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خمن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to estimation, conjecture, and guessing. It also extends to meanings of weakness, inferiority, and worthless people or things.

Derived headwords

التخمينnoun
  1. 1.
    guessing, conjectureboth

    guessing, conjecture

خمنverb
  1. 1.
    to guessmodern

    To estimate or surmise something without certain knowledge.

  2. 2.
    to conjectureclassical

    To form an opinion or supposition based on incomplete information.

خُمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    with fatha on the kha and damma on it, both with shadda: meaning, from their lowest classboth

    with fatha on the kha and damma on it, both with shadda: meaning, from their lowest class

  2. 2.
    their loss: meaning the inferior among themboth

    their loss: meaning the inferior among them

خُمَانَةadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Feminine form of 'khuman', referring to weakness, used for a spear shaft.

خُمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatha on the kha and damma on it, both with shadda: meaning, from their lowest classboth

    with fatha on the kha and damma on it, both with shadda: meaning, from their lowest class

  2. 2.
    their loss: meaning the inferior among themboth

    their loss: meaning the inferior among them

Parallel reading

التخمين: القول بالحدس.
Conjecture: To state something based on intuition.
قال أبو عبيد: الخمان من الرماح: الضعيف.
Abu Ubaid said: The weak among spears.
وقناة خمانة.
And a weak spear shaft.
وخمان الناس: خشارتهم
And the worthless people are their dregs.