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Form 1شَخَصَ11 senses · 3 main
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 raisedشَخَصَ

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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 raisedشَخَصَ 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 upwardsشَخَصَ 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 ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ

Think 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 palateسَخَصَتِ 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 targetشَخَصَ 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 anotherشَخَصَ

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 peopleشَخَصَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ
he returned to themشَخَصَ 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 eyelidsشَخَصَ 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 corpulentشَخُصَ

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 ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ

Think 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.)
Form 2شخّص الشَّىْءَ1 sense
maṣdarتَشْخِيصٌ

Core sense — he individuated the thinggenerated

2.1figurative · مجاز

He individuated the thing; synonym عَيَّنَهُ..

[From شَخْصٌ, which see.]

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, (A,) inf. n. تَشْخِيصٌ . (TA,) He individuated the thing; syn. عَيَّنَهُ . (A, TA.) [From شَخْصٌ , q. v.]
Form 4اشخصهُ8 senses · 4 main

Core sense — he made him, or it, rise; he made him go away from a placegenerated

4.1[He raised himself; or drew, or stretched, himself up]اشخص نَفْسَهُ

[He made him, or it, to rise, or become raised or elevated.]

Mentioned under علب.

4.1.1figurative · مجازhe made his arrow pass beyond the target, going above itاشخص بِسَهْمِهِ
4.1.2he made him go, or go away, from one town or country to anotherاشخصهُ

Or: to go forth from one place to another; or to go, or journey; or to journey upwards.

4.1.3figurative · مجاز

He disquieted him, so that he went away from a place.

See also Form 1.

4.2figurative · مجازhis (an archer's) arrow passed beyond the target, going above itاشخص
4.3

The time of his journeying, going away, or departing, came.

4.4figurative · مجازhe showed him a sour, or harsh, face; he looked at him in a sour mannerاشخص إِلَيْهِ

Or اشخص لَهُ, mentioned under شخس.

he was sour, or harsh, in speechفِى المَنْطِقِ

Also اشخس, according to Aboo Saʿeed, mentioned under شخس.

4.4.1figurative · مجازhe spoke evil of such a one behind his back, or in his absenceاشخص بِفُلَانٍ

With truth, or though it might be with truth; synonym اِغْتَابَهُ, on the authority of Yaakoob from AO.

Also اشخس (AO, Yaakoob).

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[He made him, or it, to rise, or become raised or elevated]. You say, اشخص نَفْسَهُ [He raised himself; or drew, or stretched, himself up]. (S and K in art. علب .) اشخص بِسَهْمِهِ He made his arrow to pass beyond the butt, or object of aim, going above it. (A.) And اشخصهُ He made him to go, or go away, from one town or country to another: (S:) or to go forth from one place to another: (A, * Msb:) or to go, or journey: (A in art. سير :) or to journey upwards. (TA.) He disquieted him, (K, TA,) so that he went away from a place. (TA.) [See also 1.] اشخص His (an archer's) arrow passed beyond the butt, or object of aim, (S, A, Msb, K,) going above it. (S, A, Msb.) The time of his journeying, going away, or departing, came, or arrived. (S, K, TA.) اشخص إِلَيْهِ He showed him a sour, a crabbed, or an austere, face, or countenance; looked at him in a sour, a crabbed, or an austere, manner; (A, TA;) or so اشخص لَهُ , (TA in art. شخس ,) فِى المَنْطِقِ in speech; as also اشخس . (Aboo Sa'eed, O and TA in art. شخس .) اشخص بِفُلَانٍ He spoke evil of such a one behind his back, or in his absence, or otherwise, with truth, or though it might be with truth; syn. اِغْتَابَهُ ; (Yaakoob on the authority of AO, S, A, K;) as also اشخس . (AO, Yaakoob, S.)
Form 5تشخّص1 sense

Core sense — it became individuated, it assumed individuality or personalitygenerated

5.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Quasi-passive of Form 2: [it was, or became, individuated; it, or he, had, or assumed, the quality of individuality or personality; synonym تَعَيَّنَ.]

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[quasi-pass. of 2; It was, or became, individuated; it, or he, had, or assumed, the quality of individuality or personality; syn. تَعَيَّنَ ].

Derived nouns 7

Nounشَخْصٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a body, or bodily form, seen from a distance; a person, an individualgenerated

1the body, or bodily form or figure or substance, of a man or of some other thing, which one sees from a distanceسَوَاد

It applies alike to what is termed جُثَّةٌ and to what is termed طَلَلٌ in relation to a man: that is, to a man sitting or sleeping [or lying down], and to a man standing erect.

Or, according to El-Khattábee, it is applied only to a body, or material substance, that is composed, [not simple,] and has height; or to any body or material substance [that is somewhat high, and conspicuous, or] having height and appearance.

Plural of paucity أَشْخُصٌ; plurals of multitude أَشْخَاصٌ [which is properly another plural of paucity], شُخُوصٌ, and شِخَاصٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازa man himself; a man's self, or person; a person, a being, an individualذَات

Synonym نَفْسٌ [also synonymous with ذَاتٌ].

As in this verse of ʿAmr Ibn-Rabeeʿah, cited by Sb: [And three persons, namely, two girls whose breasts were beginning to swell and one who had attained the age of puberty, were my shield against such as I was fearing]

shāhid
فَكَانَ مِجَنِّى دُونَ مَنْ كُنْتُ أَتَّقِىثَلَاثُ شُخُوصٍ كَاعِبَانِ وَمُعْصِرُ

Here the meaning is ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفُسٍ, the poet making the word feminine because it relates to females; but Rubeh is related to have said ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْخُصٍ, meaning, of women.

Er-Rāghib: a شَخْص [meaning a person] ceases to be a شخص by being divided, whereas when a جِسْم is divided, no part of it ceases to be a جسم.

[There is not any being more jealous than God]لَا شَخْصَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ

Said in a tradition; شخص is here used metaphorically for ذَات. Or the meaning is that a person should not be more jealous than God. According to one relation the words are لَا شَىْءَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ, which has the first of these two meanings.

[It is also used in a plural sense: see a verse of Ziyád el-Aajam under الى.]

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The body, or bodily or corporeal form or figure or substance, ( سَوَاد ,) of a man, (S, A, Msb, K,) or some other object or thing, (S, A, K,) which one sees from a distance: (S, A, Msb, K:) applying in common to what is termed جُثَّةٌ and what is termed طَلَلٌ , in relation to a man; i. e., in relation to a man sitting or sleeping [or lying down], and in relation to a man standing erect: (Msb, voce جُثَّةٌ :) or it is applied only to a body, or material substance, composed, [not simple,] and having height: (El-Khattábee, Msb, TA:) or any body, or material thing or substance, [that is somewhat high, and conspicuous, or] having height and appearance: (IAth, TA:) pl. (of pauc., S) أَشْخُصٌ (S, K) and (of mult., S) أَشْخَاصٌ [which is properly another pl. of pauc.] and شُخُوصٌ (S, A, K) and شِخَاصٌ . (TA.) Then used as signifying A man himself; a man's self, or person; his ذَات ; (Msb;) [i. e.,] a person; a being; an individual; syn. نَفْسٌ [also syn. with ذَاتٌ ]; (L, TA;) as in the following verse of 'Amr Ibn-Rabee'ah, cited by Sb: 1 [And three persons, namely, two girls whose breasts were beginning to swell and one who had attained the age of puberty, were my shield against such as I was fearing]: meaning ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفُسٍ : (L:) [the poet making the word in question fem. because it relates here to females: but] Rubeh is related to have said ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْخُصٍ , meaning, of women. (M, voce نَفْسٌ .) A شَخْص [meaning a person] ceases to be a شخص by its being divided; whereas, when a جِسْم is divided, no part of it ceases to be a جسم . (Er-Rághib, TA in art. جسم .) It is said in a trad., لَا شَخْصَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ [There is not any being more jealous than God]; شخص being here metaphorically used for ذَات : or the meaning is, a person ( شخص ) should not be more jealous than God: but accord. to one relation, the words are لَا شَىْءَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ [which has the first of the two meanings mentioned above]. (IAth, TA.) [It is also used in a pl. sense: see a verse of Ziyád el-Aajam in art. الى .] فَكَانَ مِجَنِّى دُونَ مَنْ كُنْتُ أَتَّقِى | ثَلَاثُ شُخُوصٍ كَاعِبَانِ وَمُعْصِرُ
Nounشَخِيصٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — big, bulky, or corpulent; a lord, a chiefgenerated

1

Big, bulky, or corpulent; or great in شَخْص [or person] and make. Applied to a man.

The feminine, formed with ة, is applied to a woman.

1.1

A lord, master, chief, man of rank or quality, or a personage.

1.2figurative · مجازsour, or harsh, speechمَنْطِقٌ شَخِيصٌ

Ibn-ʿAbbād. [See also شَخِيسٌ.]

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Big, bulky, or corpulent: (S, K, TA:) or great in شَخْص [or person] and make: (TA:) applied to a man: (S:) fem. with ة ; (S, A, K;) applied to a woman. (S, A.) A lord, master, chief, man of rank or quality, or a personage. (AZ, K.) مَنْطِقٌ شَخِيصٌ Sour, crabbed, or austere, speech. (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K. [See also شَخِيسٌ .])
Nounشَخَاصَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — bigness, bulkiness, or corpulencegenerated

1

Bigness, bulkiness, or corpulence; or greatness of شَخْص [or person] and make.

[Said to be a noun: but see شَخُصَ.]

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Bigness, bulkiness, or corpulence: or greatness of شَخْص [or person] and make. (TA.) [Said to be a subst.: but see شَخُصَ .]
Nounشَاخِصٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — rising; an eye fixedly open; an arrow passing beyond the targetgenerated

1figurative · مجاز[An eye fixedly open: or raised: or sight stretched and raised]بَصَرٌ شَاخِصٌ

Ism fāʿil of the intransitive verb شَخَصَ.

With the plural أَبْصَارٌ one says شَاخِصَةٌ and شَوَاخِصُ, or شُخُوصٌ [like شُهُودٌ as plural of شَاهِدٌ, if this last is not a maṣdar, as which it may be applied, in place of an adjective, to a plural noun].

[I have heard of your coming, and my heart is throbbing between my two sides, and my eye beneath my eyebrow-bone fixedly open, and so on]سَمِعْتُ بِقُدُومِكَ فَقَلْبِى بَيْنَ جَنَاحَىَّ رَاقِصٌ وَبَصَرِى تَحْتَ حِجَاجِى شَاخِصٌ
1.1figurative · مجازan arrow passing beyond the target, going above itسَهْمٌ شَاخِصٌ
[He was shot at with arrows which passed beyond him, going above him]رُمِىَ بِالشَّاخِصَاتِ

Perhaps doubly figurative, meaning he was assailed with insults which did not harm him.

1.2a man prosecuting war [during three or more days together,] not on alternate daysشَاخِصٌ

Of such a man it is said in a tradition that he may shorten prayer.

2figurative · مجاز — inferreda man raising his eye, or sight, and looking fixedly, as a dying man doesشَاخِصٌ

Or: stretching and raising his sight; or opening his eyes and not moving his eyelids.

As the ism fāʿil of the transitive verb, [for شَاخِصٌ بَصَرَهُ].

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[part. n. of the intrans. verb شَخَصَ ]. [Hence,] بَصَرٌ شَاخِصٌ [An eye fixedly open: or raised: or sight stretched and raised: see 1]: you say, سَمِعْتُ بِقُدُومِكَ فَقَلْبِى بَيْنَ جَنَاحَىَّ رَاقِصٌ وَبَصَرِى تَحْتَ حِجَاجِى شَاخِصٌ [I have heard of thy coming, and my heart is throbbing between my two sides, and my eye beneath my bone of the eyebrow fixedly open, &c.]. (A, TA.) With the pl., أَبْصَارٌ , you say شَاخِصَةٌ , (A, Msb, TA,) and شَوَاخِصُ , (A, TA,) or شُخُوصٌ [like شُهُودٌ as pl. of شَاهِدٌ ; if not an inf. n., as which it may be applied, in the place of an epithet, to a pl. subst.]. (Msb.) سَهْمٌ شَاخِصٌ An arrow passing beyond the butt, or object of aim, going above it. (S, A.) You say, رُمِىَ بِالشَّاخِصَاتِ [He was shot at with arrows which passed beyond him, going above him: perhaps doubly tropical, meaning he was assailed with invectives which did not harm him]. (A.) شَاخِصٌ also signifies A man prosecuting war [during three or more days together,] not on alternate days: and of such it is said in a trad., that he may shorten prayer. (TA.) شَاخِصٌ as the act. part. n. of the trans. verb, [for شَاخِصٌ بَصَرَهُ ,] (Msb,) [A man raising his eye, or sight, and looking fixedly; as does a dying man: or stretching and raising his sight: (see 1:) or] a man opening his eyes and not moving his eyelids. (S, * Msb.)
Nounمَشْخَصٌ1 sense

Core sense — a deenár stamped with a figuregenerated

1deenárs [or pieces of gold] figured [or stamped with effigies]مَشَاخِصُ

[As though it signified the place of a شَخْص, this word being used in the sense of صُورَةِ according to modern usage.]

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[ , as though signifying The place of a شَخْص used in the sense of صُورَةِ : accord. to modern usage sing. of] مَشَاخِصُ deenárs [or pieces of gold] figured [or stamped with effigies]. (TA.)
Nounمُشَخَّصٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing individuatedgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A thing individuated.

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A thing individuated. (A, TA.)
Nounمُتَشَاخِصٌ1 sense

Core sense — discordant, said of speech or of an affairgenerated

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Discordant; applied to language, or speech, and to a thing, or an affair.

مُتَشَاخِسٌ means the same.

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Discordant; (A'Obeyd, K;) applied to language, or speech; (A'Obeyd, TA;) and to a thing, or an affair; (TA;) and مُتَشَاخِسٌ signifies the same. (A'Obeyd, TA.)