خص

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ)

Verb

1. to single out, to distinguish
2. to favor, to endow
3. to concern, to touch, to belong to, to pertain to, to be about

Verb

1. to be characteristic for, to be peculiar for

Noun

خُصّ • (ḵuṣṣ) m (plural خِصَاص (ḵiṣāṣ) or أَخْصَاص (ʔaḵṣāṣ) or خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ))

1. booth, shack, hut

Declension

Declension of noun خُصّ (ḵuṣṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُصّ ḵuṣṣ	الْخُصّ al-ḵuṣṣ	خُصّ ḵuṣṣ
Nominative	خُصٌّ ḵuṣṣun	الْخُصُّ al-ḵuṣṣu	خُصُّ ḵuṣṣu
Accusative	خُصًّا ḵuṣṣan	الْخُصَّ al-ḵuṣṣa	خُصَّ ḵuṣṣa
Genitive	خُصٍّ ḵuṣṣin	الْخُصِّ al-ḵuṣṣi	خُصِّ ḵuṣṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُصَّيْن ḵuṣṣayn	الْخُصَّيْن al-ḵuṣṣayn	خُصَّيْ ḵuṣṣay
Nominative	خُصَّانِ ḵuṣṣāni	الْخُصَّانِ al-ḵuṣṣāni	خُصَّا ḵuṣṣā
Accusative	خُصَّيْنِ ḵuṣṣayni	الْخُصَّيْنِ al-ḵuṣṣayni	خُصَّيْ ḵuṣṣay
Genitive	خُصَّيْنِ ḵuṣṣayni	الْخُصَّيْنِ al-ḵuṣṣayni	خُصَّيْ ḵuṣṣay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِصَاص‎; أَخْصَاص‎; خُصُوص ḵiṣāṣ‎; ʔaḵṣāṣ‎; ḵuṣūṣ	الْخِصَاص‎; الْأَخْصَاص‎; الْخُصُوص al-ḵiṣāṣ‎; al-ʔaḵṣāṣ‎; al-ḵuṣūṣ	خِصَاص‎; أَخْصَاص‎; خُصُوص ḵiṣāṣ‎; ʔaḵṣāṣ‎; ḵuṣūṣ
Nominative	خِصَاصٌ‎; أَخْصَاصٌ‎; خُصُوصٌ ḵiṣāṣun‎; ʔaḵṣāṣun‎; ḵuṣūṣun	الْخِصَاصُ‎; الْأَخْصَاصُ‎; الْخُصُوصُ al-ḵiṣāṣu‎; al-ʔaḵṣāṣu‎; al-ḵuṣūṣu	خِصَاصُ‎; أَخْصَاصُ‎; خُصُوصُ ḵiṣāṣu‎; ʔaḵṣāṣu‎; ḵuṣūṣu
Accusative	خِصَاصًا‎; أَخْصَاصًا‎; خُصُوصًا ḵiṣāṣan‎; ʔaḵṣāṣan‎; ḵuṣūṣan	الْخِصَاصَ‎; الْأَخْصَاصَ‎; الْخُصُوصَ al-ḵiṣāṣa‎; al-ʔaḵṣāṣa‎; al-ḵuṣūṣa	خِصَاصَ‎; أَخْصَاصَ‎; خُصُوصَ ḵiṣāṣa‎; ʔaḵṣāṣa‎; ḵuṣūṣa
Genitive	خِصَاصٍ‎; أَخْصَاصٍ‎; خُصُوصٍ ḵiṣāṣin‎; ʔaḵṣāṣin‎; ḵuṣūṣin	الْخِصَاصِ‎; الْأَخْصَاصِ‎; الْخُصُوصِ al-ḵiṣāṣi‎; al-ʔaḵṣāṣi‎; al-ḵuṣūṣi	خِصَاصِ‎; أَخْصَاصِ‎; خُصُوصِ ḵiṣāṣi‎; ʔaḵṣāṣi‎; ḵuṣūṣi

Etymology 2

Noun

خَصّ • (ḵaṣṣ) m (collective, singulative خَصّة f (ḵaṣṣa))

1. alternative form of خَسّ (ḵass, “lettuce”)

Declension

Declension of noun خَصّ (ḵaṣṣ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَصّ ḵaṣṣ	الْخَصّ al-ḵaṣṣ	خَصّ ḵaṣṣ
Nominative	خَصٌّ ḵaṣṣun	الْخَصُّ al-ḵaṣṣu	خَصُّ ḵaṣṣu
Accusative	خَصًّا ḵaṣṣan	الْخَصَّ al-ḵaṣṣa	خَصَّ ḵaṣṣa
Genitive	خَصٍّ ḵaṣṣin	الْخَصِّ al-ḵaṣṣi	خَصِّ ḵaṣṣi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَصّة ḵaṣṣa	الْخَصّة al-ḵaṣṣa	خَصّة ḵaṣṣat
Nominative	خَصّةٌ ḵaṣṣatun	الْخَصّةُ al-ḵaṣṣatu	خَصّةُ ḵaṣṣatu
Accusative	خَصّةً ḵaṣṣatan	الْخَصّةَ al-ḵaṣṣata	خَصّةَ ḵaṣṣata
Genitive	خَصّةٍ ḵaṣṣatin	الْخَصّةِ al-ḵaṣṣati	خَصّةِ ḵaṣṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَصّتَيْن ḵaṣṣatayn	الْخَصّتَيْن al-ḵaṣṣatayn	خَصّتَيْ ḵaṣṣatay
Nominative	خَصّتَانِ ḵaṣṣatāni	الْخَصّتَانِ al-ḵaṣṣatāni	خَصّتَا ḵaṣṣatā
Accusative	خَصّتَيْنِ ḵaṣṣatayni	الْخَصّتَيْنِ al-ḵaṣṣatayni	خَصّتَيْ ḵaṣṣatay
Genitive	خَصّتَيْنِ ḵaṣṣatayni	الْخَصّتَيْنِ al-ḵaṣṣatayni	خَصّتَيْ ḵaṣṣatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَصَّات ḵaṣṣāt	الْخَصَّات al-ḵaṣṣāt	خَصَّات ḵaṣṣāt
Nominative	خَصَّاتٌ ḵaṣṣātun	الْخَصَّاتُ al-ḵaṣṣātu	خَصَّاتُ ḵaṣṣātu
Accusative	خَصَّاتٍ ḵaṣṣātin	الْخَصَّاتِ al-ḵaṣṣāti	خَصَّاتِ ḵaṣṣāti
Genitive	خَصَّاتٍ ḵaṣṣātin	الْخَصَّاتِ al-ḵaṣṣāti	خَصَّاتِ ḵaṣṣāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 746
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خص”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 337–338