Arabic edit

Root
خ ن س (ḵ-n-s)

Verb edit

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

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

خُنَّس (ḵunnaspl

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

Adjective edit

خُنَّس (ḵunnaspl

  1. plural of خَانِس (ḵānis, active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa))
  2. plural of خَانِسَة (ḵānisa, feminine of the active participle of خَنَسَ (ḵanasa))

Adjective edit

خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, camous)

Noun edit

خُنْس (ḵunspl

  1. plural of أَخْنَس (ʔaḵnas, wild bovine)