خصف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of joining or stitching things together, particularly in the context of footwear and covering. It extends to describe patterns of mixed colors, specific types of food and drink, and the premature dropping of offspring by animals.

Derived headwords

خَصَفnoun

1.
he mended the sandal: he sewed itboth
he mended the sandal: he sewed it

خَصْفَةnoun

1.
patchclassical
A patch or piece sewn onto something, like a sandal.
2.
date clusterclassical
A cluster of dates, or a mat made from palm leaves for dates.

خِصَافnoun

1.
date clustersclassical
Plural of khassaf, referring to clusters of dates or mats made from palm leaves.
2.
horse name
The name of a mare.

أَخْصَفadjective

1.
white-flankedclassical
Describing horses or sheep that are white on their flanks, with the white extending up from the belly to the sides.
2.
ash-coloredclassical
A color resembling ash, with a mixture of black and white.

خَصِيفadjective

1.
iron-coloredclassical
The color of iron.
2.
mixed colorsclassical
Describing any two colors that are combined.
3.
curdled milk with sour milkclassical
Fresh milk mixed with curdled milk.

خَصَفَverb

1.
he mended the sandal: he sewed itboth
he mended the sandal: he sewed it

يَخْصِفَانِverb

1.
they were sticking some of it to some of itboth
they were sticking some of it to some of it

يَخْصِفُverb

1.
he joinsclassical
The third-person singular present tense verb form, meaning he is joining or stitching together.

اخْتِصَافnoun

1.
joining togetherclassical
The act of joining or stitching things together.

مِخْصَفnoun

1.
shoe soleclassical
The sole of a shoe or sandal.

خَصُوفadjective

1.
prematurely calvingclassical
A female camel that drops her offspring prematurely, specifically in the ninth month of pregnancy.

خَصَافnoun

1.
premature calvingclassical
The act of a female camel dropping her offspring prematurely.

Parallel reading

الخصف: النعل ذات الطراق، وكل طراق منها خصفة.

Al-khassaf: the sandal with patches, and each patch is a khassafah.

والخصفة بالتحريك: الجلة التي تعمل من الخوص للتمر، وجمعها خصف وخصاف.

And al-khassafah (with vowel movement): the mat made from palm leaves for dates, and its plural is khassaf and khissaf.

والأخصف: الأبيض الخاصرتين من الخيل والغنم، وهو الذي ارتفع البلق من بطنه إلى جنبيه.

And al-akhsaf: the one white-flanked among horses and sheep, which is the one whose white patches rise from its belly to its sides.

وأبدى الصباح عن بريم أخصفا

And the morning revealed a variegated (ash-colored) camel.

وكتيبة خصيف، وهو لون الحديد، ويقال: خصفت من ورائها بخيل، أي ردفت، فلهذا لم تدخلها الهاء، لانها بمعنى مفعولة، فلو كانت للون الحديد لقالوا خصيفة لانها بمعنى فاعلة.

And a khassif battalion, which is the color of iron. It is said: 'khassaftu min wara'iha bikhaalin,' meaning 'I followed behind it with horses.' For this reason, the 'ta' marbuta' was not added, because it is in the passive sense (maf'ul). If it were for the color of iron, they would have said 'khassifah' because it is in the active sense (fa'ilah).

وكل لونين اجتمعا فهو خضيف.

And any two colors that combine are called khadif.

والخصيف: اللبن الحليب يصب عليه الرائب.

And al-khassif: fresh milk into which curdled milk is poured.

إذا ما الخصيف العوثبانى ساءنا تركناه واخترنا السديف المسرهدا.

When the khassif al-'awthabani displeases us, we leave it and choose the well-prepared fat.

وخصفت النعل: خرزتها، فهي نعل خصيف.

And khassafa al-na'l: to stitch its sole, so it is a khassif sandal.

وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة

And they began to stitch together upon themselves leaves of Paradise.

يقول: يلزقان بعضه ببعض ليسترا به عورتهما.

Meaning: they attach them to each other to cover their nakedness.

وكذلك الاختصاف.

And likewise is al-ikhtisaf.

خصفت الناقة تخصف خصافا، إذا ألقت ولدها وقد بلغ الشهر التاسع، فهي خصوف.

The she-camel khassafat, she khassafu khisafan, if she drops her offspring having reached the ninth month, then she is khusuf.

ويقال: الخصوف هي التي تنتج بعد الحول من مضربها بشهر، والجرور بشهرين.

And it is said: Al-khusuf are those that give birth a month after the year from their stable, and al-jarur two months later.

وفى المثل: " هو أجرأ من خاصى خصاف " وذلك أن بعض الملوك طلبه من صاحبه ليستفحله، فمنعه إياه وخصاه.

And in the proverb: 'He is braver than Khassaf's testicles.' This is because one of the kings asked for it from his companion to make him potent, but he refused him and castrated him.