خنصر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the little finger, but extends to related concepts like smallness, beginning, and a specific place name. It also touches upon the idea of counting or beginning with something.

Derived headwords

الْخِنْصَرnoun

1.
little fingerboth
The smallest finger on the hand, located next to the ring finger.
2.
middle fingerclassical
Although less common and debated, it can also refer to the middle finger.

خَنَاصِرnoun

1.
little fingersboth
The plural form of 'khinṣar', referring to the little fingers.

خُنْصُرnoun

1.
part of the fingerclassical
Used metaphorically to refer to a part or portion of a finger, as if each part were a 'khinṣar'.

خَنَاصِرَةname

1.
place nameclassical
A place in Syria, near Aleppo or Homs, named after Khināṣirah bin 'Urwah.

خَنَاصِرَاتnoun

1.
placesclassical
Plural of 'khināṣirah', referring to the places or areas around it.

خُنْصُرَانname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly of a person or place.

Parallel reading

أي مع بقاء كسر الأول فيصير من نظائر درهم

Meaning with the first letter remaining in the kasra, making it similar to 'dirham'.

فقول شيخنا: وإطلاقه على الوسطى قول غير معروف، ولا يوجد في ديوان مألوف، محل تأمل

So our shaykh's statement: 'Its application to the middle finger is an unknown saying, and is not found in any familiar poetry collection, it requires contemplation'.

والجمع خناصر

And the plural is 'khanāṣir'.

قال سيبويه: ولا يجمع بالألف والتاء، استغناء بالتكسير

Sibawayh said: It is not pluralized with alif and ta', as the broken plural suffices.

ولها نظائر نحو فرسن وفراسن وعكسها كثير

And it has parallels like 'farasin' and 'farāsin' and its opposite is numerous.

وحكى اللحياني: إنه لعظيم الخناصر، وإنها لعظيمة الخناصر، كأنه جعل كل جزء منه خنصرا، ثم جمع على هاذا

Al-Laythānī narrated: 'He has great little fingers', and 'She has great little fingers', as if he considered each part of it a 'khinṣar', then pluralized it this way.

فشلت يميني يوم أعلو ابن جعفر وشل بناناها وشل الخناصر

My right hand became paralyzed the day I surpassed Ibn Ja'far, and its fingertips and its little fingers became paralyzed.

ويقال: بفلان تثنى الخناصر، أي تبدأ به إذا ذكر أشكاله

And it is said: 'With so-and-so, the little fingers are bent', meaning he is started with when his equals are mentioned.

وخناصرة، بالضم: د، بالشام من عمل حلب

And Khināṣirah, with dammah: a village, in Syria, from the region of Aleppo.

وقيل: من أرض حمص، (سميت)، هاكذا في النسخ، والصواع: سمي (بخناصرة بن عروة بن الحارث)

And it was said: from the land of Homs, (it was named), as written in the manuscripts, and Al-Ṣawā': it was named (after Khināṣirah bin 'Urwah bin Al-Ḥārith).

قيل هو خليفة إبراهيم الأثرم صاحب الفيل، خلفه باليمن بصنعاء، إذ سار كسرى أنو شروان

It is said he is the successor of Ibrāhīm Al-Athram, the owner of the elephant, he succeeded him in Yemen in Sana'a, when Kisra Anushirvan marched.

وقيل: بناها أبو شمر بن جبلة بن الحارث، قاله السمعاني

And it was said: Abu Shammar bin Jabalah bin Al-Ḥārith built it, Al-Sam'ānī said.

وبها مرض عمر بن عبد العزيز، ومات بدير سمعان

And 'Umar bin 'Abd al-'Aziz fell ill there, and died in Dayr Sam'ān.

وجمعها جران العود الشاعر اعتبارا (بما حولها)، فقال:

And Jurān al-'Ūd, the poet, pluralized it considering (what was around it), and said:

نظرت وصحبتي بخناصرات

I looked, and my companions were in the areas around (Khināṣirah).