خ ص ف

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of joining, overlapping, or patching things together, often with a sense of covering or mending. It extends to concepts of gathering, adhering, and even specific types of garments, footwear, and animal conditions.

Derived headwords

خَصَفَverb

1.
to patchboth
To join or sew pieces together, especially to mend something like a sandal by overlapping and stitching.
2.
to joinboth
To bring together, gather, or combine things, making them adhere or overlap.
3.
to coverclassical
To adhere leaves or other materials to one's body to cover oneself, as in the Quranic verse.

كان صلى الله عليه وسلم يخصف نعله — The Prophet, peace be upon him, used to patch his sandal.

الخَصْفnoun

1.
patchingboth
The act of joining or mending by overlapping and stitching.
2.
joiningboth
The act of bringing things together or combining them.
3.
sandal with layersclassical
A sandal made with layers or patches.

خَصَفَةnoun

1.
patchboth
A piece used for patching or joining, like a layer in a sandal.
2.
basket of palm leavesboth
A container made from palm leaves, used for storing dates.
3.
thick clothclassical
A very coarse or thick piece of cloth, likened to a woven palm leaf item.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to adhereclassical
To make things stick or adhere to each other, as in covering oneself with leaves.

وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة — And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.

اخْتَصَفَverb

1.
to cover oneselfclassical
To take broad leaves or similar material to cover one's private parts.

الاختصاف: أن يأخذ العريان على عورته ورقا عريضا — Al-ikhtisaf: is for a naked person to take broad leaves to cover his private parts.

خَصُوفadjective

1.
giving birth lateclassical
Describing a female camel that gives birth in the ninth month of pregnancy.
2.
giving birth in the ninth monthclassical
A female animal that gives birth in the ninth month, not completing the tenth.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to give birth lateclassical
A female camel gives birth in the ninth month.

يقال للناقة إذا بلغت الشهر التاسع من يوم لقحت ثم ألقته: قد خصفت — It is said of a she-camel when she reaches the ninth month from the day she conceived and then gives birth: she has 'khasafat'.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to be patchedboth
To be joined or mended by overlapping and stitching.

خَصِيفadjective

1.
patchedboth
A sandal that has been patched or sewn together.
2.
ash-coloredboth
Having a color of ash, with both white and black, describing horses, sheep, or mountains.
3.
milk with curdclassical
Milk mixed with curd, sometimes with dates and ghee.

وخصيف لذي مناتج ظئري ... ن من المرخ أتأمت زنده — And ash-colored, for one with two nursing mothers, whose arm was ignited from the 'marrkh' plant.

أَخْصَفَadjective

1.
white-flankedboth
Describing a horse or sheep that is white on its flanks, or has white extending from its belly to its sides.
2.
ash-coloredboth
Having the color of ash, a mixture of white and black, used for mountains or ostriches.

أبدى الصباح عن بريم أخصاف — The morning revealed a white-flanked mountain range.

خَصِيفَةnoun

1.
two-colored unitclassical
A military unit with two colors, like iron and other hues, or due to rust.

خَصَافnoun

1.
liarclassical
A liar, metaphorically described as 'patching' or fabricating speech.
2.
mat of palm leavesclassical
A mat or rug made from woven palm leaves.

تَخْصِيفnoun

1.
bad temperclassical
Poor disposition, narrow-mindedness, or ill-temper.
2.
effort in pretenseclassical
Striving to appear knowledgeable or capable in matters beyond one's means.
3.
graying of hairclassical
The process of hair turning gray, mixing with black.

خصفه الشيب تخصيفا — His hair was streaked with gray.

مِخْصَفnoun

1.
awlclassical
A tool for piercing or making holes, like an awl or a drill.

أنفها كالمخصف — Its nose is like an awl.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to speed upclassical
To move quickly or hasten one's pace.

أخصف في عدوه — He hastened his running.

مُخَصَّفadjective

1.
ill-temperedclassical
A person characterized by bad temper or narrowness of disposition.

خُصُوفnoun

1.
giving birth lateclassical
The condition of a female camel giving birth in the ninth month.

خَزَفnoun

1.
earthenwareclassical
A dialectal variant for earthenware or pottery.

اخْتَصَفَتْverb

1.
became late-birthingclassical
A female camel became one that gives birth in the ninth month.

اختصفت الناقة — The she-camel became 'khasuf'.

خَصَّافname

1.
name of a horseclassical
The name of a mare belonging to Malik ibn 'Umar, known for bravery.
2.
name of a stallionclassical
The name of a stallion belonging to Haml ibn Zayd, known for its bravery.

أجرأ من فارس خصاف — Braver than the rider of Khassaf.

أَخْصَفَname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A place name mentioned in classical texts.

خَصِيفname

1.
name of a personclassical
A person named Khaseef, mentioned as a narrator.

خَصَّافname

1.
name of a personclassical
A person named Khassaf, a scholar of Islamic law.

خَصِيفname

1.
name of a personclassical
Khaseef ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Jazari, a hadith narrator.

عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ خَصَّافٍname

1.
name of a personclassical
Abd al-Malik ibn Khassaf, a hadith narrator.

سَمَاءٌ مَخْصُوفَةٌadjective

1.
two-colored skyclassical
A sky with two colors, or smooth and clear.

خَصَفَةٌnoun

1.
beadclassical
A bead, also pronounced with a damma.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to hastenclassical
To move quickly, to speed up.

أخصف في عدوه — He hastened in his running.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to joinboth
To join or connect things together.

فجعلوا آثار حوافر الخيل على آثار أخفاف الإبل فكأنهم طارقوها بها أي خصفوها بها — They made the tracks of the horses' hooves upon the tracks of the camels' hooves, as if they had patched them with them.

خَصَفَverb

1.
to place hand onclassical
To place one's hand on something, specifically referring to covering one's private parts.

ولا يخصف النشير — And not to place his hand on his private parts.

تَخَصَّفَverb

1.
to be coveredboth
To be covered or joined together.

مُخَصِّفadjective

1.
ill-temperedclassical
A person of bad temper or narrow disposition.

خَصِيفٌadjective

1.
two-coloredboth
Having two colors, applied to mountains or other things.

وجبل خصيف — And a two-colored mountain.

خَصُوفٌnoun

1.
women giving birth lateclassical
Women who give birth in the ninth month and not the tenth.

الخَصْفnoun

1.
earthenwareclassical
A dialectal pronunciation or variant of 'khazaf' (earthenware).

خَصَفَverb

1.
to insultclassical
To surpass someone in insult or abuse.

خصفت فلاناً: أربيت عليه في الشتم — I insulted him: I surpassed him in cursing.

Parallel reading

النعل ذات الطراق، وكل طراق منها خصفة

A sandal with layers, and each layer is a 'khasfah'.

خصف النعل، يخصفها، خصفا، ظاهر بعضها على بعض، وخرزها

To patch a sandal, he patches it, a patching, by overlapping some parts on others and stitching them.

كان صلى الله عليه وسلم يخصف نعله

The Prophet, peace be upon him, used to patch his sandal.

وهو قاعد يخصف نعله

While he was sitting, patching his sandal.

وهو من الخصف، بمعنى الضم والجمع

And it is from 'al-khasf', meaning joining and gathering.

خصف العريان الورق على بدنه، يخصفها، خصفا: ألزقها

The naked person patched leaves onto his body, he patches them, a patching: he adhered them.

وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة

And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.

من قبلها طبت في الظلال وفي ... مستودع حيث يخصف الورق

Before it, you were well in the shades and in ... a repository where leaves are patched.

الاختصاف: أن يأخذ العريان على عورته ورقا عريضا

Al-ikhtisaf: is for a naked person to take broad leaves to cover his private parts.

وطفقا يخصفان

And they began to cover themselves.

خصفت الناقة، تخصف، خصافا، بالكسر: إذا ألقت ولدها وقد بلغ الشهر التاسع

The she-camel gave birth, she gives birth, a 'khisaaf', when she drops her offspring having reached the ninth month.

يقال للناقة إذا بلغت الشهر التاسع من يوم لقحت ثم ألقته: قد خصفت، تخصف، خصافا، فهي خصوف

It is said of a she-camel when she reaches the ninth month from the day she conceived and then gives birth: she has 'khasafat', she gives birth, a 'khisaaf', and she is 'khusuf'.

الخصوف: هي التي تنتج بعد الحول من مضربها بشهر

Al-khusuf: are those that give birth after a year from their conception period by a month.

الجلة تعمل من الخوص للتمر، يكنز فيها، بلغة البحرانيين

A large basket made from palm leaves for dates, in which they are stored, in the dialect of Bahrain.

وهي مفعولة، أي: خصفت من ورائها بخيل، أي: أردفت

And it is passive, meaning: it was reinforced from behind with cavalry, meaning: it was followed.

وخصيف لذي مناتج ظئري ... ن من المرخ أتأمت زنده

And ash-colored, for one with two nursing mothers, whose arm was ignited from the 'marrkh' plant.

فطاروا شقاف الأنثيين فعامر ... تبيع بنيها بالخصاف وبالتمر

So they flew, splitting the testicles, and 'Amir ... sells its sons for 'khisaaf' (coarse mats) and dates.

مر ببئر عليها خصفة، فوطئها، فوقع فيها

He passed by a well that had a palm-leaf mat on it, he stepped on it, and fell into it.

فما زالوا يخصفون أخفاف المطي بحوافر الخيل حتى لحقوهم

They kept patching the camels' hooves with the horses' hooves until they caught up with them.

إذا دخل أحدكم الحمام فعليه بالنشير، ولا يخصف

When one of you enters the bathroom, he should use a loincloth, and not place his hand (on his private parts).

خصفه الشيب، تخصيفا، أي: استوى هو أي بياضه والسواد

Grayness streaked his hair, a streaking, meaning: his white and black became even.

خصفت فلانا: أربيت عليه في الشتم

I insulted him: I surpassed him in cursing.