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بخس

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes deficiency, injustice, and unfairness. It extends to concepts of diminution, oppression, and cheating, particularly in trade and legal contexts. It also has specific applications related to agriculture and anatomy.

Derived headwords

البَخْسnoun
  1. 1.
    injustice, unfairnessboth

    The act of being unjust or unfair; oppression or wrongdoing.

  2. 2.
    deficiency, shortageboth

    A lack or reduction in something, especially in value or quantity.

  3. 3.
    unfair priceclassical

    A price that is unfairly low or less than what something is worth.

  4. 4.
    tax, levyclassical

    An illicit tax or levy imposed by rulers, often disguised as charity or zakat.

  5. 5.
    crop watered by rainclassical

    Crops that are watered by rainwater rather than by irrigation.

بَخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to wrong, to oppressboth

    To treat someone unjustly or unfairly; to oppress or diminish their rights.

  2. 2.
    to diminish, to reduceboth

    To make something less or smaller, especially in value or quantity.

ولا تبخسوا الناس — And do not diminish for the people (their due).
فلا يخاف بخسا ولا رهقا — He shall not fear diminution nor oppression.
بَخْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    diminution, injusticeboth

    The act of diminishing or acting unjustly.

وقد بخسه بخسا — And he diminished it (his right) with diminution.
ثَمَنٍ بَخْسphrase
  1. 1.
    unfairly low priceboth

    A price that is significantly less than the actual value of an item.

وشروه بثمن بخس — And they bought him for a low price.
بَاخِسadjective
  1. 1.
    unjust, oppressiveboth

    One who is unjust or oppressive.

  2. 2.
    diminishingboth

    One who diminishes or reduces something.

وكل ظالم باخس — And every oppressor is unjust.
بَاخِسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    unjust, oppressiveboth

    A female person who is unjust or oppressive.

تحسبها حمقاء وهي باخسة — You think she is foolish, but she is unjust.
الأَبَاخِسnoun
  1. 1.
    fingersclassical

    The fingers, or the spaces between the fingers and their roots.

كما جمعت كف إليها الأباخسا — As a palm gathered the fingers towards it.
تَبْخِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    diminution, depreciationboth

    The act of diminishing or reducing the value or quantity of something.

تَبَاخَسُواverb
  1. 1.
    to cheat each otherclassical

    To engage in mutual deception or unfair dealing, especially in trade.

وتباخسوا — And they cheated each other.
البَخِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    heart's vital cordsclassical

    The vital cords or membranes of the heart.

  2. 2.
    flesh within hoofclassical

    The flesh that is inside the hoof of an animal.

بَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to gouge out (eye)classical

    To gouge out an eye, often with a finger.

بخص عينه — He gouged out his eye.

Parallel reading

ولا تبخسوا الناس
And do not diminish for the people (their due).
فلا يخاف بخسا ولا رهقا
He shall not fear diminution nor oppression.
وشروه بثمن بخس
And they bought him for a low price.
بخس أي ظلم
Bakhs means injustice.
البخس: فقء العين بالإصبع وغيرها
Al-bakhs: gouging out the eye with a finger or other means.
وإنما البخس: نقصان الحق
And al-bakhs is only the diminution of a right.
البخس، من الزرع: ما لم يسق بماء عد، إنما سقاه ماء السماء
Al-bakhs, of crops: that which was not watered by running water, but was watered by the sky (rain).
قال رجل من كندة يقال له العذافر وقد رأيته: (قالت لبينى اشتر لنا سويقا ... وهات بر البخس أو دقيقا)
A man from Kinda, called Al-Uthafir, whom I saw, said: (She said to Lubayna, buy us some fine flour... and bring either al-bakhs or flour).
البخس: المكس، وهو ما يأخذه الولاة باسم العشر يتأولون فيه أنه الزكاة والصدقات
Al-bakhs: the tax, which is what rulers take in the name of the tithe, interpreting it as zakat and charities.
يستحل فيه الربا بالبيع، والخمر بالنبيذ، والبخس بالزكاة، والسحت بالهدية، والقتل بالموعظة
Usury is legalized through trade, wine through nabidh, illicit taxes through zakat, ill-gotten gains through gifts, and killing through sermons.
وكل ظالم باخس
And every oppressor is unjust.
تحسبها حمقاء وهي باخس
You think she is foolish, but she is unjust.
جمعت نزارا وهي شتى شعوبها ... كما جمعت كف إليها الأباخسا
She gathered Nizar, though its peoples were scattered... as a palm gathered the fingers towards it.
يقال: إنه لشديد الأباخس: أي لحم العصب
It is said: he is strong in the fingers: meaning the flesh of the sinews.
بخس المخ تبخيسا
The brain was diminished with diminution.
وتباخسوا: تغابنوا
And they cheated each other: they deceived each other.
يقال للبيع إذا كان قصدا: لا بخس فيه ولا شطط
It is said of a fair sale: there is no injustice or excess in it.