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خ ن ت ص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to small, insignificant things, particularly sparks or fragments, and also to the confusion or mixing of matters.

Derived headwords

الخُنْبُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    spark fragmentclassical

    A small piece or fragment that falls from a fire, specifically between the flint and the steel used for striking a spark.

الخُنْتُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    spark fragmentclassical

    A small piece or fragment that falls from a fire, specifically between the flint and the steel used for striking a spark. This is presented as an alternative spelling to الخنبوص.

الخَنْبَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    confusion of affairsclassical

    The state of affairs being mixed up or confused.

تَخَنْبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become confusedclassical

    The affairs of people became mixed up or confused.

خَنْبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become confusedclassical

    The affairs of people became mixed up or confused. This is presented as a simpler form of تَخَنْبَصَ.

Parallel reading

هو ما يسقط بين القداحة والمروة من سقط النار
It is what falls between the flint and the stone from the falling of fire.
هو الخنتوص، بالمثناة الفوقية، بدل الموحدة
It is al-khintūṣ, with the upper tā' instead of the bā'.
وقد تخنبص أمرهم
And their affair became confused.
وخنبص، إذا اختلط
And khanaṣa, if it means mixed.