خسيس

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Arabic

Root
خ س س (ḵ-s-s)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Descendants

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