خنس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ن س (ḵ-n-s).

Verb

خَنَسَ (ḵanasa) I, non-past يَخْنُسُ‎ (yaḵnusu)

  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
      ʾuqsimu bi-l-ḵunnasi l-jawāri l-kunnasi
      I swear by the receding [planets], which fly by and fade

Conjugation

Noun

خُنَّس (ḵunnas) pl

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

Adjective

خُنَّس (ḵunnas) pl

  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 (ḵuns) pl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʾaḵnas, camous)

Noun

خُنْس (ḵuns) pl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʾaḵnas, wild bovine)
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