خَسِرَ
Root: خسر
Form: 1
Full Definition
خَسِرَI
, Present.T
ـَ; and خَسَرَ, Present.T
ـِ; but the latter is an unusual form [except in the sense of أَخْسَرَ]; Verbal.Noun خُسْرَانٌ and خُسْرٌ and خَسَارَةٌ [which are the only forms assigned in the TA to the verb when used with reference to traffic] and خُسُرٌ and خَسْرٌ and خَسَرٌ and خَسَارٌ; He lost, or suffered loss or diminution: or he was deceived, cheated, beguiled, or circumvented: فِى البَيْعِ
in selling; or فِى بَيَعِهِ
in his selling; or فِى تِجَارَتِهِ
in his traffic: the former is the original signification: he suffered diminution of his capital; he lost part thereof: and he lost his capital altogether. خُسْرَانٌ is also attributed to an action, as well as to a man: you say, خَسِرَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ
2 Also [He experienced, or saw, that he was loser; or] his having lost became manifest to him: so in the Kur xl. [78 and] last verse.
3 Also He erred; went astray; deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way: or he became lost; he perished; or he died: syn. ضَلَّ, and هَلَكَ.
def.2 خَسَرَهُ, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun خَسْرٌ and خُسْرَانٌ; and اخسرهُ , Verbal.Noun إِخْسَارٌ; and خسّرهُ ; He made it defective, or deficient; namely, the weight, and the measure; and the thing weighed; and the balance, by diminishing the weight. ↓ The second of these forms is more common, in this sense, than the first [and than the third]. For وَ لَا ٱلْمِيزَانَ, in the Kur lv. 8, there are three other readings; namely تَخْسُرُوا and تَخْسُروا and تَخْسَرُوا; in the last of which, the prep. فِى is omitted after the verb.
2 [And He, or it, made him to lose, or suffer loss; to err, or go astray; to become lost, or to perish.]
2 Also [He experienced, or saw, that he was loser; or] his having lost became manifest to him: so in the Kur xl. [78 and] last verse.
3 Also He erred; went astray; deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way: or he became lost; he perished; or he died: syn. ضَلَّ, and هَلَكَ.
def.2 خَسَرَهُ, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun خَسْرٌ and خُسْرَانٌ; and اخسرهُ , Verbal.Noun إِخْسَارٌ; and خسّرهُ ; He made it defective, or deficient; namely, the weight, and the measure; and the thing weighed; and the balance, by diminishing the weight. ↓ The second of these forms is more common, in this sense, than the first [and than the third]. For وَ لَا ٱلْمِيزَانَ, in the Kur lv. 8, there are three other readings; namely تَخْسُرُوا and تَخْسُروا and تَخْسَرُوا; in the last of which, the prep. فِى is omitted after the verb.
2 [And He, or it, made him to lose, or suffer loss; to err, or go astray; to become lost, or to perish.]
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