Arabic edit

Root
خ س س (ḵ-s-s)

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of خَسَّ (ḵassa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

خِسَّة (ḵissaf

  1. verbal noun of خَسَّ (ḵassa) (form I)
  2. being mean and contemptible, meanness, lowliness
    Synonyms: حَقَارَة (ḥaqāra), نَدَالَة (nadāla), دَنَاءَة (danāʔa)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: xissət
  • Ottoman Turkish: خست (hisset)
  • Persian: خست
  • Urdu: خست