Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَرِسَ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَخْرَسُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَرَسٌ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) He (a man) was dumb; was naturally, by conformation, prevented from speaking; (Mṣb;) [he was destitute of the faculty of speech, by natural conformation, like the beast: see أَخْرَسُ:] or he was, or became, tonguetied, or withheld from speech, (A, Ḳ,) either from inability to find words to express what he would say, or by natural conformation [of the organs of speech]. (TA.) You say also خَرِسَ المَجْلِسُ The assembly was, or became, mute, or speechless. (A.)

خَرَسَ المَرْأَةَ, (Lḥ, IAth,) aor. ـُ {يَخْرُسُ}, (Lḥ,) [inf. n., app., خَرْسٌ,] He fed the woman with what is termed خُرْسَة; (Lḥ, IAth;) He fed her on the occasion of child-birth; (Lḥ;) as alsoخرّس↓ عَليهَا, inf. n. تَخْرِيسٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and تَخْرِسَةٌ. (TA.) In like manner you say, خرّسهَا↓, inf. n. تَخْرِيسٌ; and خرس عَنْهَا; [so in the TA, without any syll. signs to the verb;] He made for her what is termed خُرْسَة. (TA.) Andخُرِسَتْ↓, (Ṣ, L,) or خُرِسَتْ, (so in a copy of the A,) She was fed with what is so termed: (A:) or a feast on the occasion of her having given birth to a child was made for her. (Ṣ, L.)

خَرِسَ, aor. ـَ {يَخْرَسُ}, He drank from the [kind of wine-jar called] خَرْس, (Ṣgh, Ḳ,) i. e. the دَنّ. (TA.)

اخرسهُ ٱللّٰهُ [God made him to be dumb: see خَرِسَ]: (Ṣ:) God made him to be tonguetied, or speechless, (A, Ḳ,) either from inability to find words to express what he would say, or by natural conformation [of the organs of speech]. (TA.)

تخرّست She made for herself the food for the occasion of child-birth, (A,* Ḳ,) i. e., what is called خُرْسَة. (TA.) Hence the prov. تَخَرَّسِى يَانَفْسُ لَا مُخَرِّسَةَ لَكِ (A,* TA) Make thou the food for child-birth for thyself, O self: there is no maker of it for thee: said by a woman who had given birth to a child and had not any one to care for her: alluding to a man's taking care for himself: (Ḳ, TA:) and also related [in the A] without the words يا نفس. (TA.)

تخارس [He feigned himself dumb, or speechless,] is from خَرِسَ المَجْلِسُ: hence إِذَا شَهِدْتَ مَنْ لَا يَفْهَمُ عَنْكَ فَتَخَارَسٌ [When thou art present with, or beholdest, him who will not understand what thou sayest, then feign thyself dumb, or speechless]. (A.)

خَرْسٌ A [wine-jar such as is called] دَنّ; (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoخِرْسٌ↓, (Kr, Ḳ,) and خِرْصٌ: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَخْرَاسٌ (JK) and [of mult.] خُرُوسٌ. (Ḳ.)

خُرْسٌ Food that is prepared on the occasion of the birth of a child; (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ;) as alsoخِرَاسٌ↓. (Lḥ, TA.) IJ seems to assign to it also the sense of خُرْسَةٌ. (TA.)

Hence, as also↓ the second word, A feast, or banquet, that is prepared on that occasion, and to which people are invited: so in a trad. of Hassán, كَانَ إِذَا دُعِىَ إِلَى طَعَامٍ قَالَ إِلَى عُرْسٍ أَمْ خُرْسٍ أَمْ إِعْذَارٍ [He used, when he was invited to food, to say, To a weddingfeast, or a feast for child-birth, or a circumcisionfeast?]; and if it were for one of these, he consented: but if not, he did not consent. (TA.)

خُرْسَةٌ Food for a woman who has given birth to a child; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) what is made for her, such as فَرِيقَة and the like; as also [خُرْصَةٌ,] with ص. (TA.) خُرْسَةُ مَرْيَمَ [The child-birth-food of Maryam], applied to dates, and occurring in a trad., alludes to verse 25 of chap. xix. of the Ḳur, وَهُزِّى إِلَيْكِ الخ: and Khálid Ibn-Safwán uses in the same manner the phrase تَخْرِسَةُ↓ مَرْيَمَ; in which تخرسة is an inf. n. used as a subst.; or it may be a subst., like تَوْرِيَةٌ. (TA.)

خُرْسَى A she-camel that does not utter the cry termed رُغَآء. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

خَرُوسٌ A بِكْر [or female that has not yet brought forth] in the first period of her pregnancy: and (some say, Ṣ) one for whom خُرْسَة is made: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) and one having a scanty flow of milk. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

خَرَّاسٌ A maker (Ṣ, TA) and seller (Ḳ, TA) of the [kind of wine-jar called] خَرْس. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

And A vintner. (JK, TA.)

أَخْرَسُ (Ṣ, &c.) Dumb; prevented from speaking by natural conformation; (Mṣb;) speechless, or destitute of the faculty of speech, by natural conformation, (T and Mṣb in art. بكم,) like the beast that lacks the faculty of articulation; (T ibid;) differing from أَبْكَمُ, q. v.: (T and Mṣb ibid:) or tonguetied, or speechless, (Ḳ, TA,) either from inability to find words to express what he would say, or by natural conformation [of the organs of speech]: (TA:) fem. خَرْسَآءُ: (Mṣb:) pl. خُرْسٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and خُرْسَانٌ. (Ḳ.)

جَمَلٌ أَخْرَسُ A he-camel that has no perforation to his شِقْشِقَة, for his bray to issue therefrom, so that he reiterates it therein: such a one they like to send among the [she-camels in the state in which they are termed] شَوْل, because in most instances he begets females: and نَاقَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ a she-camel that is not heard to utter the cry termed رُغَآء. (TA.)

عَلَمٌ أَخْرَسُ ‡ A sign of the way, (Ḳ,) [or a mountain,] from which, (A,) or at, or in, which, (فِيهِ, Ḳ,) no echo is heard: (A, Ḳ:) or a sign of the way in the mountain whereof no echo is heard: (Lth, T:) or [it seems to be applied to a mountain where no echo is heard; for] it is said when no sound of an echo is heard in the mountain. (Ṣ.)

سَحَابَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ ‡ A cloud that does not thunder: (A:) or a cloud in which is no thunder nor lightning, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) and of which no sound is heard; which is mostly in winter. (TA.)

عَيْنٌ خَرْسَآءُ † A spring of the running whereof no sound is heard. (TA.)

صَخْرَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ † A hard and solid rock: (Akh, TA:) and عِظَامٌ خُرْسٌ † hard and solid bones. (Th, TA.)

كَتِيبَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ ‡ An army, or a portion thereof, without any clamour or confused noise: (A:) or whereof no sound is heard, by reason of their staidness in war: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or that is silent, by reason of the multitude of the coats of mail, without any clashing of arms. (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

لَبَنٌ أَخْرَسُ ‡ Thick milk, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) that makes no sound in the vessel, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or that does not shake about in its vessel: (A:) or thick milk, of which no sound is heard when it is poured out: (Az, TA:) and شَرْبَةٌ خَرْسَآءُ † a thick draught of milk. (M, TA.)

وَلِّانِى عِرْضًا أَخْرَسَ أَمْرَسَ [or عُرْضًا?] † He turned from me, and would not speak to me. (Fr, TA.)

خَرْسَآءُ † A viper: (A:) pl. خُرْسٌ. (TA.)

Hence, (A,) رَمَاهُ بِخَرْسَآءَ ‡ He smote him with a calamity. (A, Ḳ.*)

تَخْرِسَةُ مَرْيَمَ: see خُرْسَةٌ.