خصلة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ص ل (ḵ-ṣ-l).

Noun

خُصْلَة • (ḵuṣla) f (plural خُصَل (ḵuṣal))

1. lock of hair, tress
2. tuft, wisp (of hair or wool)
3. disheveled hair
4. cluster or bunch of grapes

Declension

Declension of noun خُصْلَة (ḵuṣla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُصْلَة ḵuṣla	الْخُصْلَة al-ḵuṣla	خُصْلَة ḵuṣlat
Nominative	خُصْلَةٌ ḵuṣlatun	الْخُصْلَةُ al-ḵuṣlatu	خُصْلَةُ ḵuṣlatu
Accusative	خُصْلَةً ḵuṣlatan	الْخُصْلَةَ al-ḵuṣlata	خُصْلَةَ ḵuṣlata
Genitive	خُصْلَةٍ ḵuṣlatin	الْخُصْلَةِ al-ḵuṣlati	خُصْلَةِ ḵuṣlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُصْلَتَيْن ḵuṣlatayn	الْخُصْلَتَيْن al-ḵuṣlatayn	خُصْلَتَيْ ḵuṣlatay
Nominative	خُصْلَتَانِ ḵuṣlatāni	الْخُصْلَتَانِ al-ḵuṣlatāni	خُصْلَتَا ḵuṣlatā
Accusative	خُصْلَتَيْنِ ḵuṣlatayni	الْخُصْلَتَيْنِ al-ḵuṣlatayni	خُصْلَتَيْ ḵuṣlatay
Genitive	خُصْلَتَيْنِ ḵuṣlatayni	الْخُصْلَتَيْنِ al-ḵuṣlatayni	خُصْلَتَيْ ḵuṣlatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُصَل ḵuṣal	الْخُصَل al-ḵuṣal	خُصَل ḵuṣal
Nominative	خُصَلٌ ḵuṣalun	الْخُصَلُ al-ḵuṣalu	خُصَلُ ḵuṣalu
Accusative	خُصَلًا ḵuṣalan	الْخُصَلَ al-ḵuṣala	خُصَلَ ḵuṣala
Genitive	خُصَلٍ ḵuṣalin	الْخُصَلِ al-ḵuṣali	خُصَلِ ḵuṣali

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خصلة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خصلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen