أَخْمَصُ
Root: خمص
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أَخْمَصُ
A man whose foot rises from the ground, [or is hollow in the middle of the sole,] so that it does not touch it: fem. خَمْصَآءُ: and pl. خُمْصٌ: and
خُمْصَانٌ signifies having the middle of the sole of the foot moderately rising from the ground; which is a goodly quality; but when it is flat, or rises much, it is dispraised: so explained by IAar when he was asked by Th respecting 'Alee's saying of Mohammad, [cited, but not explained, in the K,] كَانَ خُمْصَانَ
الأَخْمَصَيْنِ: or, accord. to Az, خُمْصَانٌ signifies having the part [of the sole] of the foot which does not cleave to the ground in treading very much retiring from the ground.
2 الأَخْمَصُ [when without the article ال also written without tenween accord. to the best authorities, because the quality of an epithet is original to it, and that of a subst. is accidental,] also signifies The part [of the sole] of the human foot which does not cleave to the ground in treading; the part of the sole of the human foot which is hollow, so that it does not touch the ground; the part of the bottom of the human foot which is thin, and retires from the ground; or, as some explain it, [meaning the same,] the خَصْر of the human foot: pl. أَخَامِصُ.
3 See also خَمِيصٌ.
4 Also The waist of a man.
2 الأَخْمَصُ [when without the article ال also written without tenween accord. to the best authorities, because the quality of an epithet is original to it, and that of a subst. is accidental,] also signifies The part [of the sole] of the human foot which does not cleave to the ground in treading; the part of the sole of the human foot which is hollow, so that it does not touch the ground; the part of the bottom of the human foot which is thin, and retires from the ground; or, as some explain it, [meaning the same,] the خَصْر of the human foot: pl. أَخَامِصُ.
3 See also خَمِيصٌ.
4 Also The waist of a man.
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