Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَرَصَ النَّخْلَ, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb,) aor. ـُ {يَخْرُصُ} (A, Mṣb) [and ـِ, as appears from what follows,] inf. n. خَرْصٌ, (Ṣ, A Mgh, Mṣb,) [and خِرْصٌ is also allowable, (see what follows,)] He computed by conjecture the quantity of the fruit upon the palm-trees: (A, Mgh, Mṣb:) or he computed by conjecture the quantity that was upon the palmtrees of fresh ripe dates that would be dried dates. (Ṣ.) خَرْصٌ signifies The computing quantity by conjecture; (A, Ḳ, TA;) conjecturing; opining: or forming an opinion of a thing of which one is not certain: you say, خَرَصَ العَدَدَ, aor. ـُ {يَخْرُصُ} and ـِ {يَخْرِصُ}, inf. n. خَرْصٌ and خِرْصٌ, the latter said by ISh to be like عِلْمٌ as inf. n. of عَلِمَ, and said by Az to be allowable because a simple subst. is put in the place of an inf. n., He computed by conjecture the number: and hence خَرْصُ النَّخْلِ, and التَّمْرِ, [the computing by conjecture the quantity of fruit upon palm-trees, and of dates,] because خَرْصٌ is the computing quantity by opinion, not by knowledge. (TA.)

خَرْصٌ also signifies Any speaking by opinion, or conjecture. (Ḳ,* TA.) You say, خَرَصَ فِيهِ He spoke of him, or it, by opinion, or conjecture. (TḲ.)

And hence, (TA,) خَرَصَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَخْرُصُ}, (Ṣ,) inf. n. خَرْصٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) ‡ He lied; spoke falsely; said what was untrue; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;*) as alsoتخرّص↓. (Ṣ.) You say also, عَلَيْهِ↓‡ تخرّص ‡ He forged a lie against him. (A, Ḳ, TA.) Andقَالَ ذٰلِكَ تَخَرُّصًا↓ ‡ [He said that forging a lie]. (A.) Andاخترص↓ القَوْلَ, (A, Ḳ,*) andتخرِّصهُ↓, (A,) ‡ He forged the saying. (A, Ḳ.*)

خَرِصَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَخْرَصُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. خَرَصٌ, (Ṣ, A,) He (a man) was hungry and cold: (Ṣ, A:*) or hungry in cold. (Ḳ.) Being hungry without being cold is not termed خَرَصٌ: but being cold without being hungry is termed خَصَرٌ. (Ṣ.)

خُرْصٌ (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) andخِرْصٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) A ring: (Mṣb:) or a ring of gold, and of silver: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or an ear-ring with one bead, (A, TA,) of the kind called قُرْط: (TA:) or the ring of a قُرْط: (Ḳ:) or a small ring; one of the ornaments of women; (Sh, Ḳ;) in the form of the قُرْط or some other thing: (Sh:) pl. خِرْصَانٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [Hence,] مَا تَمْلِكُ فُلَانَةُ خُرْصًا, meaning ‡ Such a woman has not in her possession anything. (A.)

خِرْصٌ a subst. from خَرَصَ as explained above; (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) Conjectural computation of quantity: (ISh:) or quantity computed by conjecture of the fruit upon palm-trees. (A, Mgh.) You say, كَمْ خِرْصُ نَخْلِكَ [What is the conjectural computation of the quantity, or the quantity computed by conjecture, of the produce of thy palm-trees?]. (TA.) And كَمْ خِرْصُ أَرْضِكَ [What is the conjectural computation, or the quantity computed by conjecture, of the produce of the palm-trees of thy land?]. (Ṣ, A, Ḳ.)

See also خُرْصٌ.

And see خَرْسٌ.

خَرِصٌ A man hungry and cold: (Ṣ, TA:) or hungry in cold: (Ḳ:) andخَارِصٌ↓ signifies the same. (TA.) [See also خَصِرٌ.]

خُرْصَةٌ Food for a woman who has given birth to a child: (Ḳ:) app. a dial. var. of خُرْسَةٌ. (TA.)

خَارِصٌ One who computes by conjecture the quantity of the fruit upon palm-trees: pl. خُرَّاصٌ. (A,* TA.)

‡ A liar; (Mṣb, TA;) as alsoخَرَّاصٌ↓. (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, TA.) قُتِلَ الخَرَّاصُونَ, in the Ḳur [li. 10], (TA,) means, ‡ Slain be the liars; (Fr, Zj, A, Bḍ, TA;) i. e., cursed be they; (Bḍ;) who say that Moḥammad is a poet, and the like thereof, conjecturing that which they know not: (Fr, TA:) or it may mean, they who only opine, and do not ascertain; and therefore act according to that which they know not. (Zj, TA.)

See also خَرِصٌ.