خنس

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Arabic

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Root
خ ن س (ḵ n s)
2 terms

Verb

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خَنَسَ (ḵanasa) I (non-past يَخْنُسُ (yaḵnusu), verbal noun خُنُوس (ḵunūs))

  1. to remain behind, to retreat, to recede, to retire, to narrow, to cower, to decrease, to tumble, to collapse, to go back, to hold
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:15-16:
      أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
      ʔuqsimu bi-l-ḵunnasi l-jawāri l-kunnasi
      I swear by the receding [planets], which fly by and fade

Conjugation

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Noun

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خُنَّس (ḵunnaspl

  1. planets, synonym of اَلْكَوَاكِب السَّيَّارَة (al-kawākib as-sayyāra)

Adjective

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خُنَّس (ḵunnaspl

  1. plural of خَانِس (ḵānis, active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa))
  2. plural of خَانِسَة (ḵānisa, feminine of the active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa))

Adjective

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خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, camous)

Noun

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خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, wild bovine)