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Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to understanding, estimating, or discerning matters. It also extends to describing parts of garments and, in a less common usage, a group of people or a plant-like growth.

Derived headwords

دَخْرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to explainclassical

    To make something clear or manifest.

  2. 2.
    to estimateclassical

    To estimate or gauge something using one's intellect and shrewdness.

الدَّخْرَصُnoun
  1. 1.
    one who enters into mattersclassical

    One who is involved in or deeply understands affairs.

الدَّخْرَصُnoun
  1. 1.
    a groupclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people.

الدَّخْرِصُnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a garmentclassical

    A piece attached to a shirt or coat to widen it.

  2. 2.
    a plant-like growthclassical

    A sprout emerging from the earth or sea.

الدَّخَارِيصُnoun
  1. 1.
    parts of a garmentclassical

    The plural of 'ad-dukhriṣ', referring to pieces used to widen garments.

التَّخْرِيصُnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a garmentclassical

    A variant term for 'ad-dukhriṣ', referring to a piece used to widen a garment.

دُخْرُصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a groupclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people.

  2. 2.
    a plant-like growthclassical

    A sprout emerging from the earth or sea.

Parallel reading

دخرص الأمر: بينه
To explain a matter: to make it clear.
والوجه أن تكون الدال زائدة، وهو من خرص الشيء، إذا قدره بفطنته وذكائه.
And the view is that the 'dāl' is an extra letter, and it is from 'kharṣ' of a thing, when one estimates it with his intelligence and acumen.
والدخْرَصُ في الأمور، بالكسر: الداخل فيها
And 'ad-dukhraṣ' in matters, with a kasra, means one who is involved in them.
أي العالم بها.
Meaning, one who is knowledgeable about them.
والدخريص من القميص والدرع: واحد الدخاريص، وهو ما يوصل به البدن ليوسعه
And 'ad-dukhriṣ' from a shirt and a coat: is the singular of 'ad-dakhāriṣ', which is what is attached to the body to widen it.
والتخريص، بالتاء، لغة فيه
And 'at-takhriṣ', with a 'tā', is a variant pronunciation for it.
واحد الدخاريص دخرص ودخرصة
The singular of 'ad-dakhāriṣ' is 'dakhraṣ' and 'dakhraṣah'.
هو عند العرب البنيقة
It is, among the Arabs, the 'bunayqah' (a gusset or piece added to widen).
الدخرصة: الجماعة.
'Ad-dakhraṣah': a group.
الدخرصة، والدخريص: عنيق يخرج من الأرض، أو البحر
'Ad-dakhraṣah', and 'ad-dukhriṣ': a sprout that emerges from the earth, or the sea.