its interior.
يقال: وكس فلان في تجارته، وأوكس أيضا على ما لم يسم فاعله فيهما، أي خسر.
It is said: 'So-and-so suffered a loss in his trade,' and 'he suffered a loss' (passive) as well, meaning he incurred a loss.