أَخْنَسُ
Root: خنس
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أَخْنَسُ
[Having a camous, or camoys, nose;] having the configuration termed
خَنَسٌ
in the nose: [see خَنِسَ الأَنْفُ:] accord. to some, having a nose of which the bone is short and the end turning back towards its bone: fem. خَنْسَآءُ: pl. خُنْسٌ.
in its original application is in gazelles and bulls and cows: all bulls and cows are خُنْس, and so are all gazelles: or
خُنُسٌ , with two dammehs, but written by Sh خُنْسٌ, is used to signify gazelles: and bulls or cows: and خَنْسَآءُ is an epithet applied to the wild cow: also أَخْنَسُ, to the tick: and the lion; and so
خِنَّوْسٌ ; which last is an epithet so applied as relating to his face and his nose: and the last, , is also applied to a young pig: or in this sense it is with ص: and
خَنَاسٌ is syn, with خِنَّوْسٌ.
2 [Hence,] خُنْسٌ is metaphorically applied [as an
3 قَدَمٌ خَنْسَآءُ A foot flat in the hollow part of the sole, and fleshy.
2 [Hence,] خُنْسٌ is metaphorically applied [as an
[It has folds which repel the arrows turned up at the points, and mock at the broad and long, and the small and broad, arrow-heads].لَهَا عُكَنٌ تَرُدُّ النَّبْلَ خُنْسًا وَتْهْزَأُ بِٱلْمَعَابِلِ وَٱلْقِطَاعِ
3 قَدَمٌ خَنْسَآءُ A foot flat in the hollow part of the sole, and fleshy.
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