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خصى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the castration of animals, specifically males, and by extension, the testicles themselves. It also extends to the state of being castrated and the act of performing castration.

Derived headwords

الخُصْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the testiclesboth

    one of the testicles

  2. 2.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

  3. 3.
    the testicleboth

    the testicle

الخِصْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the testiclesboth

    one of the testicles

  2. 2.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

  3. 3.
    the testicleboth

    the testicle

الخُصْيَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    the two testiclesboth

    the two testicles

خَصَىverb
  1. 1.
    its plural is خفاياboth

    its plural is خفايا

  2. 2.
    the man is a eunuchboth

    the man is a eunuch

خِصَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    castrationboth

    The act or process of castrating a male animal.

خَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    its plural is خفاياboth

    its plural is خفايا

  2. 2.
    the man is a eunuchboth

    the man is a eunuch

خِصْيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    when you make it dual, you say خصيان and do not add the taa'both

    when you make it dual, you say خصيان and do not add the taa'

  2. 2.
    the plural is خصيانboth

    the plural is خصيان

مَخْصَىnoun
  1. 1.
    place of castrationclassical

    The location where the castration is performed.

Parallel reading

الخصية: واحدة الخصى، وكذلك الخصية بالكسر.
Al-khuṣyah: the singular of al-khuṣá, and likewise al-khuṣyah with kasrah.
سمعت خصية بالضم ولم أسمع خصية بالكسر
I heard khuṣyah with dammah and I did not hear khuṣyah with kasrah.
وسمعت خصيتاه، ولم يقولوا خصى للواحد
And I heard khuṣyatāhu (his two testicles), and they did not say khuṣá for the singular.
الخصيتان: البيضتان.
Al-khuṣyatān: the two testicles.
الخصيتان: الجلدتان اللتان فيهما البيضتان.
Al-khuṣyatān: the two skins in which are the two testicles.
كأن خصييه من التدلدل * ظرف عجوز فيه ثنتا حنظل
As if his testicles were dangling * like an old woman's purse containing two colocynths.
الاموى: الخصية: البيضة.
Al-Ummawī: Al-khuṣyah: the testicle.
لست أبالى أن أكون محمقه * إذا رأيت خصية معلقة
I do not care if I am made a fool of * if I see a testicle hanging.
والجمع خصى، فإذا ثنيت قلت خصيان ولم تلحقه التاء
And the plural is khuṣá, and when you dualize it, you say khuṣyān and do not attach the tāʼ.
وكذلك الالية إذا ثنيت قلت أليان ولم تلحقه التاء ; وهما نادران.
And likewise the rump (al-āliyah), when you dualize it, you say alyān and do not attach the tāʼ; and these are rare.
وخصيت الفحل خصاء ممدود، إذا سللت خصييه.
And I castrated the stallion, a prolonged castration (khuṣāʼ), when I removed his testicles.
يقال: برئت إليك من الخصاء.
It is said: I am absolved to you from castration.
جزيز القفا شعبان يربض حجرة * حديث الخصاء وارم العفل
Short-necked, lying in a corner like Shaʻbān * recently castrated, with a swollen hindquarters.
والرجل خصى، والجمع خصيان وخصية.
And the man is khusá (castrated), and the plural is khuṣyān and khuṣyah.
وموضع القطع مخصى.
And the place of cutting is makhṣá.