خ ف س

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of degradation, reduction, and unpleasantness. It encompasses meanings related to mockery, eating little, destruction, speaking poorly, being overcome, and diluting drinks. It also touches on physical states like collapsing or water changing.

Derived headwords

الخَفْسnoun

1.
Mockeryboth
Derision or making fun of someone.
2.
Eating littleclassical
Consuming a small amount of food.
3.
Destructionboth
The act of demolishing or destroying something, like a building.
4.
Speaking poorlyboth
Uttering offensive or ugly words.
5.
Overcomingclassical
Gaining victory or dominance in a struggle or contest.
6.
Diluting drinkclassical
Adding a lot of water to a drink, or drinking a lot of water.

خَفَسَverb

1.
To mockboth
To engage in mockery or derision.
2.
To eat littleclassical
To consume a small quantity of food.
3.
To demolishboth
To tear down or destroy a structure.
4.
To speak obscenelyboth
To utter foul or offensive language.
5.
To overcomeclassical
To defeat or overpower someone in a contest.
6.
To diluteclassical
To make a drink weaker by adding water, or to drink a lot of water.

أَخْفَسَverb

1.
To speak obscenelyboth
To utter foul or offensive language.
2.
To dilute drinkclassical
To add a lot of water to a drink, or to drink a lot of water.

الإخْفَاسnoun

1.
Speaking poorlyboth
The act of uttering offensive or ugly words.
2.
Diluting drinkclassical
Adding a lot of water to a drink, or drinking a lot of water.

تَخْفِيسnoun

1.
Diluting drinkclassical
Adding a lot of water to a drink, or drinking a lot of water.

تَخَفَّسَverb

1.
To collapseclassical
To fall down or lie prostrate.

انْخَفَسَverb

1.
To changeclassical
For water to become altered or corrupted.

الخَفِيسadjective

1.
Strongly mixed drinkclassical
A drink that is heavily mixed, often with a lot of water, or a drink that causes intoxication quickly.

مُخْفِسadjective

1.
Intoxicating quicklyclassical
A drink that causes rapid intoxication, associated with unpleasant consequences.

Parallel reading

الخفس: الاستهزاء

Al-khafs: mockery.

والأكل القليل، كلاهما عن أبي عمر و.

And eating little, both are from Abu Amr.

والخفس: الهدم

And al-khafs: destruction.

يقال: خفس البناء، إذا، هدمه.

It is said: khafas the building, if it was demolished.

والخفس: النطق بالقليل من الكلام، كالإخفاس، هكذا في سائر النسخ، والصواب: بالقبيح من الكلام.

And al-khafs: speaking a little of speech, like al-ikhfas, as in all copies, and the correct is: of ugly speech.

يقال للرجل: خفست يا هذا، وأخفست، كما في الصحاح والتكملة

It is said to a man: Khaftas, O you, and Akhfas, as in Al-Sihah and Al-Takmilah.

يقال للرجل: خفست يا هذا، وهو من سوء القول، إذا قلت لصاحبك أقبح ما تقدر عليه.

It is said to a man: Khaftas, O you, and it is from bad speech, if you say to your companion the ugliest you can.

والخفس: الغلبة في الصراع.

And al-khafs: overcoming in a struggle.

وقد خفسه، إذا غلبه.

And he has khafasahu, if he overcame him.

والخفس: الإقلال، أو الإكثار من الماء في الشراب، كالإخفاس والتخفيس

And al-khafs: reducing, or increasing water in a drink, like al-ikhfas and al-takhfis.

الشراب إذا أكثرت ماءه قلت: خفسته، وأخفسته، وخفسته، وخفسته

The drink, if you increase its water, you say: khaftastuhu, wa akhfastuhu, wa khaftastuhu, wa khaftastuhu.

يقال: أخفس، أي أقل الماء وأكثر من النبيذ.

It is said: Akhfas, meaning less water and more wine.

يريد: أقلل له، من الماء في الكأس حتى يسكر.

He means: reduce for him, the water in the cup until he gets drunk.

أخفس له، إذا أقل الماء وأكثر الشراب.

Akhfas for him, if he reduced the water and increased the drink.

وتخفس: انجدل واضطجع، كلاهما عن ابن عباد.

And takhfas: to fall down and lie prostrate, both from Ibn Abbad.

وانخفس الماء: تغير، كما في العباب.

And ankhfas the water: it changed, as in Al-Abab.

الخفيس، كأمير: الشراب الكثير المزاج.

Al-khafis, like amir: the heavily mixed drink.

وقد أخفس له منه، إذا أكثر مزجه.

And he has akhfas for him from it, if he increased its mixing.

وشراب مخفس: سريع الإسكار

And a mukhfis drink: quickly intoxicating.