خسيس

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Arabic

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Root
خ س س (ḵ s s)
3 terms

Etymology

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فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَسَّ (ḵassa).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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خَسِيس (ḵasīs) (feminine خَسِيسَة (ḵasīsa), masculine plural أَخِسَّاء (ʔaḵissāʔ) or خِسَاس (ḵisās) or خُسَسَاء (ḵusasāʔ), feminine plural خَسِيسَات (ḵasīsāt) or خَسَائِس (ḵasāʔis), elative أَخَسّ (ʔaḵass))

  1. low, vile, contemptible
    Synonyms: حَقِير (ḥaqīr), وَضِيع (waḍīʕ), نَذْل (naḏl), لَئِيم (laʔīm), دَنِيء (danīʔ)
  2. low in quantity
    Synonym: قَلِيل (qalīl)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: xəsis
  • Ottoman Turkish: خسیس (hasîs)
  • Persian: خسیس
  • Urdu: خسیس