خوص

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ و ص (ḵ-w-ṣ)

Verb

خَوِصَ • (ḵawiṣa) I, non-past يَخْوَصُ‎ (yaḵwaṣu)

1. to have depressed eye(s), to have deep-sunken eye(s); respectively of the eye: to be depressed, to be deep-sunken

Conjugation

Conjugation of

خَوِصَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun خَوَص)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						خَوَص ḵawaṣ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						خَاوِص ḵāwiṣ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خَوِصْتُ ḵawiṣtu	خَوِصْتَ ḵawiṣta	خَوِصَ ḵawiṣa		خَوِصْتُمَا ḵawiṣtumā	خَوِصَا ḵawiṣā		خَوِصْنَا ḵawiṣnā	خَوِصْتُمْ ḵawiṣtum	خَوِصُوا ḵawiṣū
	f		خَوِصْتِ ḵawiṣti	خَوِصَتْ ḵawiṣat			خَوِصَتَا ḵawiṣatā			خَوِصْتُنَّ ḵawiṣtunna	خَوِصْنَ ḵawiṣna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَخْوَصُ ʔaḵwaṣu	تَخْوَصُ taḵwaṣu	يَخْوَصُ yaḵwaṣu		تَخْوَصَانِ taḵwaṣāni	يَخْوَصَانِ yaḵwaṣāni		نَخْوَصُ naḵwaṣu	تَخْوَصُونَ taḵwaṣūna	يَخْوَصُونَ yaḵwaṣūna
	f		تَخْوَصِينَ taḵwaṣīna	تَخْوَصُ taḵwaṣu			تَخْوَصَانِ taḵwaṣāni			تَخْوَصْنَ taḵwaṣna	يَخْوَصْنَ yaḵwaṣna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَخْوَصَ ʔaḵwaṣa	تَخْوَصَ taḵwaṣa	يَخْوَصَ yaḵwaṣa		تَخْوَصَا taḵwaṣā	يَخْوَصَا yaḵwaṣā		نَخْوَصَ naḵwaṣa	تَخْوَصُوا taḵwaṣū	يَخْوَصُوا yaḵwaṣū
	f		تَخْوَصِي taḵwaṣī	تَخْوَصَ taḵwaṣa			تَخْوَصَا taḵwaṣā			تَخْوَصْنَ taḵwaṣna	يَخْوَصْنَ yaḵwaṣna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَخْوَصْ ʔaḵwaṣ	تَخْوَصْ taḵwaṣ	يَخْوَصْ yaḵwaṣ		تَخْوَصَا taḵwaṣā	يَخْوَصَا yaḵwaṣā		نَخْوَصْ naḵwaṣ	تَخْوَصُوا taḵwaṣū	يَخْوَصُوا yaḵwaṣū
	f		تَخْوَصِي taḵwaṣī	تَخْوَصْ taḵwaṣ			تَخْوَصَا taḵwaṣā			تَخْوَصْنَ taḵwaṣna	يَخْوَصْنَ yaḵwaṣna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِخْوَصْ iḵwaṣ			اِخْوَصَا iḵwaṣā				اِخْوَصُوا iḵwaṣū
	f		اِخْوَصِي iḵwaṣī							اِخْوَصْنَ iḵwaṣna

Noun

خَوَص • (ḵawaṣ) m

1. the state of having depressed or deep-sunken eyes, or of an eye being depressed or deep-sunken, verbal noun of خَوِصَ (ḵawiṣa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوَص (ḵawaṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوَص ḵawaṣ	الْخَوَص al-ḵawaṣ	خَوَص ḵawaṣ
Nominative	خَوَصٌ ḵawaṣun	الْخَوَصُ al-ḵawaṣu	خَوَصُ ḵawaṣu
Accusative	خَوَصًا ḵawaṣan	الْخَوَصَ al-ḵawaṣa	خَوَصَ ḵawaṣa
Genitive	خَوَصٍ ḵawaṣin	الْخَوَصِ al-ḵawaṣi	خَوَصِ ḵawaṣi

Adjective

خُوص • (ḵūṣ) c pl

1. common plural of أَخْوَص (ʔaḵwaṣ, “having depressed or deep-sunken eyes, (respectively in relation to eyes) depressed or deep-sunken”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic חוצא / ܚܘܨܐ (ḥwaṣṣā, ḥūṣā), same.

Noun

خُوص • (ḵūṣ) m (collective, singulative خُوصَة f (ḵūṣa)) (collective)

1. frond or leaves of the palm tree

Declension

Declension of noun خُوص (ḵūṣ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوص ḵūṣ	الْخُوص al-ḵūṣ	خُوص ḵūṣ
Nominative	خُوصٌ ḵūṣun	الْخُوصُ al-ḵūṣu	خُوصُ ḵūṣu
Accusative	خُوصًا ḵūṣan	الْخُوصَ al-ḵūṣa	خُوصَ ḵūṣa
Genitive	خُوصٍ ḵūṣin	الْخُوصِ al-ḵūṣi	خُوصِ ḵūṣi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوصَة ḵūṣa	الْخُوصَة al-ḵūṣa	خُوصَة ḵūṣat
Nominative	خُوصَةٌ ḵūṣatun	الْخُوصَةُ al-ḵūṣatu	خُوصَةُ ḵūṣatu
Accusative	خُوصَةً ḵūṣatan	الْخُوصَةَ al-ḵūṣata	خُوصَةَ ḵūṣata
Genitive	خُوصَةٍ ḵūṣatin	الْخُوصَةِ al-ḵūṣati	خُوصَةِ ḵūṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوصَتَيْن ḵūṣatayn	الْخُوصَتَيْن al-ḵūṣatayn	خُوصَتَيْ ḵūṣatay
Nominative	خُوصَتَانِ ḵūṣatāni	الْخُوصَتَانِ al-ḵūṣatāni	خُوصَتَا ḵūṣatā
Accusative	خُوصَتَيْنِ ḵūṣatayni	الْخُوصَتَيْنِ al-ḵūṣatayni	خُوصَتَيْ ḵūṣatay
Genitive	خُوصَتَيْنِ ḵūṣatayni	الْخُوصَتَيْنِ al-ḵūṣatayni	خُوصَتَيْ ḵūṣatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُوصَات ḵūṣāt	الْخُوصَات al-ḵūṣāt	خُوصَات ḵūṣāt
Nominative	خُوصَاتٌ ḵūṣātun	الْخُوصَاتُ al-ḵūṣātu	خُوصَاتُ ḵūṣātu
Accusative	خُوصَاتٍ ḵūṣātin	الْخُوصَاتِ al-ḵūṣāti	خُوصَاتِ ḵūṣāti
Genitive	خُوصَاتٍ ḵūṣātin	الْخُوصَاتِ al-ḵūṣāti	خُوصَاتِ ḵūṣāti

References

• “ḥwṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 146
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 116
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 328 seqq.