خسر

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Form 1خَسِرَ5 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarخُسْرَانٌ خَسْرٌ إِخْسَارٌ

Core sense — he lost, or suffered loss; he went astray; he made it deficientgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe lost, or suffered loss, in selling—فِى البَيْعِ

also خَسَرَ, but this last is an unusual form [except in the sense of أَخْسَرَ].

Maṣdar خُسْرَانٌ, خُسْرٌ and خَسَارَةٌ — the only forms assigned to the verb when it is used of traffic — and also خُسُرٌ, خَسْرٌ, خَسَرٌ and خَسَارٌ.

he lost in his selling—فِى بَيَعِهِ

he lost in his traffic—فِى تِجَارَتِهِ

He lost, or suffered loss or diminution; or he was deceived, cheated, or beguiled.

Loss is the original meaning: he suffered diminution of his capital and lost part of it; and he lost his capital altogether.

his traffic was losing, or an occasion of loss—خَسِرَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ

خُسْرَانٌ is attributed to an action as well as to a man, and in that case the verb is used figuratively; the opposite is رَبِحَتْ.

It is also used of personal acquisitions, such as health, safety, intellect, faith, and the reward of obedience to God, which God has declared [Kur 22:11 and 39:17] to be a clear خُسْرَان, since there is nothing like it.

he lost his intellect—خَسِرَ عَقْلَهُ

[In a phrase of this kind the noun immediately following the verb may be considered as in the accusative case because a preposition, namely فِى, has been dropped, for] it is said that خَسِرَ is never used other than intransitively, though this has been contradicted on the ground of the following phrase in the Kur [22:11], and the like:

he lost his property—مَالَهُ

he has lost the things of the present life and of the life to come—خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ

who shall have lost themselves, or their own souls, and their families—ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أَهْلِيهِمْ

That is, they lost themselves, or their own souls, by their having erred, and their families by their having caused them to err, or by being separated from them for ever; or by being made to remain for ever in Hell, and by not gaining access to the حُور prepared in Paradise [as wives] for the believers. According to Fr: who shall be deceived of their own souls. According to others: who shall have destroyed their own souls.

Qur’ān 22:11 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxii. 11”

Qur’ān 39:15 approximate — somewhere between 39:5 and 39:45 Lane cites “Kur xxxix. 17”

Lane cites “Bd in iv. 118” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 22:11 Lane quotes this verse

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيْرٌ ٱطْمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.1

Also: he experienced, or saw, that he was a loser; his loss became clear to him. So in the Kur 40 [verse 78 and] the last verse.

1.1.2

Also, with all the maṣdar forms mentioned above: he erred, went astray, or missed the right way; or he became lost, he perished, or he died. Synonymous with ضَلَّ and هَلَكَ.

1.2he made it defective, or deficient—خَسَرَهُ

So A 'Obeyd, IAar and Zj. Muḍāriʿ خَسِرَ and خَسُرَ; maṣdar خَسْرٌ, خُسْرَانٌ and اخسرهُ; A 'Obeyd also gives the maṣdars إِخْسَارٌ and خسّرهُ.

A 'Obeyd: said of the weight, the measure, the thing weighed, and the balance, by diminishing the weight.

The second of these forms is more common in this sense than the first and the third.

For وَ لَا تُخْسِرُوا ٱلْمِيزَانَ in the Kur 55:8 there are three other readings: تَخْسُرُوا, تَخْسُروا and تَخْسَرُوا; in the last of these the preposition فِى is left out after the verb.

Qur’ān 55:8 approximate — somewhere between 55:1 and 55:26 Lane cites “Kur lv. 8”

Lane cites “Bd in lv. 8” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 55:9 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2.1

[And: he, or it, made him lose, or suffer loss; made him err, or go astray; made him become lost, or perish.]

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 16

6:20

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمُ ۘ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to believe.

7:9

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.

11:21

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and the (fancies) they invented have left them in the lurch!

23:103

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ

But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide.

45:27

وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and the Day that the Hour of Judgment is established,- that Day will the dealers in Falsehood perish!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. خَسَرَ ; (K;) and خَسَرَ , aor. خَسِرَ ; (K;) but the latter is an unusual form [except in the sense of أَخْسَرَ ]; (B, TA;) inf. n. خُسْرَانٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and خُسْرٌ (S, Msb, K) and خَسَارَةٌ (Msb, K) [which are the only forms assigned in the TA to the verb when used with reference to traffic] and خُسُرٌ and خَسْرٌ and خَسَرٌ and خَسَارٌ ; (K;) He lost, or suffered loss or diminution: or he was deceived, cheated, beguiled, or circumvented: (K:) فِى البَيْعِ in selling; (S;) or فِى بَيَعِهِ in his selling; (A;) or فِى تِجَارَتِهِ in his traffic: (Msb, K: [see also 4:]) the former is the original signification: (TA:) he suffered diminution of his capital; he lost part thereof: (B, TA:) and he lost his capital altogether. (Bd in iv. 118; &c.) خُسْرَانٌ is also attributed to an action, as well as to a man: (B, TA:) you say, (but in this case the verb is used tropically, A,) خَسِرَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ [His traffic was losing; or an occasion of loss]; (A, B;) opposed to رَبِحَتْ . (A.) It is also used in relation to personal acquisitions; such as health, and safety, and intellect, and faith, and the recompense or reward of obedience [to God], which God has declared [Kur xxii. 11 and xxxix. 17] to be manifest خُسْرَان , (B,) since there is none like it. (Bd.) For instance, you say, خَسِرَ عَقْلَهُ , and مَالَهُ , He lost his intellect, and his property. (IAar.) [In a phrase of this kind, the noun which immediately follows the verb may be considered as put in the accus. case on account of the rejection of a prep., namely فِى : for] it is said that خَسِرَ is never used otherwise than intransitively: though this has been contradicted, on the ground of the following phrase in the Kur [xxii. 11], خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ [He hath lost, or he loseth, the things of the present life and of the latter life]; and the like; as ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أَهْلِيهِمْ [Who shall have lost themselves, or their own souls, and their families, or their wives; Kur xxxix. 17 and xlii. 44]; (MF, TA;) i. e., themselves, or their own souls, by their having erred, and their families by their having caused them to err, or by being separated from them for ever; (Bd;) or by being themselves made to remain for ever in Hell, and by their not gaining access to the حُور prepared in Paradise [as wives] for the believers: (Jel:) or the meaning is, accord. to Fr, who shall be deceived of their own souls, &c.: or, accord. to others, who shall have destroyed their own souls, &c. (TA.) Also [He experienced, or saw, that he was loser; or] his having lost became manifest to him: so in the Kur xl. [78 and] last verse. (TA.) Also (with all the forms of the inf. n. above mentioned, K,) He erred; went astray; deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way: or he became lost; he perished; or he died: syn. ضَلَّ , (K,) and هَلَكَ . (Msb.) خَسَرَهُ , (A 'Obeyd, IAar, Zj, S, A, &c.,) aor. خَسِرَ (Zj, Msb) and خَسُرَ , (Bd in lv. 8,) inf. n. خَسْرٌ (Msb, K) and خُسْرَانٌ ; (K;) and اخسرهُ , (A 'Obeyd, Zj, S, A, Msb,) inf. n. إِخْسَارٌ ; (Msb, K;) and خسّرهُ ; (A;) He made it defective, or deficient; (A 'Obeyd, IAar, Zj, S, A, Msb, K;) namely, the weight, and the measure; (Zj, TA;) and the thing weighed; (TA;) and the balance, (A 'Obeyd, IAar, Zj, A, Msb,) by diminishing the weight. (Msb.) ↓ The second of these forms is more common, in this sense, than the first (Zj, TA) [and than the third]. For وَ لَا تُخْسِرُوا ٱلْمِيزَانَ , in the Kur lv. 8, there are three other readings; namely تَخْسُرُوا and تَخْسُروا and تَخْسَرُوا ; in the last of which, the prep. فِى is omitted after the verb. (Bd.) [And He, or it, made him to lose, or suffer loss; to err, or go astray; to become lost, or to perish.]

Form 2خسّرهُ3 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَخْسِيرٌ

Core sense — he destroyed him; he estranged him from good; he imputed loss to himgenerated

2.1figurative · مجازthe evilness of his conduct caused him to perish—خسّرهُ سُوْءُ عَمَلِهِ

the same as خَسَرَهُ.

In particular: he, or it, destroyed him, caused him to perish.

2.1.1

He put him far away; removed, alienated, or estranged him from good, or prosperity.

2.1.2

He attributed, or imputed, to him خُسْرَان [i.e. loss; or error, deviation from the right way]: like كَذَّبَهُ, meaning “he attributed, or imputed, lying to him”, and the like.

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, (A, K,) inf. n. تَخْسِيرٌ , (S, K,) i. q. خَسَرَهُ , q. v.: (A:) [and particularly] He, or it, destroyed him; caused him to perish. (S, K.) You say, خسّرهُ سُوْءُ عَمَلِهِ The evilness of his conduct caused him to perish. (A.) He put him away, or far away; removed, alienated, or estranged, him; (IAar, Msb;) from good, or prosperity. (IAar.) He attributed, or imputed, to him خُسْرَان [i. e. loss; or error, or deviation from the right way]: like كَذَّبَهُ meaning “ he attributed, or imputed, to him lying, ” &c. (Msb.)

Form 4اخسرهُ2 senses

Core sense — he made him suffer loss in his trafficgenerated

4.1

A 'Obeyd: the same as خَسَرَهُ, which see in three places.

In particular: he made him lose, or suffer loss, in his traffic; the opposite of أَرْبَحَهُ.

4.2he fell into loss; he met with loss in his traffic—اخسر

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

55:9

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.

83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.

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i. q. خَسَرَهُ , which see in three places: (A 'Obeyd, Zj, S, A, Msb:) [and particularly] He made him to lose, or suffer loss, in his traffic; contr. of أَرْبَحَهُ . (A.) And اخسر He fell into loss; (A;) he met with loss in his traffic. (TA. [See also 1.])

Derived nouns 20

Nounخُسْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — loss; punishment for singenerated

A maṣdar of خَسِرَ.

In the Kur 103:2 it means, according to some, punishment for sin.

Lane cites “Kur ciii. 2” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped

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an inf. n. of خَسِرَ . (S, Msb, K.) In the Kur ciii. 2, accord. to some, it means Punishment for sin. (TA.)

Nounخَسِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — losing, suffering loss; going astraygenerated

See خَاسِرٌ.

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: see خَاسِرٌ .

Nounخُسْرَانٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — loss; being deceived; error, deviation from the right waygenerated

A maṣdar of خَسِرَ. [For its particular usages see form 1. As a simple noun it generally means loss, or the state of suffering loss or diminution; the state of being deceived or cheated; error, or deviation from the right way; or the state of becoming lost, of perishing, or of dying.]

1.1

It is also a maṣdar of خَسَرَهُ.

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an inf. n. of خَسِرَ . (S, A, Msb, K.) [For particular usages thereof, see 1. As a simple subst., it generally signifies Loss, or the state of suffering loss or diminution: the state of being deceived or cheated: error, or deviation from the right way: (see also خَسَارٌ :) or the state of becoming lost, of perishing, or of dying.] It is also an inf. n. of خَسَرَهُ . (K.)

Nounخُسْرَوِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a certain kind of garment or clothgenerated

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Nounخُسْرَوَانِىٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a certain kind of garment or cloth; a certain winegenerated

Or خُسْرُوَانِىٌّ, but the former is the better known.

A certain kind of garment or cloth, so called in relation to Khusrow Sháh, one of the [kings of Persia called] أَكَاسِرَة [plural of كِسْرَى or كَسْرَى]; also خُسْرَوِىٌّ.

1.1

And: a certain wine or beverage.

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, (A, K,) or خُسْرُوَانِىٌّ , (TA, [but the former is the better known,]) A certain kind of garment or cloth; (A, K;) so called in relation to Khusrow Sháh, one of the [kings of Persia called] أَكَاسِرَة [pl. of كِسْرَى or كَسْرَى ]; as also خُسْرَوِىٌّ . (A, TA.) And A certain wine or beverage. (K.)

Nounخَسَارٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — error, deviation from the right way; perdition, death; baseness, meannessgenerated

This word, together with خَسَارَةٌ [both maṣdars of خَسِرَ] and خَيْسَرَى, written in some copies خَنْسَرَى with ن: error, or deviation from the right way [like خُسْرَانٌ]; and perdition, or death.

Also خَنَاسِيرُ, given in the article خنسر, which is of a plural form but has no singular.

1.1

And all the foregoing words, including خناسير: baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness; the last, in poetry, shortened to خَنَاسِرُ and خَيْسَرَى, and, as some say, خَنَاسِيرُ: perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery.

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and خَسَارَةٌ , [both inf. ns. of خَسِرَ , q. v.,] (S,) and خَيْسَرَى , (S, M, K, in some copies of the K written خَنْسَرَى , with ن , TA,) Error; or deviation from the right way: [like خُسْرَانٌ :] (S:) and perdition; or death; (S, K;) as also خَنَاسِيرُ , (S, and K in art. خنسر ,) which last [is of a pl. form, but] has no sing. (S.) And all the foregoing words, including خناسير , Baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness; (K;) the last, in poetry, shortened to خَنَاسِرُ : (TA:) and خَيْسَرَى , (K,) and, as some say, خَنَاسِيرُ , (TA,) perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery. (K, TA.)

Nounخَسِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — losing, suffering loss; going astraygenerated

See خَاسِرٌ.

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: see خَاسِرٌ .

Nounخَسَارَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — loss; error, deviation from the right waygenerated

See خَسَارٌ.

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: see خَسَارٌ .

Nounخَاسِرٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — losing, suffering loss in his traffic; going astray; perishinggenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredlosing traffic; traffic that is an occasion of loss—تِجَارَةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

Losing, or suffering loss, in his traffic.

The opposite of رَابِحَةٌ.

a bargain that brings no gain, but causes loss—صَفْقَةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

an unprofitable charge or assault—كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

1.1

One who has lost his property and his intellect.

1.2in his mouth be dust, and may the fever of Kheyber come upon him, and evil be what he shall see, for he is one who goes astray—بِفِيهِ البَرَى وَ حُمَّى خَيْبَرَى وَ شَرٌّ مَا يَرَى فَإِنَّهُ خَيْسَرَى

Erring; going astray; missing the right way; or becoming lost, perishing, or dying. Synonymous with ضَالٌّ; and so also خَسِرٌ, خَسِيرٌ and خَيْسَرَى, the last written in the CK خَيْسَرِىٌّ, or خَيْسَرٌ.

It is said to occur [as an adjective] only in the following saying, in which خَيْسَرَى is said to be put for خَيْسَرٌ to match the words before it:

Another reading, given in the article ورى, puts بِهِ الوَرَى in place of بفيه البرى, meaning a certain disease.

foolish, or stupid, erring, and utterly perishing—أَحْمَقُ خَاسِرٌ دَابِرٌ دَامِرٌ

Given in the article بت. See بَاتٌّ, and see also دَامِرٌ.

1.3

Also: one who makes the measure and the balance deficient when he gives, and demands excess when he receives.

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Losing, or suffering loss, in his traffic. (Lth.) And [hence,] تِجَارَةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ [Losing traffic; traffic which is an occasion of loss]; opposed to رَابِحَةٌ . (A.) And صَفْقَةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ A bargain that does not bring gain [but on the contrary occasions loss]. (TA.) And كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ An unprofitable charge or assault. (K.) One who has lost his property, and his intellect. (IAar.) Erring; going astray; deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way: or becoming lost; perishing; or dying: syn. ضَالٌّ : (K:) and so خَسِرٌ (TA) and خَسِيرٌ and خَيْسَرَى , (K, TA, but the last written in the CK خَيْسَرِىٌّ ,) or خَيْسَرٌ , for it is said to occur [as an epithet] only in the following saying, in which خَيْسَرَى is said to be put for خَيْسَرٌ to assimilate it to preceding words: بِفِيهِ البَرَى وَ حُمَّى خَيْبَرَى وَ شَرٌّ مَا يَرَى فَإِنَّهُ خَيْسَرَى [In his mouth be dust, and may the fever of Kheyber befall him, and evil be that which he shall see, for he is one who goeth astray: but in the TA, in art. ورى , is another reading; for بفيه البرى , substituting بِهِ الوَرَى , meaning a certain disease]. (TA.) [Hence,] أَحْمَقُ خَاسِرٌ دَابِرٌ دَامِرٌ [Foolish, or stupid, erring, and utterly perishing]. (T in art. بت . [See بَاتٌّ : and see also دَامِرٌ .]) Also One who makes the measure, and the balance, defective, or deficient, when he gives, and demands excess when he receives. (AA.)

Nounخَاسِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — losing, suffering loss; going astraygenerated

See the next entry.

Qur’ānic occurrences خَاسِرَة

79:12

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

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Nounخَنْسَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man in a place, or condition, of loss; the weak of mankindgenerated

This word and خَنْسَرِىٌّ: a man in a place [or condition] of خُسْرَان, that is, of loss. Given in the present article and in the article خنسر.

Plural خَنَاسِرَةٌ, given in the article خنسر.

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And the plural الخَنَاسِرَةُ, in other copies الخَاسِرَةُ, but correctly الخَنَاسِرُ: the weak of mankind; and the small, or little, of them.

الخَنَاسِيرُ also has the former sense, and the latter sense as well.

And أَهْلُ الخِيَانَةِ: the people of perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery; and of baseness, ignobleness, or meanness; or اهل الجبانة, because of their weakness — as though meaning the people of cowardice; or it may mean the people of the burial-ground, for according to AHát الخناسير means those who conduct [to the burial-ground] the corpse, or the bier with the corpse; perhaps from خَنَاسِرُ, meaning “small, or little, and weak men”.

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and خَنْسَرِىٌّ A man in a place [or condition] of خُسْرَان [or loss, &c.]: (K in the present art. and in art. خنسر :) pl. خَنَاسِرَةٌ . (K in art. خنسر .) And [the pl.] الخَنَاسِرَةُ , in several copies of the K, in other copies of the K الخَاسِرَةُ , but correctly الخَنَاسِرُ , (TA,) The weak of mankind; (K, TA;) and the small, or little, of them; (TA;) as also الخَنَاسِيرُ , in the former sense, (K and TA in art. خنسر ,) and in the latter sense also: (TA in that art.:) and أَهْلُ الخِيَانَةِ ; (K and TA in this art.; and K in art. خنسر , accord. to several copies;) i. e. The people of perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery; and of baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness: (TA in the present art.:) or اهل الجبانة ; because of their weakness; (TA in art. خنسر ;) [as though meaning the people of cowardice ( الجَبَانَة ): or it may mean the people of the burial-ground ( الجَبَّانَة ); for, accord. to AHát, الخناسير signifies those who conduct [to the burial-ground] the corpse or the bier with the corpse; perhaps from خَنَاسِرُ meaning “ small, or little, and weak men. ” (TA.)

Nounخِنْسِرٌ2 senses

Core sense — base, ignoble, mean; perfidious, treacherous; a calamitygenerated

Given in the article خنسر [in the CK, wrongly, خِنْسَر], or خِنْسِيرٌ, according to Ibn-'Osfoor, AHei and the present article.

Base, ignoble, ungenerous, or mean; and perfidious, unfaithful, or treacherous.

Also, the first form according to the article خنسر, and the second likewise: a calamity, or misfortune. Plural of the latter in this sense خَنَاسِيرُ, like خَنَاثِيرُ.

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, (K in art. خنسر , [in the CK, erroneously, خِنْسَر ,]) or خِنْسِيرٌ , (Ibn-'Osfoor, AHei, and K in the present art.,) Base, ignoble, ungenerous, or mean: (K:) and perfidious, unfaithful, or treacherous. (TA in explanation of the latter.) Also (the former accord. to the K in art. خنسر , and the latter likewise accord. to the TA in the present art.,) A calamity, or misfortune: (K, TA:) pl. [of the latter] in this sense خَنَاسِيرُ , like خَنَاثِيرُ . (IAar, TA.)

Nounخَيْسَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — going astray; perishinggenerated

See خَاسِرٌ.

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Nounخَيْسَرَى3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — one who goes astray, or perishes; one who declines an invitation to foodgenerated

See خَسَارٌ, in two places.

And see also خَاسِرٌ.

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Also: one who will not accept an invitation to partake of food, for fear of being required to make a return for it: so in a tradition of 'Omar.

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: see خَسَارٌ , in two places: and see also خَاسِرٌ . Also One who will not accept an invitation to partake of food, lest he should be required to make a requital: so in a trad. of 'Omar. (TA.)

Nounخَنْسَرِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a man in a place, or condition, of lossgenerated

See خَنْسَرٌ.

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Nounخِنْسِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — base, ignoble, mean; perfidious, treacherousgenerated

See خِنْسِرٌ.

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: see خِنْسِرٌ .

Nounخَنَاسِرُ2 senses

Core sense — the weak of mankind; the small, or little, of themgenerated

See خَسَارٌ.

And see also خَنْسَرٌ.

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: see خَسَارٌ : and see also خَنْسَرٌ .

Nounخَنَاسِيرُ4 senses

Core sense — perdition, death; the urine of mountain-goats on herbage and treesgenerated

A word of a plural form having no singular: see خَسَارٌ, in three places.

[Also the plural of خِنْسِيرٌ.]

See also خَنْسَرٌ, in two places.

Also: the urine of the mountain-goats upon the herbage and the trees [or shrubs]; given here and in the article خنسر. In this sense too it has no singular.

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a word [of a pl. form] having no sing.: (S:) see خَسَارٌ , in three places. [Also pl. of خِنْسِيرٌ , q. v.] See also خَنْسَرٌ , in two places. Also The urine of the mountain-goats upon the herbage and the trees [or shrubs]: (K in this art. and in art. خنسر :) in which sense, also, it has no singular. (TA in the present art.)

Nounأَخْسَرُ1 sense

Core sense — one who suffers the greatest lossgenerated

Singular of أَخْسَرُونَ, which occurs in the Kur [11:24 and] 18:103 [and 21:70 and 27:5], and means the greatest losers; those who suffer, or shall suffer, the greatest loss.

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sing. of أَخْسَرُونَ , which occurs in the Kur [xi. 24 and] xviii. 103 [and xxi. 70 and xxvii. 5], (Akh, S,) and signifies The greatest losers; those who suffer, or shall suffer, the greatest loss. (Bd.)

Nounمَخْسَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an occasion, or cause, of loss; a cause of going astray or perishinggenerated

1figurative · مجازoccasions, or causes, of mockery are occasions, or causes, of loss—المَسَاخِرُ مَخَاسِرُ

[An occasion, or a cause, of loss; or of error, of going astray; or of becoming lost, of perishing, or of dying: a word of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ and the like: plural مَخَاسِرُ. Hence the saying:]

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[ An occasion, or a cause, of loss; or of error, or going astray; or of being lost, of perishing, or of dying: a word of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.: pl. مَخَاسِرُ . Hence the saying,] المَسَاخِرُ مَخَاسِرُ [Occasions, or causes, of mockery, or derision, or ridicule, are occasions, or causes, of loss, &c.]. (A.)