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خبص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of sweet food, often made with dates or flour, and the tools used to prepare it. It also extends to concepts of mixing or muddling.

Derived headwords

الخَبِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    well-known (a type of sweet dish)both

    well-known (a type of sweet dish)

الخَبِيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    more specific than itboth

    more specific than it

المِخْبَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoon for sweet dishclassical

    A spoon or ladle used for making or serving the sweet dish (الخبيص).

Parallel reading

الخبيص معروف
Al-khabees is well-known.
والخبيصة أخص منه
And al-khabeeseh is more specific than it.
والمخبصة: الملعقة يعمل بها الخبيص
And al-mikhbasa: the spoon with which al-khabees is made.