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خسو

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being odd or singular, as opposed to even or paired. It extends to games involving guessing odd or even numbers and, by extension, to concepts of being insignificant or small.

Derived headwords

خَسَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be oddclassical

    To be an odd number or a single unit, in contrast to being even or paired.

  2. 2.
    to be insignificantclassical

    To be small, insignificant, or of little value.

الخَسَاnoun
  1. 1.
    the odd numberclassical

    The state or quality of being an odd number; a single unit.

  2. 2.
    insignificanceclassical

    A state of being small, insignificant, or worthless.

أَخْسَاnoun
  1. 1.
    odd numberclassical

    A plural form referring to odd numbers or single units.

المَخَاسِيnoun
  1. 1.
    odd numbersclassical

    A plural form, considered irregular, referring to odd numbers or single units.

خَاسَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to play odd or evenclassical

    To play a game with someone where the objective is to guess whether a number of items held is odd or even.

مُخَاسَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    playing odd or evenclassical

    The act of playing a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

أَخْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    to play odd or evenclassical

    To play a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

تَخَسَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to play odd or evenclassical

    To play a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

تَخْسِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    playing odd or evenclassical

    The act of playing a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

يُخْسِيverb
  1. 1.
    to play odd or evenclassical

    To play a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

يُزَكِّيverb
  1. 1.
    to be evenclassical

    To be an even number or a paired unit.

خَسَا وزَكَاphrase
  1. 1.
    odd or evenclassical

    A phrase indicating the distinction between odd and even numbers, or singular and paired items.

تَخَاسَىverb
  1. 1.
    to play odd or evenclassical

    Two men playing a game of guessing odd or even numbers.

Parallel reading

ما أدري كم حدثني أبي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أخسا أم زكا
I do not know how many times my father told me from the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, whether it was odd or even.
لم يدر ما الزاكي من المخاسي
He did not know the even from the odd (numbers).
لاعبه بالجوز فردا أو زوجا
He played with him the game of nuts, guessing odd or even.
هو يخسي ويزكي، أي يلعب فيقول أزوج أم فرد هو
He plays odd or even, meaning he plays and says, 'Am I even or odd?'
خسا أو زكا فيما نعد خلالها
Whether odd or even in what we count among them.
خسا فرد، وزكا زوج
Odd is singular, and even is paired.
أخاس أم زكى؟
Am I odd or even?
كانوا خسا أو زكا من دون أربعة
They were odd or even, less than four.
هو يخاسىء يقامر
He gambles, playing odd or even.
خسا زكا
Odd and even.
تلاعبا بالزوج والفرد
They played together with the paired and the single.