خنس

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Arabic

Root
خ ن س (ḵ n s)
2 terms

Verb

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 , which fly by and fade

Conjugation

Noun

خُنَّس (ḵunnaspl

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

Adjective

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

خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, camous)

Noun

خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, wild bovine)