خَاصٌّ
Root: خص
Full Definition
خَاصٌّ
Particular; peculiar; special; distinct, or distinguished, from others; contr. of
عَامٌّ.
2 [And hence, Choice; select.
3 And Pare; unmixed; unadulterated.]
4 [Used as a subst.,] it is syn. with خَاصَّةٌ ; in which the ة is a corroborative; and which signifies Distinguished people; persons of distinction; the distinguished sort; contr. of عَامَّةٌ: or the former is contr. of عَامٌّ, and ↓ the latter is contr. of عَامَّةٌ: [the pl. of both is خَوَاصٌّ and خِصَّانٌ and : or, accord. to rule, the first of these is pl. only of خَاصَّةٌ; and judging from other instances, we should regard the second and third as more probably pls. of خَاصٌّ: but however the case may be,] خِصَّانٌ is syn. with خَوَاصُّ, and so is خُصَّانٌ. [You say, الخَاصُّ وَالعَامُّ, and وَالعَمَّةُ, The distinguished and the common people; the persons of distinction and the vulgar.] You also say, إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ هٰذَا خِصَّانٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ meaning خَوَاصُّ مِنْهُمْ [Only distinguished persons of mankind do this].
5 [It seems to be also, in some instances, syn. with خَاصَّةٌ as signifying A particular, peculiar, or special, friend, intimate, familiar, companion, associate, attendant, dependent, or servant:] the latter is explained in the T [and JK] as meaning a person whom thou hast appropriated, particularly distinguished, taken, or chosen, (اِخْتَصَصْتَهُ,) [as a friend, &c.,] to, or for, thyself: [and it is used as a sing. and as a pl.: for] you say, هٰذَا خَاصَّتِى [This is my particular, or special, or choice, or choicest, friend, &c.]: and هُمْ خَاصَّتِى [They are my particular, or peculiar, or special, or choice, or choicest, friends, &c.]. You say also, فُلَانٌ خَاصٌّ لِفُلَانٍ, or بِفُلَانٍ, [app. meaning لِفُلَانٍ, unless it be mistranscribed, and the latter be the correct reading, which I think much the more probable;] i. e., Such a one belongs exclusively [as a particular, or peculiar, or special, friend, &c.,] to such a one; and مُخَصٌّ signifies the same.
6 See the dim. of خَاصَّةٌ, (namely خُوَيْصَّةٌ,) below.
2 [And hence, Choice; select.
3 And Pare; unmixed; unadulterated.]
4 [Used as a subst.,] it is syn. with خَاصَّةٌ ; in which the ة is a corroborative; and which signifies Distinguished people; persons of distinction; the distinguished sort; contr. of عَامَّةٌ: or the former is contr. of عَامٌّ, and ↓ the latter is contr. of عَامَّةٌ: [the pl. of both is خَوَاصٌّ and خِصَّانٌ and : or, accord. to rule, the first of these is pl. only of خَاصَّةٌ; and judging from other instances, we should regard the second and third as more probably pls. of خَاصٌّ: but however the case may be,] خِصَّانٌ is syn. with خَوَاصُّ, and so is خُصَّانٌ. [You say, الخَاصُّ وَالعَامُّ, and وَالعَمَّةُ, The distinguished and the common people; the persons of distinction and the vulgar.] You also say, إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ هٰذَا خِصَّانٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ meaning خَوَاصُّ مِنْهُمْ [Only distinguished persons of mankind do this].
5 [It seems to be also, in some instances, syn. with خَاصَّةٌ as signifying A particular, peculiar, or special, friend, intimate, familiar, companion, associate, attendant, dependent, or servant:] the latter is explained in the T [and JK] as meaning a person whom thou hast appropriated, particularly distinguished, taken, or chosen, (اِخْتَصَصْتَهُ,) [as a friend, &c.,] to, or for, thyself: [and it is used as a sing. and as a pl.: for] you say, هٰذَا خَاصَّتِى [This is my particular, or special, or choice, or choicest, friend, &c.]: and هُمْ خَاصَّتِى [They are my particular, or peculiar, or special, or choice, or choicest, friends, &c.]. You say also, فُلَانٌ خَاصٌّ لِفُلَانٍ, or بِفُلَانٍ, [app. meaning لِفُلَانٍ, unless it be mistranscribed, and the latter be the correct reading, which I think much the more probable;] i. e., Such a one belongs exclusively [as a particular, or peculiar, or special, friend, &c.,] to such a one; and مُخَصٌّ signifies the same.
6 See the dim. of خَاصَّةٌ, (namely خُوَيْصَّةٌ,) below.
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