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خَسَارٌ

Root: خسر

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خَسَارٌ and خَسَارَةٌ , [both inf. ns. of خَسِرَ, q. v.,] and خَيْسَرَى , (S, M, K, in some copies of the K written خَنْسَرَى, with ن, TA,) Error; or deviation from the right way: [like خُسْرَانٌ:] and perdition; or death; as also خَنَاسِيرُ , (S, and K in art. خنسر,) which last [is of a pl. form, but] has no sing.
2 And all the foregoing words, including , Baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, or meanness; the last, in poetry, shortened to خَنَاسِرُ : and خَيْسَرَى , and, as some say, خَنَاسِيرُ , perfidy, unfaithfulness, or treachery.
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