خلسة

• IPA^(key): /xul.sa/

خُلْسَة • (ḵulsa) f (plural خُلْسَات (ḵulsāt) or خُلُسَات (ḵulusāt) or خُلَس (ḵulas))

1. something stolen, booty, plunder
   • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Jadaka al-Ghaithu:

     جَادَكَ ٱلْغَيْثُ إِذَا ٱلْغَيْثُ هَمَا – يَا زَمَانَ ٱلْوَصْلِ بِٱلْأَنْدَلُسِ – لَمْ يَكُنْ وَصْلُكَ إِلَّا حُلُمًا – فِي ٱلْكَرَى أَوْ خُلْسَةَ ٱلْمُخْتَلِسِ

     jādaka l-ḡayṯu ʔiḏā l-ḡayṯu hamā – yā zamāna l-waṣli bi-l-ʔandalusi – lam yakun waṣluka ʔillā ḥuluman – fī l-karā ʔaw ḵulsata l-muḵtalisi

     the rain would befit you if the rain fell – oh the time of reunion in Andalusia – your reunion wasn't but a dream – in the sleep or a surreptitious passing (= something that passes quickly)

2. opportunity, chance

   Synonym: فُرْصَة (furṣa)

   هٰذِهِ خُلْسَةٌ فَٱنْتَهِزْهَا!

   hāḏihi ḵulsatun fantahizhā!

   This is an opportunity so seize it!