خنس

Arabic

Root
خ ن س (ḵ-n-s)

Verb

خَنَسَ • (ḵanasa) I, non-past يَخْنُسُ‎ (yaḵnusu)

1. to remain behind, to retreat, to recede, to retire, to narrow, to cower, to decrease, to tumble, to collapse, to go back, to hold
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:15-16:

     أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

     ʔuqsimu bi-l-ḵunnasi l-jawāri l-kunnasi

     I swear by the receding [planets], which fly by and fade

Conjugation

Conjugation of

خَنَسَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun خُنُوس)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						خُنُوس ḵunūs
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						خَانِس ḵānis
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خَنَسْتُ ḵanastu	خَنَسْتَ ḵanasta	خَنَسَ ḵanasa		خَنَسْتُمَا ḵanastumā	خَنَسَا ḵanasā		خَنَسْنَا ḵanasnā	خَنَسْتُمْ ḵanastum	خَنَسُوا ḵanasū
	f		خَنَسْتِ ḵanasti	خَنَسَتْ ḵanasat			خَنَسَتَا ḵanasatā			خَنَسْتُنَّ ḵanastunna	خَنَسْنَ ḵanasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَخْنُسُ ʔaḵnusu	تَخْنُسُ taḵnusu	يَخْنُسُ yaḵnusu		تَخْنُسَانِ taḵnusāni	يَخْنُسَانِ yaḵnusāni		نَخْنُسُ naḵnusu	تَخْنُسُونَ taḵnusūna	يَخْنُسُونَ yaḵnusūna
	f		تَخْنُسِينَ taḵnusīna	تَخْنُسُ taḵnusu			تَخْنُسَانِ taḵnusāni			تَخْنُسْنَ taḵnusna	يَخْنُسْنَ yaḵnusna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَخْنُسَ ʔaḵnusa	تَخْنُسَ taḵnusa	يَخْنُسَ yaḵnusa		تَخْنُسَا taḵnusā	يَخْنُسَا yaḵnusā		نَخْنُسَ naḵnusa	تَخْنُسُوا taḵnusū	يَخْنُسُوا yaḵnusū
	f		تَخْنُسِي taḵnusī	تَخْنُسَ taḵnusa			تَخْنُسَا taḵnusā			تَخْنُسْنَ taḵnusna	يَخْنُسْنَ yaḵnusna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَخْنُسْ ʔaḵnus	تَخْنُسْ taḵnus	يَخْنُسْ yaḵnus		تَخْنُسَا taḵnusā	يَخْنُسَا yaḵnusā		نَخْنُسْ naḵnus	تَخْنُسُوا taḵnusū	يَخْنُسُوا yaḵnusū
	f		تَخْنُسِي taḵnusī	تَخْنُسْ taḵnus			تَخْنُسَا taḵnusā			تَخْنُسْنَ taḵnusna	يَخْنُسْنَ yaḵnusna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُخْنُسْ uḵnus			اُخْنُسَا uḵnusā				اُخْنُسُوا uḵnusū
	f		اُخْنُسِي uḵnusī							اُخْنُسْنَ uḵnusna

Noun

خُنَّس • (ḵunnas) pl

1. planets, synonym of اَلْكَوَاكِب السَّيَّارَة (al-kawākib as-sayyāra)

Adjective

خُنَّس • (ḵunnas) pl

1. plural of خَانِس (ḵānis, “active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa)”)
2. plural of خَانِسَة (ḵānisa, “feminine of the active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa)”)

Adjective

خُنْس • (ḵuns) pl

1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, “camous”)

Noun

خُنْس • (ḵuns) pl

1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, “wild bovine”)