Arabic

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Root
خ ر ص (ḵ-r-ṣ)

Verb

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خَرَصَ (ḵaraṣa) I, non-past يَخْرُصُ‎ (yaḵruṣu)

  1. to conjecture, to guess
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:148:
      إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَخْرُصُونَ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to lie

Conjugation

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Noun

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خَرْص (ḵarṣm

  1. verbal noun of خَرَصَ (ḵaraṣa) (form I)

Declension

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Noun

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خِرْص or خُرْص (ḵirṣ or ḵurṣm (plural خِرْصَان (ḵirṣān) or خُرْصَان (ḵurṣān))

  1. earring

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: alcorci