خاص

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ‎ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص‎ (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

خَاصّ • (ḵāṣṣ) (feminine خَاصَّة‎ (ḵāṣṣa), masculine plural خَاصُّونَ‎ (ḵāṣṣūna), feminine plural خَاصَّات‎ (ḵāṣṣāt) or خَوَاصُّ‎ (ḵawāṣṣu), elative أَخَصّ‎ (ʾaḵaṣṣ))

1. special
2. particular
3. specific
4. designated (بِ‎ (bi) for)
5. characteristic (بِ‎ (bi) of)
6. distinguished
7. private
8. exclusive

Declension

Declension of adjective خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاصّ ḵāṣṣ	الْخَاصّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣ	خَاصَّة‎ ḵāṣṣa	الْخَاصَّة‎ al-ḵāṣṣa
Nominative	خَاصٌّ ḵāṣṣun	الْخَاصُّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣu	خَاصَّةٌ‎ ḵāṣṣatun	الْخَاصَّةُ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatu
Accusative	خَاصًّا‎ ḵāṣṣan	الْخَاصَّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣa	خَاصَّةً‎ ḵāṣṣatan	الْخَاصَّةَ‎ al-ḵāṣṣata
Genitive	خَاصٍّ ḵāṣṣin	الْخَاصِّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣi	خَاصَّةٍ‎ ḵāṣṣatin	الْخَاصَّةِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاصَّيْن‎ ḵāṣṣayn	الْخَاصَّيْن‎ al-ḵāṣṣayn	خَاصَّتَيْن‎ ḵāṣṣatayn	الْخَاصَّتَيْن‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayn
Nominative	خَاصَّانِ‎ ḵāṣṣāni	الْخَاصَّانِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāni	خَاصَّتَانِ‎ ḵāṣṣatāni	الْخَاصَّتَانِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatāni
Accusative	خَاصَّيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣayni	الْخَاصَّيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣayni	خَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣatayni	الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayni
Genitive	خَاصَّيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣayni	الْخَاصَّيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣayni	خَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣatayni	الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاصِّين‎ ḵāṣṣīn	الْخَاصِّين‎ al-ḵāṣṣīn	خَاصَّات‎‎; خَوَاصّ‎ ḵāṣṣāt‎; ḵawāṣṣ	الْخَاصَّات‎‎; الْخَوَاصّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāt‎; al-ḵawāṣṣ
Nominative	خَاصُّونَ‎ ḵāṣṣūna	الْخَاصُّونَ‎ al-ḵāṣṣūna	خَاصَّاتٌ‎‎; خَوَاصُّ‎ ḵāṣṣātun‎; ḵawāṣṣu	الْخَاصَّاتُ‎‎; الْخَوَاصُّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣātu‎; al-ḵawāṣṣu
Accusative	خَاصِّينَ‎ ḵāṣṣīna	الْخَاصِّينَ‎ al-ḵāṣṣīna	خَاصَّاتٍ‎‎; خَوَاصَّ‎ ḵāṣṣātin‎; ḵawāṣṣa	الْخَاصَّاتِ‎‎; الْخَوَاصَّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāti‎; al-ḵawāṣṣa
Genitive	خَاصِّينَ‎ ḵāṣṣīna	الْخَاصِّينَ‎ al-ḵāṣṣīna	خَاصَّاتٍ‎‎; خَوَاصَّ‎ ḵāṣṣātin‎; ḵawāṣṣa	الْخَاصَّاتِ‎‎; الْخَوَاصِّ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāti‎; al-ḵawāṣṣi

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ખાસ (khās)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ास (xās)

  Urdu: خاص‎

• → Malay: khas
  • → Indonesian: khas
• → Persian: خاص‎
• → Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਸ (xās)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خاص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَاصّ‎ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaːsˤsˤ/

Adjective

خاص • (ḵāṣṣ) (feminine خاصة‎ (ḵāṣṣa), common plural خواص‎ (ḵawāṣṣ), masculine plural خاصين‎ (ḵāṣṣīn), feminine plural خاصات‎ (ḵāṣṣāt), elative أخص‎ (ʔaḵaṣṣ))

1. special
2. particular
3. specific
4. designated (ب‎ (b-) for)
5. characteristic (ب‎ (b-) of)
6. private

Preposition

خاص • (ḵāṣṣ)

1. (false verb) should; need

   ‏خاصني نمشي للمكتبة باش ناخد داك الكتاب اللي هدرت لك عليه.‎‎

   ḵāṣṣni namši l-el-maktaba bāš nāḵud dāk l-ektāb elli hdartlak ʕlīh

   I need to go to the library to get the book I've talked to you about.

   ‏خاصه يجمع راسه قبل ما يفوت الفوت.‎‎

   ḵāṣṣu yijmaʕ rāsu qbal ma yfūt el-fūt

   He needs to get his shit together before it is too late.

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ‎ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɒːs/

Adjective

Dari Persian	خاص
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хос (xos)

خاص • (xâss) (comparative خاص‌تَر‎ (xâss-tar), superlative خاص‌تَرین‎ (xâss-tarin))

1. special
2. particular
3. specific

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ‎ (ḵāṣṣ).

Adjective

خاصّ • (xās) (Hindi spelling ख़ास)

1. special