خاصة

See also: خاصه‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ص ص‎ (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ). Sense 5 is used in the Shi'ite vernacular and derives from the people that were closer to the Shi'ite's Imams (their "private" (people)), as opposed to the general public (اَلْعَامَّة‎ (al-ʕāmma)).

Noun

خَاصَّة • (ḵāṣṣa) f (plural خَوَاصّ‎ (ḵawāṣṣ))

private possession
property, characteristic
essence, nature
leading personalities, elite, the upper class
(Shia Islam, definite, collective) people close to Ahl al-Bayt and the Shi'ite Imams, i.e. the Shia
Synonym: شِيعَة‎ (šīʕa)

Antonym: عَامَّة‎ (ʕāmma)
- 1694-1698, Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar‎, volume 29, Al-Wafa' Foundation edition, page 106:
  ‏نُزُولُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي فَدَكَ رَوَاهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ ، وَوَرَدَتْ بِهِ الْأَخْبَارُ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْخَاصَّةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ.‎‎
  nuzūlu haḏihi l-ʔāyati fī fadaka rawāhu kaṯīrun mina l-mufassirīna , wawaradat bihi l-ʔaḵbāru min ṭuruqi al-ḵāṣṣati wālʕāmmati.
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Declension

Declension of noun خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاصَّة ḵāṣṣa	الْخَاصَّة‎ al-ḵāṣṣa	خَاصَّة ḵāṣṣat
Nominative	خَاصَّةٌ ḵāṣṣatun	الْخَاصَّةُ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatu	خَاصَّةُ ḵāṣṣatu
Accusative	خَاصَّةً ḵāṣṣatan	الْخَاصَّةَ‎ al-ḵāṣṣata	خَاصَّةَ ḵāṣṣata
Genitive	خَاصَّةٍ ḵāṣṣatin	الْخَاصَّةِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣati	خَاصَّةِ ḵāṣṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاصَّتَيْن‎ ḵāṣṣatayn	الْخَاصَّتَيْن‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayn	خَاصَّتَيْ‎ ḵāṣṣatay
Nominative	خَاصَّتَانِ‎ ḵāṣṣatāni	الْخَاصَّتَانِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatāni	خَاصَّتَا‎ ḵāṣṣatā
Accusative	خَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣatayni	الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayni	خَاصَّتَيْ‎ ḵāṣṣatay
Genitive	خَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ ḵāṣṣatayni	الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣatayni	خَاصَّتَيْ‎ ḵāṣṣatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوَاصّ‎ ḵawāṣṣ	الْخَوَاصّ‎ al-ḵawāṣṣ	خَوَاصّ‎ ḵawāṣṣ
Nominative	خَوَاصُّ‎ ḵawāṣṣu	الْخَوَاصُّ‎ al-ḵawāṣṣu	خَوَاصُّ‎ ḵawāṣṣu
Accusative	خَوَاصَّ‎ ḵawāṣṣa	الْخَوَاصَّ‎ al-ḵawāṣṣa	خَوَاصَّ‎ ḵawāṣṣa
Genitive	خَوَاصَّ‎ ḵawāṣṣa	الْخَوَاصِّ‎ al-ḵawāṣṣi	خَوَاصِّ‎ ḵawāṣṣi

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa).

Adverb

خَاصَّةً • (ḵāṣṣatan)

especially, particularly, in particular

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: خاصةً‎ (hassaten)
- Turkish: hassaten

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ص ص‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خَاصَّةً‎ (ḵāṣṣatan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaːsˤ.sˤa.tan/, [ˈxɑsˤ.sˤɑ.tˤɑn]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Adverb

خاصّةً • (ḵāṣṣatan)

especially, mainly
Synonym: خصوصا‎ (ḵuṣūṣan)