خَمِيسٌ
Root: خمس
Full Definition
خَمِيسٌ
: see خُمُسٌ:
2 and مَخْمُوسٌ, in two places.
3 An army; because consisting of five parts, namely, the van, the body, the right wing, the left wing, and the rear; or because the spoils are divided into fifths among it; but this latter assertion requires consideration; for this division of the spoils is an affair of the Muslim law, whereas خميس [thus applied] is an old term: or an army having numerous weapons; syn. جَيْشٌ خَشِنٌ.
4 يَوْمُ الخَمِيسِ, and simply الخَمِيسُ, Thursday; the fifth day of the week; thus used for الخَامِسُ, in like manner as الدَّبَرَانُ is applied to the star [that follows the Pleiades, for الدَّابِرُ]: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْمِسَةٌ and [of mult.] أَخْمِسَآءُ and أَخَامِسُ. AZ used to say, مَضَى الخَمِيسُ بِمَا فِيهِ [Thursday passed with what happened in it], making it sing. and masc.: but Abu-l-Jarráh used to say, مَضَىالخَمِيسُ بِمَ فِيهِنَّ, making it pl. and fem., and using it as a n. of number. It has no dim. (Sb, S in art. امس.)
def.2 See also خِمْسٌ, last signification.
def.3 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ خَمِيسِ النَّاسِ هُوَ means I know not what company of men it is.
2 and مَخْمُوسٌ, in two places.
3 An army; because consisting of five parts, namely, the van, the body, the right wing, the left wing, and the rear; or because the spoils are divided into fifths among it; but this latter assertion requires consideration; for this division of the spoils is an affair of the Muslim law, whereas خميس [thus applied] is an old term: or an army having numerous weapons; syn. جَيْشٌ خَشِنٌ.
4 يَوْمُ الخَمِيسِ, and simply الخَمِيسُ, Thursday; the fifth day of the week; thus used for الخَامِسُ, in like manner as الدَّبَرَانُ is applied to the star [that follows the Pleiades, for الدَّابِرُ]: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْمِسَةٌ and [of mult.] أَخْمِسَآءُ and أَخَامِسُ. AZ used to say, مَضَى الخَمِيسُ بِمَا فِيهِ [Thursday passed with what happened in it], making it sing. and masc.: but Abu-l-Jarráh used to say, مَضَىالخَمِيسُ بِمَ فِيهِنَّ, making it pl. and fem., and using it as a n. of number. It has no dim. (Sb, S in art. امس.)
def.2 See also خِمْسٌ, last signification.
def.3 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ خَمِيسِ النَّاسِ هُوَ means I know not what company of men it is.
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