خ ص ص

Arabic

Root

خ ص ص • (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ)

1. related to things being or becoming special

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow”)
  • Verbal noun: خَصّ (ḵaṣṣ), خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ), خُصُوصِيَّة (ḵuṣūṣiyya)
  • Active participle: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)
  • Passive participle: مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ)
• Form I: خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to be characteristic of, to concern”)
  • Verbal noun: خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ)
  • Active participle: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)
  • Passive participle: مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ)
• Form I: خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa)
  • Verbal noun: خَصَاصَة (ḵaṣāṣa), خَصَاص (ḵaṣāṣ)
  • Active participle: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)
• Form II: خَصَّصَ (ḵaṣṣaṣa, “to dedicate, to allocate, to reserve”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخْصِيص (taḵṣīṣ)
  • Active participle: مُخَصِّص (muḵaṣṣiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُخَصَّص (muḵaṣṣaṣ)
• Form V: تَخَصَّصَ (taḵaṣṣaṣa, “to specialize in”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخَصُّص (taḵaṣṣuṣ)
  • Active participle: مُتَخَصِّص (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَخَصَّص (mutaḵaṣṣaṣ)
• Form VIII: اِخْتَصَّ (iḵtaṣṣa, “to select, to choose”)
  • Verbal noun: اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُخْتَصّ (muḵtaṣṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُخْتَصّ (muḵtaṣṣ)

Nouns

• خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ)
• خُصُوصِيَّة (ḵuṣūṣiyya, “particularity”)
• خَصِيصَة (ḵaṣīṣa, “peculiarity”); pl. خَصَائِص (ḵaṣāʔiṣ)
• أَخِصَّائِيّ (ʔaḵiṣṣāʔiyy, “expert”)
• خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)
• خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa)
• خَاصِّيَّة (ḵāṣṣiyya)
• خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan)
• خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan)
• خِصِّيصَى (ḵiṣṣīṣā)

Adjectives

• أَخَصّ (ʔaḵaṣṣ, “more special”)
• خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy, “particular”)

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خ ص ص”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 337–339

South Levantine Arabic

Root

خ ص ص • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to being special

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: خصّ (ḵaṣṣ, “to concern”)
  • Passive Participle: مخصوص (maḵṣūṣ, “specifically for something”)
• Form II: خصّص (ḵaṣṣaṣ, “to designate, allocate”)
  • Passive Participle: مخصّص (mḵaṣṣaṣ)
• Form V: تخصّص (tḵaṣṣaṣ, “to specialize”)
  • Active Participle: متخصّص (mitḵaṣṣeṣ, “a specialist”)

Nouns

• خاصّيّة (ḵāṣṣiyye, “characteristic”)
• خصوص (ḵuṣūṣ, “matter, regard”)
• خصوصيّة (ḵuṣūṣiyye, “privacy”)

Adjectives

• خاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, “special, private”)
• خصوصي (ḵuṣūṣi, “special, private”)
• اختصاصي (iḵtiṣāṣi, “specialist”)

Adverbs

• خاصّة (ḵāṣṣatan, “especially”)
• خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan, “especially”)