muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarشُخُوصٌ شَخَصٌ شَخَاصَةٌ
Core sense — he, or it, rose; his eye became fixedly open; he went away from a placegenerated
1.1he, or it, rose, or became raised—شَخَصَ
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1.1.1[A figure seen from a distance rose to his view]—شَخَصَ لَهُ شَخْصٌ
Hence: it (a star) rose.
Mentioned under زول.
1.1.2figurative · مجازhis eyes became fixedly open: or his eye became raised: or his sight became stretched and raised—شَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ
[See the Kur 14:43 and 21:97.]
Said when a man opens his eyes and then does not move his eyelids. In some copies of the K, بَصَرَهُ, but this occurs later in that work.
[My eye, or eyes, became fixedly open, or raised, or my sight became stretched and raised, towards you]—شَخَصَ إِلَيْكَ بَصَرِى
the eyelids of the dying man became raised upwards—شَخَصَ بَصَرُ المَيِّتِ
Maṣdar as above. Also: the eyes of the dying man became fixedly open. He looked intently, and became disquieted, or disturbed.
Qur’ān 14:38 approximate — somewhere between 14:27 and 14:52 Lane cites “Kur xiv. 43”
Qur’ān 14:42 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَـٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُThink not that Allah doth not heed the deeds of those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will fixedly stare in horror,-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe word, or sentence, rose [from the mouth] towards the palate—سَخَصَتِ الكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الفَمِ
This is sometimes natural: that is, one's raising his voice and not being able to lower it.
1.1.4figurative · مجازthe arrow rose [so as to deviate] from the target—شَخَصَ السَّهْمُ
Maṣdar as above.
Or: the arrow passed beyond the target, going above it; or it rose in the sky.
1.1.5he went, or went away, from one town or country to another—شَخَصَ
Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above. Or: he went forth from one place to another, or from the place where he was staying; or he journeyed upwards.
he went forth from his people—شَخَصَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ
he returned to them—شَخَصَ إِلَيْهِمْ
1.1.6
Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above: it (a thing) rose, or swelled, or became swollen; it (a wound) rose and became swollen; [it was, or became, protuberant, or prominent.]
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe raised his eye, or sight, towards the sky, and did not move his eyelids—شَخَصَ بَصَرَهُ
Said of a dying man.
Or: he stretched and raised his sight; or he opened his eyes and did not move his eyelids, looking fixedly.
Or شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ, or both forms; in the TA said to be figurative.
Or شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ, or شَخَصَ alone, in one copy of the A, where it is listed among proper expressions.
1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[He raises his voice, and is not able to lower it]—يَشْخَصُ بِصَوْتِهِ فَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى خَفْضِهِ
1.2.2figurative · مجاز[He was disquieted by a thing that happened to him]—شُخِصَ بِهِ
Or: a thing that disquieted him happened to him; or a thing happened to him and disquieted him, as though he were raised from the ground by his disquiet.
Of the same measure as عُنِىَ, or as شُخِصَ alone; or the verb is شَخِصَ بِهِ أَمْرٌ, of the same measure as تَعِبَ.
See also Form 4.
1.3he (a man) was, or became, big, bulky, or corpulent—شَخُصَ
or this last is a simple noun, for ISd says that he has not heard a verb of which it may be the maṣdar.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
14:42
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَـٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُThink not that Allah doth not heed the deeds of those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will fixedly stare in horror,-
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,) aor. شَخَصَ , (A, Msb, K,) inf. n. شُخُوصٌ , (S, Msb, K,) He, or it, rose; or became raised, or elevated. (S, A, Msb, K.) [Hence,] It (a star) rose. (K.) And شَخَصَ لَهُ شَخْصٌ [A figure seen from a distance rose to his view]. (TA in art. زول .) شَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ (S, Mgh, Msb, K, [in some copies of the K, بَصَرَهُ , but this occurs afterwards in that work,]) is said when a man opens his eyes and then does not move his eyelids; [and signifies His eyes, or lit., his eye, became fixedly open:] (S, K: *) or it signifies his eye became raised: (Msb:) or his sight became stretched and raised. (Mgh.) [See the Kur xiv. 43, and xxi. 97.] You say, شَخَصَ إِلَيْكَ بَصَرِى [My eye, or eyes, became fixedly open, or raised, or my sight became stretched and raised, towards thee]. (A.) And شَخَصَ بَصَرُ المَيِّتِ , (A,) inf. n. as above, (IAth,) [The eye, or eyes, of the dying man became fixedly open: or] the eyelids of the dying man became raised upwards, and he looked intently, and became disquieted, or disturbed. (IAth.) سَخَصَتِ الكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الفَمِ The word, or sentence, rose [from the mouth] towards the palate: this is sometimes natural: i. e., one's raising his voice, and not being able to lower it. (K.) شَخَصَ السَّهْمُ (inf. n. as above, Msb,) The arrow rose [so as to deviate] from the butt, or object of aim: (K:) or the arrow passed beyond the butt, or object of aim, going above it: (A, Msb:) or rose in the sky. (ISh.) شَخَصَ (aor. as above, Msb, and so the inf. n., S, Msb,) also signifies He went, or went away, from one town or country to another: (S, A, K:) or he went forth from one place to another, (Msb,) or from his place of alighting or abiding: (TA:) or [so accord. to the TA, but in the K “ and ”] he journeyed upwards. (K, TA.) You say also, شَخَصَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ He went forth from his people: and شَخَصَ إِلَيْهِمْ he returned to them. (TA.) Also, (M, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) It (a thing) rose; or swelled; or became swollen: (M:) it (a wound) rose, and became swollen: (M, K:) [it was, or became, protuberant, or prominent.] شَخَصَ بَصَرَهُ , (Msb, K, TA,) or شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ , (Mgh,) or both, (TA, [in which it is said to be tropical,]) and شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَآءِ , (Msb,) or شَخَصَ [alone], (so in a copy of the A, [in which it is mentioned among proper expressions,]) He raised his eye, or sight, (K, TA,) towards the sky, and did not move his eyelids; said of a dying man: (TA:) or he stretched and raised his sight: (Mgh:) or he opened his eyes, (A, Msb,) and did not move his eyelids, (A,) or [looking fixedly,] not moving his eyelids. (Msb.) يَشْخَصُ بِصَوْتِهِ فَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى خَفْضِهِ [He raises his voice, and is not able to lower it]. (K.) شُخِصَ بِهِ , (S, K,) coordinate to عُنِىَ , (K,) or شُخِصَ [alone], (so in a copy of the A,) or شَخِصَ بِهِ أَمْرٌ , coordinate to تَعِبَ , inf. n. شَخَصٌ , (Msb,) [He was disquieted by a thing that happened to him: or] a thing that disquieted him happened to him: (S, A, K:) or a thing happened to him and disquieted him: (Msb:) as though he were raised from the ground by reason of his disquietude. (TA.) [See also 4.] شَخُصَ , aor. شَخُصَ , (S, K,) inf. n. شَخَاصَةٌ , or this is a simple subst., [for] ISd says, I have not heard a verb of which it may be the inf. n., (TA,) [if used, signifying] He (a man, S) was, or became, big, bulky, or corpulent. (S, K.)