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 (ʔaḵaṣṣ))

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

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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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɒːs/

Adjective

Dari	خاص
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хос

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