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نخص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being thin, emaciated, or withered, often due to old age or the loss of flesh. It can also refer to the process of becoming lean or losing weight.

Derived headwords

نَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become thinboth

    To become thin and emaciated, especially due to old age or wasting away.

يَنْخَصُverb
  1. 1.
    to become thin (present)both

    The present tense form of the verb 'to become thin', indicating an ongoing process of emaciation.

انْتَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to lose fleshboth

    To lose one's flesh or body mass, becoming lean.

نَاخِصadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedclassical

    Describing someone or something that has become thin and withered, particularly due to old age.

Parallel reading

نخص الرجل، بالخاء المعجمة، ينخص بالضم، أي خدد وهزل كبرا
A man becomes thin, with the letter kha (خ), he becomes thin (present tense), meaning he becomes gaunt and emaciated due to old age.
وانتخص لحمه، أي ذهب
And his flesh wasted away, meaning it disappeared.
وعجوز ناخص: نخصها الكبر وخددها
And an old woman is 'nakhis' (emaciated): old age has made her thin and gaunt.