خَسَا
Root: خسو
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خَسَا
, (JK, K, * and TA in art. زكو,) without tenween, and accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; and in like manner زَكَا, which is coupled with the former, is without tenween, and accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; [but each has ال prefixed to it in the K;] accord. to Fr, some make it quasi-coordinate to فَتًى [i. e. with tenween, and masc.]; some, to زفر [app. meaning the proper name زُفَرُ i. e. without tenween, and masc.]; and some, to سَكْرَى [app. meaning without tenween, and fem.]: a word that is said in playing with walnuts; An odd number: and زكا signifies an even number: accord. to IB, its final letter is hemzeh, for one says, يُخَاسِئُ meaning يُقَامِرُ [he contends in a game of hazard]; but it is pronounced without ء to assimilate it to زكا: the pl. is أَخَاسٍ, accord. to the M, مَخَاسٍ, like مَسَاوٍ, which is anomalous. One says, خَسًا أَوْ زَكًا, [so in my copies of the S, with tenween,] i. e. Odd or even? [or خَسَا أَوْ زَكَا, as shown above:] and some say, خَسَا زَكَا, like خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ. And it is said in a trad., مَا أَدْرِى كَمْ حَدَّثَنِى
أَبِى عِنْ رَسُولِ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ أَخْسَا أَمْ
زَكَا, or أَخْسًا أَمْ زَكًا, [for the vowel-signs are not written in my original,] meaning فَرْدًا أَمْ زَوْجًا [i. e. I know not how many times my father told me, from the Apostle of God, God bless and save him; whether an odd or an even number: or, perhaps, once or twice].
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