خَاسِرٌ
Root: خسر
Full Definition
خَاسِرٌ
Losing, or suffering loss, in his traffic. And [hence,] تِجَارَةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
2 One who has lost his property, and his intellect.
3 Erring; going astray; deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way: or becoming lost; perishing; or dying: syn. ضَالٌّ: and so خَسِرٌ and خَسِيرٌ and خَيْسَرَى , (K, TA, but the last written in the CK خَيْسَرِىٌّ,) or خَيْسَرٌ , for it is said to occur [as an epithet] only in the following saying, in which خَيْسَرَى is said to be put for خَيْسَرٌ to assimilate it to preceding words: بِفِيهِ البَرَى وَ حُمَّى خَيْبَرَى وَ شَرٌّ مَا يَرَى فَإِنَّهُ خَيْسَرَى [In his mouth be dust, and may the fever of Kheyber befall him, and evil be that which he shall see, for he is one who goeth astray: but in the TA, in art. ورى, is another reading; for بفيه البرى, substituting بِهِ الوَرَى, meaning a certain disease]. [Hence,] أَحْمَقُ خَاسِرٌ دَابِرٌ دَامِرٌ [Foolish, or stupid, erring, and utterly perishing]. (T in art. بت. [See بَاتٌّ: and see also دَامِرٌ.])
4 Also One who makes the measure, and the balance, defective, or deficient, when he gives, and demands excess when he receives.
2 One who has lost his property, and his intellect.
3 Erring; going astray; deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way: or becoming lost; perishing; or dying: syn. ضَالٌّ: and so خَسِرٌ and خَسِيرٌ and خَيْسَرَى , (K, TA, but the last written in the CK خَيْسَرِىٌّ,) or خَيْسَرٌ , for it is said to occur [as an epithet] only in the following saying, in which خَيْسَرَى is said to be put for خَيْسَرٌ to assimilate it to preceding words: بِفِيهِ البَرَى وَ حُمَّى خَيْبَرَى وَ شَرٌّ مَا يَرَى فَإِنَّهُ خَيْسَرَى [In his mouth be dust, and may the fever of Kheyber befall him, and evil be that which he shall see, for he is one who goeth astray: but in the TA, in art. ورى, is another reading; for بفيه البرى, substituting بِهِ الوَرَى, meaning a certain disease]. [Hence,] أَحْمَقُ خَاسِرٌ دَابِرٌ دَامِرٌ [Foolish, or stupid, erring, and utterly perishing]. (T in art. بت. [See بَاتٌّ: and see also دَامِرٌ.])
4 Also One who makes the measure, and the balance, defective, or deficient, when he gives, and demands excess when he receives.
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