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خَاسِئٌ

Root: خسأ

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خَاسِئٌ , applied to a dog, and to a swine, and to a devil, Driven away, repelled, and not suffered to come near to men.
2 And [hence,] Contemptible, despicable, vile, or abject.
3 Applied to the sight, Dazzled, or confused, and dim. So in the words of the Kur [lxvii. 4], يَنْقَلِبُ إِلَيْكَ البَصَرُ خَاسِئًا [The sight will recoil to thee dazzled, or confused, or dim]: or the meaning here is contemptible: or withdrawing far away: or it is of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, [meaning repelled far away,] like عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ, in the Kur [lxix. 21 and ci. 5], for مَرْضِيَّةٍ.
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